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FINN Partners lands Galataport Istanbul, a new social, cultural and leisure neighborhood anchoring the waterfront in Istanbul’s Karaköy district. Led by FINN Partners’ Virginia Sheridan, managing partner for Travel + Lifestyle, North America and travel division senior partner Haldun Dinccetin, the agency will deliver a comprehensive communications strategy for consumer and trade audiences, including media relations, trade show representation, strategic partnerships and thought leadership. According to Galataport Istanbul, FINN Partners was selected based on its experience in the cruise industry, art and culture and lifestyle public relations, as well as its established knowledge of Turkey and Istanbul.
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Forward Media is working Tailwind Air’s new nonstop seaplane service from New York to Boston. Tailwind says that its service will cut travel times between the two cities from 40 to 60 percent. The flights, which are to start operations on Aug. 3, will take off from Manhattan’s New York Skyport on East 23 Street, landing in Boston Harbor approximately 75 minutes later. Since each plane will carry only eight passengers, travelers can arrive at check-in as little as 10 minutes before departure. One-way fares start at $395. Tailwind says that in addition to reducing aggravation for travelers, the new service will “open up half-day business trips.”
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AutoCom Associates earns US PR duties for Drive TLV, a connector of investors and Israeli high-tech companies. Based in Tel Aviv, Drive works with startups, assists them with strategic business-plan guidance and helps them form partnerships with investors and industry-leading mobility companies, including automakers and insurance firms. It plans to make its programs available to startups in the US and Europe in the near future. "The smart-mobility technologies that Drive is helping to develop will be of particular interest to the growing number of media outlets covering electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, autonomous driving technology and the smart-mobility sector in general," said AutoCom president Larry Weis.
FleishmanHillard is named strategic communications consultancy for the Bay Area Host Committee... Kite Hill is named PR partner for the Artist and the Machine summit, which till take place Nov. 19 in Los Angeles... Alliance Connection, a Detroit-based agency that specializes in all-inclusive resorts, travel and hospitality, wins Elite Island Resorts with properties in Antigua, Barbados and Panama.
Merlot Marketing is named agency of record for Nichiha USA, a manufacturer of building material solutions... Sally Beauty, the consumer retail division of parent company Sally Beauty Holdings, appoints Creative Media Marketing as its public relations agency of record... Doner comes on board as agency of record for Rush Street Gaming, which operates Rivers Casino locations in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Des Plaines, IL; Portsmouth, VA; and Schenectady, NY.
JPR Group picks up Kimmel Architecture (formerly Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site) to establish a presence in the senior living marketplace... RG2 Communications, adds Pollini at Ladbroke Hall, an Italian restaurant that is part of the 43,000 sq.-ft. Edwardian landmark, which presents live music, contemporary art, dance and gastronomy... M&C Communications assumes PR duties for Hope for Stomach Cancer nonprofit group.
Konnect Agency connects with Crescent Hotels & Resorts... FleishmanHillard specialty agency Methods+Mastery’s "Team BDG” comes on board as agency of record for Blue Diamond Growers... The Lacek Group, a loyalty, CRM and brand marketing agency that is part of Ogilvy One, picks up FNBO financial services outfit.
Rubenstein Public Relations works to burnish the legacy of Manhattan’s Riverside Memorial Chapel as a 
