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Bettina Garibaldi
Bettina is a senior vice president leading Ketchum’s Travel, Hospitality & Leisure sector in New York. She brings years of experience leading integrated marketing communications campaigns and is an expert at building and elevating destinations, travel and hospitality brands through media relations, consumer engagement, and strategic partnerships and events. She has a Masters from NYU in corporate communications and has received numerous best-in-class awards for campaigns she’s spearheaded—including Ketchum’s most awarded PR-led campaign for one of her destination clients.
Posts: Bettina Garibaldi
Think Like the Locals: Why an Inside-Out MarComms Approach Reigns Supreme
by Alexa Mechanic and Bettina Garibaldi | April 1, 2022
After departing JFK and covering 6,689 miles in the coveted Qatar Airways Qsuite, we touched down in Doha, Qatar. The descent into the peninsular country was captivating: shorelines of beaches along turquoise waters, desert dunes and – in stark contrast – futuristic skyscrapers and state-of-the-art stadiums. From the second we arrived in Qatar in early […]
COVID-19 Vaccines Are Here: What This Means for Travel
by Bettina Garibaldi | February 11, 2021
The recent news that the U.S. is weighing the possibility of requiring a negative COVID-19 test for domestic air travel is a strong reminder of how important the vaccine is for the travel industry, and for all of us who travel for personal or business reasons. The travel, hospitality and leisure sector was one of […]
The Role of Responsible Marketing as Business Travel Begins to Revive
by Amanda Gadaleta Alonso and Bettina Garibaldi | November 12, 2020
Packing and unpacking your favorite carry-on. The distinct sensation of checking into your flight the night before takeoff (or, in some cases, on the ride there). Extending your stay to explore a city or meet with friends who happen to live near your conference venue. This was the life of many who, pre-pandemic, spent a […]
Just Launched: Transforming Travelers Study
by Bettina Garibaldi | July 30, 2020
Professionals in Travel and Tourism understand the obsession with breaking down how traveler behavior, loyalty and values are being redefined by crisis culture—the uncertainty of health risks, economic downturn and restrictions in day-to-day living caused by COVID-19 and intensified by flashpoint events highlighting systemic racism. For this reason, Ketchum Travel recently surveyed close to 4,000 […]
Travel Reporters Prepare for a Strong Comeback
by Bettina Garibaldi | May 27, 2020
Many tourism and hospitality leaders are wondering whether pushing travel right now is the right thing to do, and they’re unsure how it’ll resonate with media. Trust me, it’s a thought that runs through my head constantly as a communications professional. Journalists are under extreme pressure to deliver quality reporting in an already oversaturated market, […]
Top Signals Travel Brands and Destinations Can Look for as We Rebound
by Bettina Garibaldi | May 7, 2020
I’m based in New York, and like elsewhere, we’ve had a lot of time to think about the critical and mundane things. As travel restrictions begin to loosen around the world in phases, there’s no denying that travel plans—to visit family or friends who live in other cities/countries, to reconnect with a city you love, or to discover a new city—are on everyone’s mind. We’ve written previously about the implications of this pent-up wanderlust on […]
