Bargain bus is a sleeper hit…
From The Scottish Sun: BRITAIN’S first budget coach sleeper service starts this Friday. The nightly Megabus service will run both ways between London and Glasgow, offering 24 bunk-style berths. Megabus’s parent company Stagecoach said demand was growing for overnight bus journeys. The Sun’s NICK SHARPE stepped aboard for a special preview run of the service. Read more.
Citylink Gold celebrates first anniversary…
Luxury bus service Citylink Gold, which was branded by asdesignuk for its launch in June 2010, celebrates the first anniversary of its maiden voyage on Tuesday. The service offers luxury comfort and onboard refreshments and Wi-Fi on its links between Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness. See the branding and launch materials here.
Hop on the bus to the salon… or to Vegas?
Our latest campaign for Stagecoach North East will see one lucky passenger win a trip for two to Las Vegas. The campaign also brings two ‘firsts’ to the North East division of Stagecoach UK Bus, as we enter the world of both TV advertising and SMS short code response marketing. TV ads will run in the Tyne Tees region of ITV1 this summer and viewers will be invited to TEXT BUS TO 78866 to win the glitzy trip and to receive a local travel guide to boot! Check out yearofthebus.com and the Year Of The Bus gallery.
Say it BIG and Beep Your Valentine courtesy of Stagecoach…
Stagecoach North East are giving lovers the chance to SAY IT BIG this Valentine’s Day with the Beep My Valentine competition. All you have to do is send a message for your loved one to Stagecoach and one lucky winner will have their declaration posted on the side of a Stagecoach bus on Monday.
Valentine’s messages can be sent to northeast.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com titled “Beep My Valentine”. Entries must state the entrant’s full name, telephone number, address, local town and their message.
Happy (2nd week of the) New Year…
Well… it’s already the 2nd working week (and first full working week) of 2011. So far, we’ve been busy finishing off a number of projects that started last year as well as a few taken on in late December and early January. These include a number of internal communications projects for Stagecoach and Winter Sale materials for megabus.com. This week, we also kick off new website projects for Spark and Velvet, a new shoot with Saša Savić, artwork for the upcoming new album by The Humans and a number of digital music releases for Toyah (as well as an exciting 2011 tour identity)… and a whole lot more! I’ve also been working on a new portfolio book, collecting some of my work from my very first freelance commission in 2002 up to the here and now!
Here’s to a busy and fun-filled 2011…
Alan Sawyers
