Travel, Hospitality & Economic Development Public Relations Firms

The firms below have broken out their net fees for accounts classified as travel & hospitality PR as well as economic development.

O’Dwyer’s ranks PR firms based on net fee income which is defined as charges for PR counseling and time spent preparing and placing stories in media.

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Top Public Relations Firms by PR Specialty (Updated for 2026 with '25 net fees)
Adult Beverages/Spirits | Agriculture | Auto./Transportation | Beauty/Fashion | Crisis Communications | Education | Energy | Entertainment | Environmental | Financial | Food & Bev | Healthcare | Home Furnishings | Industrial | Non-Profits | Professional Svcs. | Public Affairs | Purpose/CSR | Real Estate Finance & Dev. | Restaurants | Sports | Technology | Travel & Economic Dev.

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Firm

FT Emp.

'25 Net Fees

1.

FINN Partners
New York, NY

1,267

$32,500,000

2.

J/PR
New York, NY

142

$26,640,599

3.

Zimmerman Agency
Tallahassee, FL

58

$23,150,000

4.

Fahlgren Mortine + Turner
Columbus, OH

200

$21,492,186

5.

Edelman
New York, NY

5,457

$19,152,000

6.

MMGY
New York, NY

56

$12,181,864

7.

Lou Hammond Group
New York, NY

42

$10,608,557

8.

LLYC U.S.
Grand Rapids, MI

110

$7,892,000

9.

Coyne PR
Parsippany, NJ

143

$7,643,655

10.

French | West | Vaughan
Raleigh, NC

139

$5,762,150

11.

Zeno Group
New York, NY

841

$5,261,081

12.

Zapwater Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL

42

$4,144,880

13.

rbb Communications
Miami, FL

59

$3,829,296

14.

MMGY Wagstaff
Los Angeles, CA

22

$3,053,534

15.

Violet PR
Montclair, NJ

15

$2,914,466

16.

Hunter
New York, NY

320

$2,000,000

17.

Jackson Spalding
Atlanta, GA

133

$1,593,796

18.

Hemsworth Communications
Fort Lauderdale, FL

16

$1,393,126

19.

360PR+
Boston, MA

54

$769,975

20.

Singer Associates Public Relations, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

15

$584,537

21.

MP&F Strategic Communications
Nashville, TN

71

$506,977

22.

Ehrhardt Group, The
New Orleans, LA

22

$414,739

23.

Osborne Northwest Public Relations (ON PR)
Seattle, WA

2

$398,072

24.

Padilla
Minneapolis, MN

162

$338,512

25.

Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA

10

$209,895

26.

Trevelino/Keller
Atlanta, GA

43

$200,000

27.

Rasky Partners, Inc.
Boston, MA

16

$109,145

28.

PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications)
Trenton, NJ

10

$92,670

29.

Slide Nine Agency
Columbus, OH

14

$89,702

30.

Bellmont Partners
Minneapolis, MN

23

$83,931

31.

Inspire PR Group
Westerville, OH

19

$49,050

32.

Public Communications Inc.
Chicago, IL

27

$39,200

33.

Hoyt Organization Inc., The
Torrance, CA

6

$38,947

34.

Lawlor Media Group
New York, NY

4

$34,000

35.

Shiftology
Springfield, OH

6

$25,361

36.

Champion Management Group
Dallas, TX

41

$25,000

37.

Otter PR
St. Petersburg, FL

23

$17,398

Our ranking of the top travel PR firms also includes PR firms specializing in economic development and hospitality public relations. O'Dwyer's has been ranking PR firms for 57 years. Our rankings measure counseling and media contact services, not advertising or production expenses. Get Ranked by O'Dwyer's.