BERKMAN, San Diego’s multi-award-winning, full-service public relations, marketing and branding firm, has expanded its portfolio and added nine new clients.

In the past months, BERKMAN has become the agency of record for nine major San Diego companies in various industries. Each new client amplifies the firm’s specialty practice divisions that include businesses in the hospitality, consumer products/technology, hotel/travel and leisure, professional services, fashion/retail and non-profit industries.

“By clearly segmenting our areas of expertise into dynamic, highly specialized industry divisions, we have been able to more effectively provide new and current clients with the targeted knowledge, support and services that BERKMAN is known for,” said Jack M. Berkman, president and CEO of BERKMAN. “We are thrilled to embark on public relations campaigns for our new clients and know the combination of such esteemed clientele and the diversity of our services will result in successful campaigns.”

BERKMAN’s newest clients are listed below in the appropriate specialty division.

Consumer Products/Technology
• RAYTEL, a leading provider of Bluetooth® hands-free mobile communications, multimedia and entertainment solutions for the automotive aftermarket.
• 42Media, an innovator in digital signage solutions.

Professional Services
• Packard Hospitality Group LLC, a nationwide, full-service hotel management company that currently manages nearly two dozen hotels, and its sister business, Packard Management Group, which manages homeowners associations throughout San Diego.
• The Orange County office of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, a prominent California law firm.

Hospitality
• Cohn Restaurant Group and Deborah Scott, restaurateur, partner of the Cohn Restaurant Group, and executive chef of Indigo Grill, Kemo Sabe and Island Prime/C Level.
• Fresh[er] soon to be Whisknladle, a restaurant and after-hours lounge with a back-to-basics approach to food and dining located in downtown La Jolla.

Fashion/Retail
• Donna Marsh, an upscale women’s clothing store opening in La Jolla in December.
• Shorelines Gallery, a contemporary American art and jewelry gallery that also features Sticks furniture, the largest collection of this unique, hand-painted furniture and objects de arte on the West Coast.

BERKMAN is a full-service public relations firm that specializes in providing marketing, branding, special event planning, identity marketing, media training, crisis management and management services, to clients in the professional services, consumer products, technology, hospitality, financial, real estate and public affairs industries. For additional information about BERKMAN, visit www.berkmanpr.com.