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Nyi Nyi

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Sep 11, 2014, 11:34:48 PM9/11/14
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Malaysia’s beleaguered national flag carrier has changed the wording of an online contest after Netizens criticised it for being insensitive to those who died in the twin disasters suffered by the airline this year that claimed 537 lives.

Six months since the unexplained loss of Flight MH370, the carrier launched the campaign asking Australian and New Zealand customers to describe in 500 words or less, "What and where would you like to tick off on your ‘bucket list’, and explain why?"

All very good except that someone in that long chain of PR decision-making failed to bring to notice the poor choice of words. The term "bucket list" is typically used to refer to a list of things someone should do before they die. PRWeek asked Malaysia Airlines how it failed to detect the poor choice of words but it did not respond.

"This kind of error is exactly what Malaysia Airlines didn't need right now," corporate comms consultant and founder of BlackLab marketing communications Adam Murray told PRWeek. "They are so focused on the big issues they have recently faced that they let a small but crucial detail slip. The result: embarrassment at best and offence to consumers at worst".

 
 
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Thomas Latt

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Sep 11, 2014, 11:45:59 PM9/11/14
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Alamak!



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Thomas Latt <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Alamak!
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>~ an asian tour operator AATO ~
>“Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in

>kilometers.” –* George Carlin.*


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>On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:16 PM, 'Nyi Nyi' via Travel Myanmar (Tourism
>information, activities, idea exchange inside Burma) <
>travel...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Malaysia’s beleaguered national flag carrier has changed the wording of an
>> online contest after Netizens criticised it for being insensitive to those
>> who died in the twin disasters suffered by the airline this year that
>> claimed 537 lives.
>>
>> Six months since the unexplained loss of Flight MH370, the carrier
>> launched the campaign asking Australian and New Zealand customers to
>> describe in 500 words or less, "What and where would you like to tick off
>> on your ‘bucket list’, and explain why?"
>>
>> All very good except that someone in that long chain of PR decision-making
>> failed to bring to notice the poor choice of words. The term "bucket list"
>> is typically used to refer to a list of things someone should do before
>> they die. PRWeek asked Malaysia Airlines how it failed to detect the poor
>> choice of words but it did not respond.
>>
>> "This kind of error is exactly what Malaysia Airlines didn't need right
>> now," corporate comms consultant and founder of BlackLab marketing
>> communications Adam Murray told PRWeek. "They are so focused on the big
>> issues they have recently faced that they let a small but crucial detail
>> slip. The result: embarrassment at best and offence to consumers at worst".
>>
>> Read more on PR Week

>> <http://www.prweek.com/article/1310792/malaysia-airlines-renames-bucket-list-contest>
>>
>>
>> [image: image]
>> <http://www.prweek.com/article/1310792/malaysia-airlines-renames-bucket-list-contest>


>>
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>> Malaysia Airlines renames "bucket list" contest

>> <http://www.prweek.com/article/1310792/malaysia-airlines-renames-bucket-list-contest>


>> Malaysia Airlines renames
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>> <http://www.prweek.com/article/1310792/malaysia-airlines-renames-bucket-list-contest>


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