PRBI Annual Meeting Scheduled in Chicago on June 13‐15
NEW YORK – June 10, 2013 – The worldwide collaborative network of PR firms, PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI), welcomes two new international PR agencies to its network: China’s Geni‐plus PR Consulting Company, and Brazil’s Carla Bianchi Comunicação Ltda. PRBI now includes 30 member agencies in 12 different countries.
“As we prepare to hold our fifth annual meeting in Chicago on June 13‐15, we are very excited to welcome these two new members,” said Dan Leinweber, PRBI President and President, Leinweber Associates, Boston. “Both Geni‐plus and Carla Bianchi Comunicação are strong additions to our boutique network, helping to extend our global reach in the expanding economies in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).”
PRBI member agencies are located throughout North America and in international markets in Asia, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Through their collaboration in PRBI, members offer the personalized, senior‐level expertise of the boutique firm combined with the broad, international reach and market specialization of much larger agencies. The PR boutique model continues to grow in popularity as companies realize the value delivered by hands‐on experienced communications experts.
Geni‐plus PR Consulting Company, co‐owned by Vivian Li, PR Manager, is the first boutique agency within the PRBI network to be headquartered in China. The agency, which also has a U.S. office which is led by Vice President, Paul A. Rogoski , provides strategic public relations expertise both traditionally and digitally for B2C and B2B companies in the technology, healthcare, bio‐tech, life sciences, consumer goods, finance, and education industries.
Carla Bianchi Comunicação Ltda is headed by Principal, Carla Bellizia Bianchi, who founded the agency in 1996. The firm, based in San Paulo, Brazil, provides PR and marketing expertise for companies in the cosmetics, beauty, lifestyle and health industries, specializing in media relations and outreach, coordination of events and conferences as well as product releases and promotions.
For more information about PRBI, visit: http://www.prboutiques.com. Visit the Geni‐plus PR Consulting Company and Carla Bianchi Comunicação Ltd. websites for more information on these agencies.
About PR Boutiques International:
PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI) is an international network of boutique public relations firms. The principals of member firms are experienced practitioners who have held senior positions in large PR agencies and/or corporations but now put service first and work directly with clients. PRBI member firms excel in meeting a huge range of client needs in a large number of industries, including corporate public relations, consumer PR, health care PR, investor relations, crisis management, business‐to‐ business PR, economic development PR, not‐for‐profit, academia, government, financial, technology, legal, multicultural and international PR and investor relations. Member practitioners have won the highest levels of professional awards, with qualifications ranging from PhDs to former top journalists. They also represent memberships in the most noteworthy international public relations and business associations. For more information, visit http://www.prboutiques.com.