Client Experience


Leone & Leone Ltd. takes pride in its extensive background of diverse clientele. For more than 16 years, our professional and experienced staff has created and implemented strategic public relations and marketing plans for a variety of businesses worldwide. Our specialty is the travel and tourism industry. Our strong ties and relationships with travel media and representatives across the globe allow for a keen understanding of placement strategies that ensure our clients' success in both sales and recognition. Other specialties include the hospitality, automotive, entertainment/attraction, and consumer industries.

The company was honored with the prestigious Silver Anvil Award in 1986 for its public relations campaign in the United States, for Expo 86', the Worlds Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Silver Anvil Award is the most respected recognition in the public relations field and symbolizes the forging of public opinion. It is awarded annually to public relations practitioners who, in the judgment of their peers, have successfully addressed a contemporary issue with exemplary professional skill, creativity and resourcefulness.


Atlantis Submarines International, Inc.

Since 1985, Atlantis Submarines International has been at the forefront of the submarine tourism/attractions industry. Atlantis' fleet has grown to include 11 high-tech vessels and can be found in nine international locations, including Cozumel; Grand Cayman; St. Thomas; Barbados; Aruba; Guam; and Honolulu, Maui and Kona, Hawaii.

British Columbia Ferry Corporation

BC Ferries is one of the largest and most sophisticated ferry systems in the world with 40 vessels serving 46 ports of call in British Columbia. Popular northern voyages include the Inside Passage and Discover Coast Passage along the spectacular British Columbia coast. The British Columbia Ferry Corporation's headquarters is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

The Butchart Gardens

The Butchart Gardens is Canada’s number one privately owned attraction (with over one million plus visitors a year) and ranks as one of the top outdoor garden attraction venues in the world.  This year marks Butchart Gardens 100th Anniversary (100 Years in Bloom) and Leone & Leone Ltd. has been asked to develop and implement a US marketing communications program to support this milestone event.  This is the first time Butchart Gardens has utilized the services of an outside communications agency.

Canadian Pacific Hotels, British Columbia

The largest owner-operated hotel company in Canada, Canadian Pacific Hotels encompasses 34 distinctive city center and resort hotels in Canada, the U.S. Mexico, Barbados and Bermuda. Its four British Columbia properties are rated 4 Diamonds by AAA and include the famed Hotel Vancouver, Waterfront Centre Hotel, The Empress and Chateau Whistler Resort.

Dacor

Founded in 1965 and based in Pasadena, Calif., Dacor is one of the nation's leading high-end kitchen appliance manufacturers and the only U.S.-based appliance company to earn ISO 9001 Quality Standard Certification in all facilities, which measures system quality management in 91 countries. Among the appliances produced by this family-owned business are dual-fuel, gas and electric ranges; wall ovens, gas and electric cooktops, warming ovens, downdraft ventilation systems, hoods, microwaves and more.

GolfGym

The GolfGym Power Swing Trainer is a unique golf training and conditional tool specifically designed to provide perfectly balanced muscle strengthening and muscle memory.  This innovative sport-specific program utilizes the patented GolfGym, along with a host of training steps designed to condition golf-related muscles, prevent injury and improve overall golf swing.

Irvine Auto Center

The Irvine Auto Center features six automobile dealer groups, including Irvine BMW, Joe MacPherson Chevrolet, Lew Webb's Irvine Toyota/Nissan and Oldsmobile Irvine, Ray Fladeboe Automotive Group and Tuttle-Click Automotive Group. Located just off the 5 Freeway at the Lake Forest exit in Irvine, Calif., the six dealers represent 21 brands of cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz of Laguna Niguel

One of the nation's leading Mercedes-Benz dealerships, Mercedes-Benz of Laguna Niguel celebrated its 25th year in business serving southern Orange County in sales and service with the opening of its new, state-of-the-art facility in Laguna Niguel.

Oak Bay Marine Group

The Oak Bay Marine Group is the “premiere” and largest operator of fishing resorts (land-based and floating) and sport fishing programs in North America.  The Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, based company offers a variety of recreational vacations and sport fishing adventures in western Canada as well as at its exclusive Cape Santa Maria beach resort in the Bahamas.

On Travel Radio/The Touring Company

On Travel Radio's The Touring Company is a live travel talk-radio show designed for the "realistic traveler," featuring interviews with travel experts, listener call-in participation and travel tips/information on destinations worldwide. The two-hour weekly show is co-hosted by award winning independent journalists Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman, a husband/wife team who have been featured on CBS This Morning, the Today Show and Good Morning America. The Touring Company airs Sundays from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on KPCC-FM 89.3, the 10th largest public radio (NPR) affiliate in the United States.

Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa

Aviawest Resorts, the leading vacation ownership company in western Canada, is developing the country's newest fractional resort real estate program offering ownership and rental opportunities in an urban setting.  The new Parkside Resort & Spa will be located in downtown Victoria on British Columbia 's Vancouver Island and will offer unique properties in a world-class vacation and business destination.  Leone & Leone Ltd. partnered with Victoria-based b'Zirk Creative Communications to coordinate and implement U.S. marketing and communications for launch and pre-sales activities.

Rocky Mountaineer Railtours

Vancouver-based Rocky Mountaineer Railtours is North America's largest privately owned railtour company. Specializing in two-day all-daylight railtours between the destinations of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Jasper, Banff, and Calgary, Alberta, the Rocky Mountaineer was recently named Best Attraction by the North American Travel Journalist's Association and one of the "20 Best Rail Experiences in the World" by The International Railway Traveler.

Southern California Marine Association (SCMA)

The Southern California Marine Association was founded in 1956 for the purpose of promoting, nurturing and improving the recreational boating business in Southern California and is the premier producer of the area’s most prestigious and longest-running boat shows.  The six shows currently produced by the SCMA attract nearly 300,000 visitors yearly as well as top marine industry manufacturers, brokers and accessory retailers.  Leone & Leone Ltd. is responsible for all of the SCMA's show public relations and communications efforts as well as ongoing activities to support the association’s growth, consumer communications and promotional marketing opportunities.

Thomas Bros. Maps

A leading producer of street mapping products on the West Coast since 1915 and pioneer in digital map publishing. Thomas Bros. Maps®, headquartered in Irvine, California, expanded to the East Coast in 1997 with the introduction of the Thomas Guide® and a complete line of mapping products for the Washington, D.C. area. New products include Thomas Guides covering the Pacific Northwest, Metropolitan Inland Empire and Spanish editions for Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Tourism Victoria

A source of information on a wide variety of outdoor adventure and recreational opportunities, transportation options, sightseeing tours and special events in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Tuttle-Click Automotive Group

Tuttle-Click is one of the nation's 25 largest automotive sales organizations. Tuttle-Click Automotive Group's franchises in Orange County include: Tuttle-Click Chrysler-Plymouth/Dodge/Hyundai/Jeep/Mitsubishi/Suzuki; and Tuttle-Click Ford in the Irvine Auto Center; and Tuttle-Click's Tustin Dodge in the Tustin Auto Center.
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