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.

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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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Firm

FT Emp.

'24 Net Fees

1.

Finn Partners
New York, NY

1,245

$29,500,000

2.

J/PR
New York, NY

141

$22,254,000

3.

Zimmerman Agency
Tallahassee, FL

58

$22,250,000

4.

Turner, The Shipyard Collective
New York, NY

50

$19,465,474

5.

Edelman
New York, NY

5,964

$19,175,000

6.

MMGY
New York, NY

57

$11,040,748

7.

Lou Hammond Group
New York, NY

47

$9,996,046

8.

Coyne PR
Parsippany, NJ

145

$8,260,490

9.

Zeno Group
New York, NY

774

$6,588,842

10.

French | West | Vaughan
Raleigh, NC

143

$5,488,100

11.

Zapwater Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL

39

$4,968,543

12.

Ruder Finn Inc.
New York, NY

1,280

$4,170,000

13.

MMGY Wagstaff
Los Angeles, CA

24

$3,732,066

14.

rbb Communications
Miami, FL

68

$2,885,451

15.

Violet PR
Montclair, NJ

14

$2,521,953

16.

TEAM LEWIS
San Diego, CA

562

$2,370,000

17.

Hemsworth Communications
Fort Lauderdale, FL

15

$1,193,735

18.

360PR+
Boston, MA

60

$915,000

19.

MikeWorldWide
New York, NY

195

$770,400

20.

Berk Communications
New York, NY

30

$770,400

21.

Singer Associates Public Relations, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

16

$636,613

22.

Jackson Spalding
Atlanta, GA

158

$420,063

23.

Rasky Partners, Inc.
Boston, MA

15

$363,913

24.

Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA

9

$311,193

25.

Hunter
New York, NY

306

$300,000

26.

Ehrhardt Group, The
New Orleans, LA

21

$299,751

27.

Otter PR
St. Petersburg, FL

33

$250,000

28.

Trevelino/Keller
Atlanta, GA

41

$240,000

29.

MP&F Strategic Communications
Nashville, TN

71

$239,801

30.

Osborne Northwest Public Relations (ON PR)
Seattle, WA

4

$236,833

31.

Slide Nine Agency
Columbus, OH

18

$219,346

32.

PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications)
Trenton, NJ

7

$204,937

33.

Franco
Detroit, MI

30

$128,178

34.

Inspire PR Group
Westerville, OH

19

$90,253

35.

Hoyt Organization Inc., The
Torrance, CA

6

$62,578

36.

Landis Communications
San Francisco, CA

6

$55,000

37.

O'Malley Hansen Communications
Chicago, IL

7

$52,500

38.

Lawlor Media Group
New York, NY

4

$37,000

39.

Shiftology
Springfield, OH

8

$19,300

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.