Virgin Blue denies airline has denied being responsible for a media ban affecting its terminals around Australia which occurred after their reservations systems have once again crashed earlier today. The airline says the Australian Federal Police kept the media away from terminals to avoid an increasing congestion.
The Naperville City Council decided to hire a Chicago PR consultant to educate residents about the city’s Smart Grid Initiative Program. The council also approved a $135,000 budget for the consultant to complete the first phase of the Smart Grid's education program.
The Memphis City School district has recently approved a PR contract worth 310,000 US dollars with two D.C.-based marketing companies. The contract has the potential of a crisis, as the MCS has been criticized for spending taxpayer money to chauffeur the deputy superintendent around, creating potential for an even bigger PR problem.
Spokespersons of the Filipino administration admitted the government hired a US public relations agency to get media exposure for President Benigno Aquino III week-long working visit to the United States. According to their statements, contracting the services of a public relations firm in a foreign country was "standard operating procedure" for visiting government leaders.
Bulgarian public relations expert Maxim Behar has been elected to be one of the members of the international committee organizing the 2011 world PR forum in Davos, Switzerland. Behar is the CEO of the largest public relations company in Bulgaria, M3 Communications Group, and the only Bulgarian expert on the committee.
The Eisen Agency, one of Cincinnati's leading investor and public relations firm, has just been appointed agency of record by BRINK. The agency will lead PR efforts for the BRINK Innovation Conference 2010, an event debuting this year and organized by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
A recent study conducted by Burson-Marsteller, Message Gap Analysis, shows there is an average 48% gap for mainstream media and a much bigger 69% gap for bloggers reporting the news. The average gap is slightly decreased in Europe and the US, where the PR field has a long standing history.
Oprah Winfrey surprised 50 brides-to-be on her daytime talk show giving them Vera Wang wedding gowns.
NCPRSA and its partners are organizing the 2010 edition of the Public Relations & Marketing Seminar on November 3 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. The full-day event addresses public relations, marketing, advertising and communications professionals from throughout the Southeast who attend.
World tourism is one of the 5 largest industries in the world when all is considered. For many countries travel and tourism are really the life's blood of prosperity and economies. Greece, among many others, is a prime example of how governments may not be using resources to promote the right kinds of businesses for growth. Like SME's in the US, the real Greek proprietors may be all but forgotten.