Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 23, 2018

These leading airlines showcase the power of focusing on the details of experience. The airline industry is tough. And yet, there are some airlines out there that just simply get it. And yet, there are some airlines out there that just simply get it. More on Thai Airways’s issue management fail.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2017

United Airlines came under fire for forcefully dragging a passenger out from the overbooked flight number 3411 as a video recording of the incident went viral on social media. All of this happened because United Airlines chose to ignore the gravity of the situation. As a result, the company and Munoz, both came under intense criticism.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

5 webinar “Crisis Management on an International Stage: Takeaways from Boeing’s Biggest Crisis and Time Spent in the West Wing.”. On rebuilding Boeing’s reputation: I don’t want to talk too much about it until the MAX is safely flying again. The airlines themselves have to return their fleets to service.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 26, 2019

Being the steward of a company’s image and reputation comes with the job. To show leadership during a serious crisis situation. If the company’s reputation is in jeopardy, its CEO becomes the chief emergency officer by default. It’s not always about crisis management. Here are some of the most common. .

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

How do these experiences impact your organization’s reputation and, more importantly, how can you ensure to minimize their occurrences in the first place, especially when you may not even know of their existence? Air Canada recently went through such an occurrence – and their senior management team has no idea.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 10, 2017

But for public relations and crisis experts, United’s immediate response was also troubling. As of midday Monday, the airline had issued the following statement. According to other passengers on the flight, the airline said it needed four seats to fly its own employees to Louisville.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 14, 2015

In 2009, Canadian musician Dave Carroll published the first of three videos telling the story of how United Airlines carelessly broke his guitar. The power of story-telling in (and out of) crisis management. Dave’s biggest crisis management advice he has to offer to organizations. About guest, Dave Carroll.

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5W PR

AUGUST 12, 2024

Reputation management and business continuity planning has become a cornerstone of successful business strategy. Cybersecurity attacks and data breaches have long been at the forefront of crisis preparedness plans, but as companies become more dependent on technology, the scope of potential crises has expanded.

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Presspage

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

All this is done to protect the brand’s reputation and keep operations from coming to a halt. However, crisis comms isn’t just about the actual communication part. It also involves all of the behind the scenes activities that PR and corporate communication teams do to protect their company’s reputation.

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Cision

MAY 12, 2017

This stresses on the importance of mobile search and mobile-optimized websites adds to the importance of ranking higher in mobile search results, especially during a PR crisis when a breaking news is plastered all over the internet. As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral.

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5W PR

JUNE 17, 2024

Operating a travel-related business today is more challenging than ever, with a saturated market and intense competition from low-cost airlines, ecotourism trends, and major online platforms. Positive media coverage can improve a brand’s reputation and expand its reach. Here is what an effective PR strategy should look like.

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PRSay

MAY 26, 2023

“Whenever we get into any crisis moment, the guiding principles for us are compassion and action,” said Linda Rutherford, chief administration and communications officer for Southwest Airlines. Given the complexities of the crisis, “we were as timely and accurate as we could be,” she said.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 10, 2021

Building a framework for reputation management: Christopher Rivera @ Samsung. Christopher Rivera, Director of Reputation & Risk, Samsung Electronics America. Chris Rivera has led as the Director of Reputation & Risk at Samsung Electronics America for more than three years. Real-time risk management | Jump to text.

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Reputation Us

APRIL 12, 2017

Whenever a corporate crisis or public gaffe occurs, I often get questions from colleagues, friends and family on what my PR perspective is. This week’s United Airlines incident has by far created the most inquiries from people asking me, “What would you recommend United do now?” Good grief! WORDS TO ACTION.

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Presspage

MAY 29, 2017

The violent removal of a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight triggered an outraged public to post heated comments all over the media. This crisis could have been avoided if the PR department had been sufficiently embedded in the organization. At United Airlines, this was all clearly absent.

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David PR Group

APRIL 8, 2019

How you respond to a crisis often impacts your business more than the crisis itself. First, Southwest Air lines , typically a reputational darling, got dinged for its handling of passenger complaints following the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. When dealing with a reputational crisis, here are some tips: .

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Crisis communications is an important aspect to tackle as a business owner. A crisis occurs when there is a severe risk or threat to the reputation, business, and organisational viability. A crisis can negatively impact your brand and reputation on multiple levels if it’s left unaddressed.

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Reputation Us

MAY 12, 2020

As the president of ReputationUs and with 28 years of experience behind me, I have been striving to refine the art of managing corporate reputations during a crisis into a well-honed specialty. You will see how good your communications, strategy, infrastructure and reputation are, and what needs to change. Expose them.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2024

From my favorite airline (which is open and sincere in good times and bad) to my credit card company (who handled a data breach quickly and efficiently), down to my neighborhood auto repair shop (which is almost honest to a fault), these traits are a major driver in my day-to-day purchase decisions.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Brands and businesses know how important it is to protect their reputation. In the midst of a crisis, reputations that have been so hard to build can be easily destroyed and the effects can be hard to undo. It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a recent episode of That Solo Life: The Solo PR Pro Podcast , hosts Karen Swim and Michelle Kane discuss the nightmare that was Southwest Airlines’ system failure over the holidays. In the case of Southwest Airlines, more than 16,000 flights were canceled over the recent holiday season, in part due to severe winter weather.

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Presspage

MAY 11, 2017

Following USA’s victory over Ghana during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Delta Airlines tweeted a photo of the Statue of Liberty (representing the US) next to an image of a giraffe (representing Ghana). Create scenarios and practice your responses to accurately simulate your team’s crisis management.

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Presspage

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

All this is done to protect the brands reputation and keep operations from coming to a halt. However, crisis comms isnt just about the actual communication part. It also involves all of the behind the scenes activities that PR and corporate communication teams do to protect their companys reputation.

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Norton's Notes

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This shows you how important a corporate reputation is to a company listed on the stock market – maybe its why we are seeing more PR professionals on boards. Humorous responses to the crisis, like a mod for a videogame which has incorporated the note 7 as an in game weapon – are tricky to deal with and should sometimes be ignored.

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NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Airlines have been under close scrutiny, with their new policies needing to comply with the national vaccine mandate in the United States. More specifically, articles with narratives opposing mandates tended to come from conservative publications.

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Prohibition

MAY 15, 2020

Of course, this resulted in a huge pay-out from the company and serious damage to their reputation – which we all know is incredibly hard to rebuild. This was followed with a rather disappointing remark from the airline s chief executive who admitted: ‘social distancing on flights just isn’t realistic.’

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Prohibition

MAY 15, 2020

Of course, this resulted in a huge pay-out from the company and serious damage to their reputation – which we all know is incredibly hard to rebuild. This was followed with a rather disappointing remark from the airline s chief executive who admitted: ‘social distancing on flights just isn’t realistic.’

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Mark My Words

MAY 20, 2015

What happened on-board flight 9525 could have happened to any other airline. Yet two stories this week have demonstrated the persistence of the reputational tin ear at the rarefied high tables of corporate and geopolitical life. Being closed and defensive is toxic to restoring trust. It sounds so simple.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

This stresses on the importance of mobile search and mobile-optimized websites adds to the importance of ranking higher in mobile search results, especially during a PR crisis when a breaking news is plastered all over the internet. As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Yes, it’s that time of year when we evaluate the mistakes, stumbles and train wrecks of public reputation over the past 12 months. But for this post we’re focusing on truly terrible reputation reversals compounded by poor handling. Boeing’s reputation disaster. Below is my list for the year’s worst.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 26, 2017

I speak a lot to student and marketers alike about social media crisis management as I believe it can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and share price if you get it wrong. United Airlines Drops The Ball. This is probably the most well known crises from this year as United Airlines hasn’t had the best year.

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