Experience

Hospitality & Entertainment

We are destination marketers for hotels, attractions, and experiential dining nationwide. As curators of travel experiences for high-end hospitality, including resorts, spas and casinos, our communications strategies deliver guests. From entertainment boardwalks to underwater and jungle-themed dining adventures, we represent some of the most dynamic restaurant concepts in the nation. Reporters know they can count on DPWPR to plan and execute their itineraries, chocked full of travel tales and newsworthy stays.

Landry’s Inc. / Fertitta Entertainment

DPWPR handles all public relations and crisis communications for billionaire Tilman Fertitta, sole owner of Fertitta Entertainment, which owns restaurant giant Landry’s, five Golden Nugget Casinos and Hotels, and the NBA’s Houston Rockets. DPWPR generates extensive publicity for more than 600 concepts nationwide like Morton’s The Steakhouse, Del Frisco’s, and Bubba Gump Shrimp; along with his hospitality and entertainment venues including San Luis Resort, Pleasure Pier, Downtown Aquariums in Nashville, Denver and Houston, Kemah Boardwalk, and more.

Client: Landry’s Inc. / Fertitta Entertainment
The Post Oak Hotel

Since groundbreaking of The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston, DPWPR has actively positioned and promoted Tilman Fertitta’s award-winning vertical mixed-use project as the pinnacle of luxury. Forbes granted the property a double five-star rating, earning five stars for both the hotel and the spa. In addition to the many accolades received, the property’s celebrity-studded clientele has garnered the attention of media around the globe. From groundbreaking to the present, DPWPR has been on the ground generating significant awareness among travelers; coordinating all facets of media relations; planning and executing press tours; supporting noteworthy events and VIP appearances. DPWPR also played a role in curating the impressive collection of art highlighting the lobby and lavish interiors of the property.

Client: The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston
Golden Nugget

In 2005, Landry’s rolled the dice on gaming, acquiring the historic Golden Nugget Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada. After reopening the sleeping casino brand and transforming the Downtown Vegas experience, Tilman Fertitta expanded the Golden Nugget brand across the country, opening new locations in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Biloxi, Mississippi and Lake Charles, Louisiana. From grand openings and property expansions to online gaming and concert announcements, DPWPR is called upon to manage all public relations and crisis communications efforts for Tilman Fertitta’s five Golden Nugget Casinos and Hotels throughout the United States.

Client: Golden Nugget