Acquisition of Lafontaine PR adds travel & destination PR to gt&i services.
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March 2021
Lafontaine PR, specialist in travel and destination PR and founded by Julie Giraud and Pete Bell, has been acquired by gt&i. Together they offer the travel sector a full suite of marketing services from initial strategy and branding to web design, advertising, PR and social media strategy. Their clients range from luxury cruise company PONANT, to ADLER Spa Resort & Lodges, agencies including Savills as well as leisure and property destinations including 14.21 Firenze, Italy and Kilada Country Club, Golf and Residences in Porto Heli, Greece.
Business Director Tim Lewis, commented: “Bringing together this pool of expertise is absolutely in tune with the focus of the industry in Covid times. Clients are looking for flexible and nimble expert resources, coupled with the simplicity of campaign management from a single team, and the economies that streamlining delivers. Whilst travel is now back on the agenda it is not business as usual – and our offer reflects that.”
The agency announced its first new client project with Dubai-based Sunset Hospitality Group supporting the launch of METT , a refined, elegant and laid-back collection of lifestyle hotels and resorts. The first hotel in the portfolio, METT Hotel & Beach Resort, Bodrum, is scheduled for opening in May 2021.