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Gulf Air calls review of pan-Euro creative and media business.

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Gulf Air is understood to have kicked off a pan-European review of its advertising and media accounts in a move that signals a revival of marketing activity for the airline.

The national carrier of Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Abu Dhabi appointed MindShare and J. Walter Thompson to handle its 12 million [pounds sterling] account in January 1999.

JWT, which beat Ogilvy & Mather, Grey, WCRS and DDB in a pitch for the business, was tasked with creating to a global TV ad campaign backed by press and poster activity. However, the campaign, which was intended to help Gulf overtake its rival, Emirates as the biggest Middle Eastern carrier, never materialised. Gulf Air's annual media spend has since shrunk to below 1 million [pounds sterling].

The pan-European nature of the review reinforces London as the centre of marketing activity for Gulf Air. The carrier uses the city as the international hub for its flights and the ...

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