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.
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Following a pan-regional pitch, Coca-Cola has selected Starcom, a Publicis Media agency, to continue to manage their business in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela while expanding the relationship in nine additional markets including Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and Dominican Republic. As part of this new partnership, Starcom will continue to ensure excellence in media planning and buying while transforming and accelerating Coca-Colas business growth regionally. Starcom will service the business through a data-driven model as well as other customized tools for the brand and market. There will be a regional hub in Colombia dedicated to centralizing all planning, integration and digital transformation. In addition, each local market will have a team that specializes in data, analytics and digital transformation. This expansion will continue to strengthen a global relationship that has existed for almost 25 years.
The Wyndham hotel chain is planning to open eight new properties in Mexico next year including one under its most luxurious brand. Alejandro Moreno, the companys general manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, said Wyndham is expanding in Mexico because the country is a rising power in tourism and the sector is expected to continue to grow in the coming years.With the eight new properties, the number of Wyndham hotels in Mexico will increase from 52 to 60.The most-hyped upcoming opening is that of a Wyndham Grand Hotel in Mexico City.The Mexico City Wyndham Grand will become the companys 11th brand with a presence in the country.
- PepsiCo Latin America
As consumers in Latin America increasingly demand more nutritious food options, PepsiCo has continued to expand its portfolio to meet the evolving preferences of consumers towards more nutritious options.To satisfy these changing consumer preferences, PepsiCo has embarked on an ambitious expansion of its Latin American portfolio of more nutritious foods and beverages through brands like Tropicana, Naked, Kero Coco and Quaker, with the aim of reducing the amount of artificial ingredients and other additives, such as sugars, saturated fats, sodium and calories, in its products.To help meet these goals, PepsiCo has invested in research and development (R&D) centers in key countries in the region.These hubs are responsible not only for driving innovation for the company in Latin America, but also contributing to research and development projects that accelerate innovation for PepsiCo in other parts of the world.PepsiCo Latin America has also invested in its “Nutrition for the Future” platform, a hub of programs focused on increasing access to nutritious food and beverages, education for healthy lifestyles and balanced nutrition, and support for agro-economic self-sufficiency.PepsiCo has already reached 20,000 people in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with these programs, and expects to reach another 10,000 by 2020.
2019 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].
- Azul/ Copa Airlines
Azul Brazilian Airlines and Copa Airlines have announced a broad cooperation agreement that will connect the two largest route networks in Latin and South America. As part of this agreement, customers can conveniently connect to Azuls unrivaled domestic network when flying Copa into and out of Brazil. This agreement means that Copa customers can now potentially access all of Azuls 101 domestic destinations in Brazil, including 52 destinations not served by any other airline. In the near future, Azul will also place its code on Copa flights into and out of its Panama city hub, allowing Azuls domestic customers to take advantage of the broadest network in Latin America.
2019 NETWORKING SOLUTIONS. To find out about Portada's new networking solutions targeting the decision makers of the above campaigns, please contact Sales Manager Isabel Ojeda at [email protected].
Celeste Martorana @celesmartorana Latin America, Sales Leads Latin America Tags: Coca Cola, Kero Coco, Naked, PepsiCo Latin America, Publicis Media, Quaker, sales leads latam, starcom, Tropicana, Wyndham 
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.
