A summary for Corporate Marketers, Media Sales Executives and Advertising Agencies to see what clients are moving into the market and/or targeting Latin American consumers right now.
2018 NETWORKING SOLUTIONS. To find out about Portada's new networking solutions targeting the decision makers of the below campaigns, please contact Sales Manager Isabel Ojeda at [email protected].
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- McDonalds
McDonald's Latin America and agency DPZ&T is marking the Big Macs 50th anniversary with a limited-edition Coca-Cola can designed as an homage to the burgers storied recipe.The can will be delivered this week to influencers and brand lovers, who can then share their reaction on social media, using the hashtag #BigMacCan. DPZ&T also created a 49-second digital spot to announce the limited edition design, stating: “There are things everyone can do. And things only Big Mac Can do.”
- Tony Romas®
Romacorp, Inc., the parent company of Tony Romas®, announces the opening of its newest restaurant, located in Arequipa, the second-largest city in Peru. The new location can be found on the third floor of the popular Mall Plaza Arequipa, a destination well-known for its wide range of brands, entertainment and cuisine, making it the number-one commercial center in the city. This is the second Tony Romas restaurant for franchisee Freddy Nossar of Inversones Gondomar SAC, who successfully launched the Tony Romas brand in Peru during 1994.“As the Tony Romas brand continues to expand both internationally and domestically, we have focused on key regions such as Latin America, in an effort to strengthen our presence throughout influential cities around the world,” said John Brisco, President Global Franchise of Romacorp, Inc.
- Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz, the German automaker and a division of the German company Daimler AG, has kicked off a global media agency review, Adweek first reported. The review comes less than three months after hiring Publicis Groupe as its global agency network for creative and digital. It is unclear if any of the global regions would be excluded. Mercedes-Benz spends more than US$1 billion on media advertising annually globally.
Cosmetics brand Revlon has placed its´ global media account back into review after having consolidated with Mediacom less than a year ago. MediaCom will not defend. Revlon spent US$420 million on advertising in 2016, according to Kantar Media.
- Choice Hotels International
Choice Hotels International is partnering with Spanish hotel operator and franchiser Sercotel Hotels to expand into Spain and Latin America. Choice Hotels will also aim to create new opportunities for hotel development across Europe and Latin America through this new partnership. The two groups will bring Choice hotels managed by Sercotel's management unit into these markets while adding select Sercotel properties to the Choice Hotels portfolio. Booking on ChoiceHotels.com and the Choice Hotels app will extend to these Sercotel properties. They will also participate in the Choice Priveleges loyalty program.The new Choice Hotels properties will join Sercotel's approximately 150 hotels in Spain and 28 in Latin America.
2018 NETWORKING SOLUTIONS. To find out about Portada's new networking solutions targeting the decision makers of the below campaigns, please contact Sales Manager Isabel Ojeda at [email protected].
Hilton and Hotelaria Brasil announced the signing of a strategic development agreement for Hotelaria Brasil to initially develop five franchised Hampton by Hilton hotels in Brazil – marking the brands debut in the country. The announcement underscores Hiltons commitment to expand throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, and reinforces the upper-midscale brands momentum with 139 openings worldwide in 2017, including Hampton hotels in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. As part of the agreement, the companies have confirmed the first hotel is scheduled to open in 2019 at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Expected to open in early 2019, the 160-room Hampton by Hilton Guarulhos Airport is located less than two miles from the airport. Hilton currently has a portfolio of more than 130 hotels and resorts open and welcoming travelers in the Caribbean and Latin America. The company is actively pursuing additional Caribbean and Latin American growth opportunities and currently has a robust pipeline of approximately 80 hotels throughout the region.
NEW FEATURES TO PORTADA'S INTERACTIVE DATABASES
We have incorporated new features to the interactive database of corporate marketers and agency executives targeting LatAm consumers:
–New Leads: Weekly more than 20 new leads uploaded to the Database by the Portada team as well as the contacts related to the above weekly Sales Leads column written by our editorial team.
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Celeste Martorana @celesmartorana Latin America, Sales Leads Latin America Tags: Choice Hotels International, Hampton by hilton, Hilton, Hotelaria Brasil, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, LATAM Hotel Corporation, McDonald's Latin America, Mercedes-Benz, Sercotel Hotels, Tony Romas® 
Celeste Martorana @celesmartorana
Celeste joined Portadas team in 2014. Since then, she has been working as an editor for Portadas English-language website and compiling information for Portadas Databases.
