The Door Celebrates 11 Clients Recognized in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 20, 2020 / Award-winning public relations agency The Door, a subsidiary of Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLPN), is excited to celebrate 11 hotels in their hospitality portfolio that have been recognized by the distinguished Condé Nast Traveler 2020 Readers' Choice Awards.

The Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry. This year, more than 715,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers submitted responses rating their travel experiences across the globe to determine the winners.

From Chicago to Belize, The Door plays an instrumental role in helping their clients shape the programming and messaging needed to cut through the clutter and set trends in the industry. "At a time when guest comfort level and traveler loyalty is key to rebuilding the hospitality industry, we're pleased to see our clients are top among a discerning global clientele," said Danielle Pagano McGunagle, Managing Director, Hospitality, The Door.

This year's line-up of winners among The Door brand and hotel clients includes:

• The Family Coppola Hideaways:
  • Turtle Inn, Belize

• Makeready:
  • The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas;
  • Cliff House Maine, Cape Neddick;
  • HALCYON, a Hotel in Cherry Creek, Denver;
  • Noelle, Nashville

• The Pontchartrain
  • New Orleans

• Viceroy Hotels & Resorts:
  • Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, St. Lucia;
  • Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
  • Viceroy Riviera Maya, Mexico

• Virgin Hotels:
  • Virgin Hotels Chicago
  • Virgin Hotels Dallas

The 2020 Readers' Choice Awards are published on Condé Nast Traveler's website at www.cntraveler.com/rca and celebrated in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler US and UK print editions.

For its clients, The Door has been drilling deeper into trends and sentiments related to specific local markets and hyper-targeted demographics by conducting proprietary market research among frequent travelers. By tapping into what guests will be expecting from hotels within the next six to eight months, The Door is able to offer clients the insights and tools they need to be successful in a new era.

"More has changed about the game than most hoteliers realize," said McGunagle. "This research has given us the luxury of access to real-time qualitative feedback on exactly what travelers want and need - everything from whether they plan to fly, bike or sail to their next destination, how they feel about shared spaces and how private experiences stack up against lively locales."

About Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.

Dolphin Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company. Through our subsidiaries 42West, The Door and Shore Fire Media, we provide expert strategic marketing and publicity services to many of the top brands, both individual and corporate, in the film, television, music and hospitality industries. Viewpoint Creative and Be Social complement their efforts with full-service creative branding and production capabilities as well as social media and influencer marketing services. Dolphin's legacy content production business, founded by Emmy-nominated CEO Bill O'Dowd, has produced multiple feature films and award-winning digital series.

About The Door

Founded in 2008, The Door is a creative relations agency constructed as "an idea house," with a focus on building important, viable brands through diverse initiatives. Headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami, The Door represents a wide range of clients-including food and beverage, personalities, hospitality brands, events, consumer products, technology offerings, and entertainment/media entities.

About Conde Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler is the world's most distinguished travel title providing inspiration and advice for discerning travelers. Authoritative and influential, Condé Nast Traveler is a multi-platform, transatlantic brand. Publishing US and UK print editions under Editor-in-Chief Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler offers award-winning expertise in luxury travel from around the world. For more, visit www.cntraveler.com.

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