THE DRUM

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   Ryanair New Year advert banned by ASA

   The ASA has banned an advert which Ryanair showed at the end of 2010, advertising the New Year celebrations in Dublin, but stating the price for travelling in January-March.EasyJet complained about the press advert, which appeared on 16 December... Read more

   3 comments

   UK - 27/07/2011

   Advertising
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   Ryan Reynolds and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to front new M&S advert

   It has been revealed that Ryan Reynolds and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will be the faces of the Autograph brand in new Marks and Spencer autumn adverts, which will launch on Thursday.Other celebrities which will feature in the adverts include... Read more

   0 comments

   UK - 30/08/2011

   Advertising
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   ASA bans Ryanair bikini ad

   Ryanair has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority, again, after the airlines chose to illustrate its spring flights with a bikini clad model.Most of the destinations on offer however had maximum temperatures which failed to nudge... Read more

   5 comments

   UK - 27/04/2011

   Advertising
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   Ryan Giggs could lose £20m Reebok deal as further affair claims emerge

   Ryan Giggs could be set to lose his sponsorship deal with sportswear firm Reebok following the emergence of reports over a third extra-marital affair. Giggs, who is now being compared with golfer Tiger Woods, could be set to lose the £20m... Read more

   0 comments

   UK - 07/06/2011

   Marketing
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   Ryanair Denmark ad is grounded

   A Ryanair ad promoting flights to Denmark has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for “misleading” travellers.The promotion depicted a young child grasping a pile of leaves in a forest to depict “family fun”... Read more

   1 comment

   UK - 26/01/2011

   Advertising
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   I Hate Ryanair website forced to close after legal battle

   ihateryanair.co.uk, a website set up by a disgruntled passenger and dedicated to criticising Ryanair, has been forced to close and hand the domain name over to the airline.Established by Robert Tyler in 2007 following a ‘stressful’... Read more

   5 comments

   UK - 13/10/2010

   Digital
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   Easyjet win Ryanair damages over “Pinocchio” jibe

   Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has apologised “unreservedly” for a series of adverts broadcast by his airline which depicted Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou as Pinocchio.It was Sir Stelios who got the fairytale ending... Read more

   3 comments

   UK - 15/07/2010

   Advertising
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   Ryanair ad campaign grounded by easyjet

   Ryanair has been forced to issue a grovelling retraction and apology to Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in today’s Guardian newspaper after previously including his photograph in a series of ads which inferred that the easyjet head had lied over... Read more

   0 comments

   UK - 23/07/2010

   Advertising
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   Ryanair nightmare as PR takes a nosedive

   Embattled Ryanair is enduring yet another torrid PR disaster after it emerged that a planeload of disgruntled passengers had been left stranded on the tarmac for a buttock paralysing six hours.Being locked within the lurid blue and yellow confines... Read more

   0 comments

   Scotland - 25/06/2010

   Public Relations
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    Ryanair's initial compensation decision: will the dust settle?

    The Drum speaks to communications experts on the impact Ryanair's initial decision not to offer compensation to passengers affected by the flight ban will have had on the brand. Yesterday, the company made a huge U-turn and agreed that it would... Read more

    0 comments

    UK - 22/04/2010

    Public Relations

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