by Buck Banks | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, NewmanPR Blog
Last week the “Today” show aired a segment about how to save money when booking a spring break getaway. The secret? Book through Costco Travel, a membership club that charges $55 per year to consumers for the privilege of shopping for commodities at a...
by Buck Banks | Jun 29, 2018 | NewmanPR Blog
Morning Consult recently released “The State of American Travel 2018,” a nationwide survey of 2,200 adults. The title of the survey conveys a sense of comprehensiveness and breadth that the report itself does not actually display, and some of the methodology and...
by Buck Banks | Dec 11, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
On Monday morning, Sept. 11, I received the call. The day before, Category 4 Hurricane Irma had passed directly over the Lower Florida Keys, sideswiping South Florida and sweeping up the state. I was loading our car – we had evacuated Miami to a Fort Lauderdale...
by Laura Myers | Oct 23, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
Sometimes it takes a creative eye, no matter how storm-weary. A stroke of luck. A sense of humor. A chicken on a paddleboard. NewmanPR’s video of Keys resident Karly Venezia and her year-old pet chicken Loretta on a paddleboard have gone viral. Free-range chickens are...
by Laura Myers | Sep 23, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
With apologies to Joyce Kilmer: “I think that I shall never see a thing as lovely as Fred the tree …” A welcome sight cheered weary Florida Keys locals returning home this week after Hurricane Irma struck the islands Sept. 10. His name is “Fred.”...
by Buck Banks | Aug 23, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
I will admit it took me a while to warm up to LinkedIn. I was an early adopter, but I didn’t really grok what the social media platform was all about. In its early days, I don’t think LinkedIn was too sure of itself either, for that matter. I had a...
