Media Centre
Here you will find all the latest press releases from our clients and also from us! We have also included key account contacts.
City Cruises offers mega-deal for summer campaign
01 May 2013: City Cruises is celebrating the return to the spring/summer season with a mega-deal to promote the River Red Rover tickets – the ultimate day out on the Thames. With the May bank holidays and half term around the corner, the family...
View post >Short breaks top spending trends poll for the May Day Pay Day
30 April 3012: HRS.com, Europe’s leading hotel portal, predicts that the early May long weekend will see a surge in consumer spending, with last-minute getaways topping the priority list. According to the Visa Europe: UK Expenditure Index*, consumer spending is picking up, and March...
View post >Norwegian Breakaway Arrives in Southampton
29 April 2013: Norwegian Cruise Line has today launched its newest ship Norwegian Breakaway to the UK market in an inaugural event held in Southampton. At the overnight celebration event, selected agents and media have been invited on board to experience first-hand all that...
View post >Ernst & Young Academy of Business and OPP extend their strategic alliance in the CIS
3 April 2013: Ernst & Young Academy of Business in the CIS and UK-based OPP announce their new training partnership to jointly expand business services within the emerging CIS market. OPP and Ernst & Young Academy of Business have further extended their strategic alliance...
View post >City Cruises launches exclusive Champagne high tea cruise
2 April 2013: Set against the spectacle of London’s vistas, London sightseers can enjoy an exclusive offer of a free glass of champagne and afternoon tea along the Thames on 7 April. City Cruises, London’s leading riverboat operator, is hosting a one-off champagne afternoon...
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Pressure Chamber
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5 tips for making the most of (or surviving) an industry conference
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Abu Dhabi to attend the Institute of Travel and Tourism annual conference. It was my first visit to the Emirate and apart from being overwhelmed by the heat, I was struck by the sheer scale of the development of the area. Abu Dhabi is less high rise
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Likes don’t save lives… or do they?
Likes don’t save lives. At least, that’s the message emanating loud and clear from Unicef’s latest online campaign, which castigates the ‘slacktivists’ who aren’t as generous with their money as they are with clicking the ‘Like’ button on Facebook pages. The campaign even includes a rather moving video featuring a ten year-old orphan who directly
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Why we should support paywalls
Working in PR, we are very aware that the world of newspapers, both online and in print, is changing. In a constant battle to remain at the forefront of breaking news and information, newspapers have had to offer their content online in competition with traditional broadcast media and the ever-evolving world of social media and
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The beauty of Twitter
Twitter has long played a part in our PR campaigns for clients, but today I spotted two stories about Twitter showing how imbedded this social media channel now is in our news reporting. The first story related to Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of the new Pakistani Prime Minister, who has been credited with increasing
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Brand spanking novelty: shining through a hectic crowd
PR has for years been linked to branding – often for our involvement in building a brand’s credibility or even just protecting it. Now, as agencies (including that of yours truly) begin to offer more integrated communications packages, brand is at the absolute forefront of our minds. Watching a brilliant adaption of Mark Haddon’s A
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