I have an eagle eye for a good story and know how to make it work to my client’s advantage

My current and most recent clients include Grenada Board of Tourism, VisitBritain, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Stena Line, Qantas Holidays Cruise, travelguru.tv, Anguilla Tourist Board and Oxford Bus Company.

In 2011 I’ve worked with Warwick Castle and Directline Holidays as part of White Tiger PR, and a growing portfolio of five star resorts with ATP Heathcote & Associates.

I’ve headed in-house press offices for Air New Zealand and Icelandair & Icelandair Holidays, and led agency PR teams responsible for the Spanish Tourist Office, Mexico Tourism Board, Tourism Australia, Caribbean Tourism Organisation, Utell Hotels & Resorts and Wimco Villas.

I am highly regarded and trusted by UK media and have a keen eye for what makes a strong story. I’m also experienced at crisis and issues management.

My services include: consumer and trade media relations, event management, strategic communications planning and delivery, press trips, copywriting, crisis management & reputation recovery, event management and promotion, brand partnerships.

What others say about Rob

“Gets the right story, in the right paper, with the right journalist, and always manages the balance between honouring client messaging with the needs of the industry partners. Smooth and measurable encapsulate his way of working.”Karen Tippett, Head of PR & Promotions, Virgin Holidays
“Rob organised a fantasically informative trip to Minneapolis - he catered for the individual needs of each journalist resulting in a double page spread in a best-selling national weekly magazine from me. He has arranged several spa visits for me, reviewed in the Daily Express.”Debbi Marco, freelance writer and editor:
“We were thrilled to work with Rob. He was superb in analyzing and setting a strategy for generating media coverage of our destination, scheduling and facilitating an in-country media mission and putting a creative spin on our materials and outreach. His savvy and tenure in this business was vital to the successful branding of Monterey in the U.K. market.”Koleen C. Hamblin, Principal, KOLI Communications, Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau
  
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