Ms. Lutz

Didi Lutz

President

Didi Lutz PR

Didi Lutz is an internationally acclaimed hospitality public relations professional specializing in boutique hotels, luxury travel, destination and tourism communications.

Prior to starting her own business in February 2005, Ms. Lutz was the Director of Communications for the Hotel Commonwealth, a 150-room luxury property in Boston. Within the first year of the Hotel Commonwealth's opening, she established the media relationship that led to worldwide recognition for the property as one of Ten Best New Business Hotels by Forbes.com.

After starting her own consulting practice in 2005, Ms. Lutz expanded her client list. She worked with the historic Century House, the oldest continuously operating inn on Nantucket, and opened the boutique Hotel Providence in Rhode Island’s theatre and entertainment district, along with the property’s restaurant. Ms. Lutz has worked on various other destination marketing initiatives, including executing a media relations plan for the Provincetown Office of Tourism in cooperation with a Boston-based public relations agency. Her reputation expanded internationally when she started working with the four-star boutique Hotel Heritage in the charming historic city of Bruges in Belgium, and the Zacosta Villa Hotel in Rhodes, Greece.

Ms. Lutz has also worked on lifestyle consumer campaigns including Snip-its, the fastest growing children’s salon in the nation, which won a Bellringer Award for Best Consumer campaign by the Publicity Club of New England in 2009. Most recently, she assisted in the media relations campaign for the US launch of the luxurious Hotel Chocolat in Boston's Newbury Street.

Ms. Lutz can be contacted at 561-628-7422 or didi.lutz@gmail.com

Coming Up In The March Online Hotel Business Review

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Hotel Human Resources: The Biggest Challenges
The economic challenges of the past four years have led many hotel companies to re-examine the ways in which they do business and how they deploy talent. In many cases, the work did not go away and fewer people were left to carry on the tasks that had previously been shared among many. As we work our way out of the recession and look forward to a healthier economic environment, there is an understanding that despite recovering business levels, we may never see the return of former staffing levels. This "new norm" of operating with leaner teams has led Human Resources professionals and people managers to look at career development and growth opportunities in a new light. The March Hotel Business Review will take a look at some of the strategies being used by successful hotel brands, and techniques human resource directors are currently exploring.
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