PR as the Secret Ingredient: Leveraging PR to Drive Restaurant Success and How To Maximize Strategies For Lasting Impact

March 10, 2026
Education Theater 1258

Given the hyper-competitive restaurant and hospitality industry, this session unpacks how PR plays a critical role to substantially increase visibility, builds loyalty, enhances brand reputation and revenue through storytelling, community engagement, and reputation management.

  1. Driving Business Through PR: Learn how strategic communications fuel guest traffic, strengthen loyalty, maintain relevancy, and protect reputation in the high-stakes hospitality space.
  2. Audience Insights by Generation: Discover how to segment target consumers and craft PR strategies that resonate authentically with Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and beyond.
  3. Maximizing ROI: Understand why investing in PR delivers sustainable growth compared to short-lived paid ads and discount-driven promotions that erode profit margins.
  4. Community & Cause Marketing: See how PR-led community involvement and CSR initiatives foster trust, emotional connections, and long-term sales.
  5. Identifying and shaping brand moments powerful enough to drive earned media headlines, reviews and cross-platform coverage.
Speakers
Lindsay Kirsh
Lindsay Kirsh, Founder and Chief Strategist - Slayer Public Relations