About KBX PR

Hi, I’m Kate.

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With more than 20 years of experience heading up PR for travel brands, both in-house and agency-side, I set up my own boutique consultancy to bring a fresh approach to travel and leisure PR.   

KBX PR was created because I felt there was a gap in the market for a PR agency offering an as-in-house approach.

Always director level PR support

Working with a large PR agency often means high turnover and a mix of seniority within your account team. At KBX PR, every account is personally led by me, drawing on my 20+ year background in the travel industry, to shape both strategy and delivery.

From writing to pitching, reporting to networking, you will have the benefit of two decades of know-how and on-the-ground experience, ensuring your campaigns will be effective, efficient, and impactful.

Travel needs real sector expertise

Travel is its own sector for a reason. It’s not as simple as e-commerce, and the decision making process behind booking holidays is far more emotional than buying your next pair of shoes.

Travel brands need someone who understands that; who knows which media to approach and how to tell your story to ensure it stands out from the crowd. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to travel PR.

Travel journalists care about relationships

Head over to my testimonials page for examples of this.

Sure, you can send a pitch to a long media list, or use AI to find contact details, but actually having relationships - built over time and based on trust, accountability, and shared experiences - means that when an email from me comes through, journalists always read it.

And when I say I’m close to journalists, that means I care about them too - I’ve even been known to hold their hand when they need it, including in ambulances and waiting around at hospitals (I’m there to support in the bad times as well as the good!). And when it comes to PR, caring means I won’t send journalists things I know they won’t care about and I won’t waste your time with this either.

Cost effective travel PR

As a boutique agency, I offer the flexibility to tailor cost-effective solutions to your needs, without the overheads of a larger consultancy.

Most importantly, every billable hour is spent with me, giving you senior-level expertise and continuity, rather than work being passed between a rotating team of junior account managers.

AI is here to stay. Is your brand ready?

AI is changing how people discover brands – and PR needs to keep up. Through carefully targeted traditional PR, Digital PR and AI visibility tracking, KBX PR helps improve your brand visibility and representation across the AI-powered search tools your customers are increasingly turning to. By securing the right coverage in the right media titles, I can help ensure your brand is being seen in the places that matter – by both your customers and the AI platforms influencing their choices.

My Approach

I act as an extension of your in-house team.

This means I can:

  • Integrate with your team and learn your brand inside and out

  • Sit in on key meetings to save you time on briefings

  • Be accountable – PR should never be carried out in isolation but form a part of the wider sales and marketing effort

  • Deliver strong return on investment through an as-in-house approach at a fraction of the cost

  • Produce coverage of quantity and quality, with better relationships, and a reliable service

  • Draw from a trusted pool of media experts for ad-hoc support and expertise as required, spanning event and talent management, brand partnerships, experiential events and media training

I don’t represent more than one client in each sub-sector

I am a travel expert, so all of my clients are in the travel and leisure industry, however, I don’t work with brands that are direct competitors. My credibility is everything, so when I tell a journalist ‘this is the best villa company’ (for example) - how will they believe me when the next day I’m promoting a different one? This is a key difference to working with KBX PR over other agencies or specialists, and it’s one that I’m proud of. You still get the benefits of sharing a client roster with other fantastic travel brands but there’s never any conflict of interests or competition over who is the ‘more important’ client.

I don’t over commit on time and resource

You’ll never find me saying ‘can we move this over to next month?’ I don’t take on new clients if I don’t have the capacity to give them my full support or if I don’t feel like it’s something I can be truly passionate about. I hold my work to a high standard but I also love what i do, and I won’t say yes to something if I don’t feel like we’re the right fit for each other or if I know I can’t give it my full attention.

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“Kate has been managing our PR and influencercontent for more than 9 years and in that time,increased our coverage threefold compared to previous outsourced agencies. The improved, sustainable PR performance is due to Kate’s excellent media relationships, creative approach, and dedication to our brand. As a client, I would have no hesitation in recommending Kate and KBX PR.”

— Oliver Brendon, Founder and Chief Executive, Attraction Tickets Ltd.

My Experience

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  • 20+ years of travel and lifestyle PR

  • Working with brands spanning all areas of the travel and lifestyle industry, including hotels , destinations, cruise lines, attractions, restaurants, festivals and real estate

  • Consumer, trade and corporate PR

  • In-house lead communications roles, spanning strategy, budgeting and reporting

  • Management of PR agencies and freelancers, globally

  • Crisis management

  • Newsjacking - utilising data to make brands relevant in current news and trends

  • Stakeholder management and investor relations

  • Digital PR strategy and collaboration

  • Corporate communications including LinkedIn, Animal Welfare and Modern Slavery statements

  • Additional experience in wellbeing, mental health, sports and tech industries

Arrange a free 30-minute call

Get in touch for more information on how I can help you achieve your travel, accommodation and lifestyle PR goals and to request a bespoke PR proposal.