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Florence Quinn
Florence has nurtured and shaped Quinn into a global strategic powerhouse of brand storytelling. Her near-clairvoyant ability to anticipate trends and cut to what is important has sparked some of the most effective PR ideas and campaigns of our time. Quinn works for world-class brands in travel, real estate, food, wine and spirits from hubs in NYC, Miami, Los Angeles and London.
The firm set a record when it won HSMAI Best of Show two years in a row and has been recognized as One of the 50 Most Powerful PR Firms by Observer. It holds the highest, 5-star ranking on Forbes' List of America's Best PR Firms and a place on The PR Net 100.
Florence is the recipient of nearly every award available to hotel PR professionals, including the HSMAI Winthrop W. Grice Lifetime Achievement Award, the Greater New York Chapter of HSMAI Hospitality Professional of the Year Award and the HSMAI Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality & Travel Sales & Marketing Award.
Florence has been named one of Observer’s PR Power50, one of the Top 10 PR Power Players in NYC by Haute Living 2024, and one of the Most Influential Woman by the Irish Voice. She has been featured on the covers of HSMAI Marketing Review, The Mann Report and the Smith College alumnae magazine.
A graduate of Smith College, with a B.A. in American studies and an interest in fine arts, Florence was a Merit Scholarship student at the Art Students League of New York before she discovered PR. “When I found PR, I found my passion.”
Florence makes her home in Westport, CT with her life partner and gardens.