LATINEPR, INC.
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA

LatinEPR – Public Relations Agency Working with Latin American Media LatinEPR, Inc. - Latin American Electronic Public Relations Agency - extends communication services to international travel and lifestyle providers seeking customer awareness in Latin America and within the US Hispanic consumer and trade markets. For the past 16 years LatinEPR has helped emerging and/or well-established brands, such as car rental companies, destinations, hotels, shopping centers, real estate developments, travel trade shows, etc. design and deliver their messages to the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking residents of the Americas. LatinEPR was developed in 1997 as a pan-regional electronic public relations service for the lifestyle and travel industry in the United States and world-wide, in answer to the needs and particularities of the Latin American market/customer. Latin America* is home to over 590,000,000 people living in 21 countries and territories. In addition, we also reach out to over 52 million Hispanic residents within the United States. Such a large market requires massive outreach, prompt communication and response, and effectiveness, what LatinEPR has been able to provide successfully and with great results. Furthermore, LatinEPR is equipped to work with all remaining island countries and territories within the Caribbean basin. Our strategic alliances allow us to effectively reach out to all potential customers in the Americas and beyond. LatinEPR, Inc. is a member of the PR World Network, an international association of independent agencies founded by Lou Hammond & Associates to offer worldwide public relations and marketing services with like-minded companies. Composed of over 15 global agencies, the group has capabilities in over 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America. Offering an array of services in diverse languages, network members stand ready to support clients for international representation. Ellie Perla, owner and president of LatinEPR, has 22 years of marketing, communications and public relations experience in the travel and lifestyle industry. Ellie has specialized since 1993 in working with the Latin American and US Hispanic markets, helping clients launch and establish their brands/products in each and every country south of the US border. En expert in Latin American culture and behavior, Ellie has vast experience in designing high-impact market-specific branding campaigns. LatinEPR has worked over the years with clients in the travel and leisure industry such as destinations, hotels, car rental companies, real estate developments, shopping centers, restaurants, and others. Prior to opening her public relations agency LatinEPR, Ellie Perla worked in Corporate PR and Operations in the hotel industry, opening properties in the US, the Caribbean and Egypt. Ellie has a degree in biology from her native country Romania, speaks five languages and is a professional photographer. Carola Perla is partner and vice-president of LatinEPR, PR agency specialized in pan-regional public relations within Latin America. Carola has joined the team of LatinEPR in 2001, after graduating with a Master Degree in German Studies from Florida State University. Carola’s exceptional writing skills proved to be a great asset in developing PR campaigns for clients who were in need of multi-lingual services. From 2002-2009 she has been in charge of the research, writing and editing of LatinEPR’s Monthly Newsletter. The LatinEPR Newsletter covered the latest news in politics, economy, social development, cultural news, travel trends and statistics in all countries in Latin America, and was distributed to travel industry leaders in the US during a time when there was a great need for a succinct summary of news from Latin America. Our tool-box includes: Research; Market Intelligence; Trend Spotting; Customer Service; Word of Mouth; Industry Firsts; Engagements; Brand Advocates; Social Media; Product Launches; Press Conferences; Familiarization Tours; Road Shows; Partnerships; Press Rooms; Sponsorships; and more. LatinEPR, Inc. is the first and only Public Relations firm in the United States specialized entirely in working with the Latin American and US Hispanic consumer. Latin America, tightly interconnected with the US Hispanic consumer, is a massive and ever-growing market; and Public Relations is the right channel to create recognition for your brand. We measure, evaluate, compare, create, and go to action. We consider your "consumer" each category of persons who influence the way in which your brand is perceived, from the media, selling agents, employees, loyal customers, all away to the large international public. LatinEPR offers expertise and personal touch to communicate effectively at all levels. Services provided by LatinEPR within a PR Campaign are: • Product launches • Media relations (trade, business, broadcast and consumer) LatinEPR is an electronic PR Agency from its inception, and currently a green – paperless office. Our location within the US, in Miami, Florida allows us to reach any country in Latin America and any destination in the US in a cost-effective manner, since all business trips required by our clients originate from the most active point of entry for Latin Americans to and from the United States. We are working in a rapidly evolving communications landscape, within a market that grows by leaps and bounds, what prompts us to practice integrated PR and help our clients achieve their marketing and business goals. We integrate all communications channels - print, broadcast, digital and direct-to-consumer - to deliver result-oriented work that is strategic, creative and quantifiable. The creative process benefits greatly from the extensive travel industry background of our principals; in addition to literary writing, arts and photography background, and multi-lingual capabilities. Our goal is to make a substantial contribution towards our client’s business aspirations in the market, by shaping customer perception of the brand in time and space, in quantity and quality.