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Hemsworth Communications is engaged to craft a PR strategy for Bernoulli | Locke, which is launching FANVEST.io, a platform that gives fans the opportunity to invest and have a stake in the ownership of various sports and entertainment properties. The agency’s efforts will include media relations and promotion for the first-ever fan-owned professional sports team, a new Fan Owned SailGP Team. Hemsworth will initially focus on the upcoming Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix event, facilitating on-the-ground activities that showcase the team to lifestyle, sports business and financial/cryptocurrency media, as well as the investment and sailing communities. Ownership of the team will take the form of token sales, representing the stake of investment powered by the NEAR Blockchain Protocol. “Hemsworth Communications, with its hospitality, sports and financial services experience, is a perfect fit to help communicate our message broadly,” said Bernoulli | Locke Co-Founder Jerry Stone.
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5WPR is selected as public relations AOR for car rental company Advantage. The agency will lead Advantage’s US public relations efforts through a strategic media relation program combining B2B and B2C outreach. 5W will work to build brand awareness and position the company as an industry leader by sharing its unique origin story and impact on the rental car industry, while using its previous success record to inform the company’s growth trajectory. “5W’s impressive roster of clients across multiple industries, and proven success in the travel and mobility space, were ultimately the reasons we chose them to lead our U.S. PR campaign,” said Advantage CEO Remon Aziz.
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APO Group, a pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, is appointed as official PR agency for the World Football Summit in Africa. The multi-year agreement will see APO Group coordinate all media activity for WFS in Africa, including the distribution of press releases for WFS events, online press conferences, interviews and placements in prominent African media. Since its inception in 2016, WFS, the flagship event in the African football industry calendar, has attracted over 22,000 attendees across 17 events and has built a global community of 90,000+ sports industry executives throughout its platforms. “Their vast media network will carry our news to every corner of the continent, and their relationships with key government, multinational companies, and public institutions will help us drive new conversations about the African football industry,” said World Football Summit co-founder and director Jan Alessie, co-founder and director of World Football Summit.
Thunderly, a Dallas-based franchise marketing agency, picks up Bojangles, a Southern restaurant brand known for its bold flavors and loyal following... Warschawski adds AOL duties for Gas Monkey Garage, an automotive brand offering custom vehicle builds, classic car restorations and high-performance muscle cars... JAM Collective wins Roark, a company that produces travel and lifestyle gear.
Babbit Bodner picks up Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux, a restaurant and sports bar with more than 70 locations across the country... Publicity for Good lands America’s Christian Credit Union, a faith-based financial institution serving more than 150,000 members nationwide... LDPR, a travel and lifestyle PR firm, is AOR for The Royal Sonesta Boston.
Krupp is named AOR for charity: water, a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people around the world... IMAGINE PR lands North American PR duties for Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Krabi, Thailand... The Consultancy PR picks upSimon Pearce, a line of handblown glass, handmade pottery, lighting and home décor... Pale Morning Media, which works with outdoor and active lifestyle brands, adds DKOTA Grizzly, a St. Louis-based company that makes casual lifestyle apparel.
IMAGINE PR picks up North American PR duties for Mount Med Resort, a medical spa in Austria’s Tyrolean Alps... Yodel Mobile, an app growth consultancy and marketing agency that is part of NP Digital, lands Royal Horticultural Society, the UK’s leading gardening charity... Darby Communications, which represents outdoor, hunting, fishing and endurance brands, is named PR agency of record for LOWA Boots, a producer of premium outdoor boots and shoes. 
SourceCode Communications picks up Breezy, an AI-powered workspace built for residential real estate professionals... CIIC PR is named U.S. and Canadian press office for the Hotel Cala di Volpe and Cervo Hotel, properties in northeastern Sardinia, Italy... Wilful, a London shop, lands climate action platform Ecologi.
