Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Aug. 6, 2024 — Durée & Company – an award-winning full-service public relations and marketing firm founded in 1999 in Fort Lauderdale – was awarded Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s Best PR Agency of 2024 award in the gold category for the second consecutive year.
Abbie Lipton, Samantha Calebrese, Durée Ross, Jenna Sample, Caroline Williams
Fort Lauderdale Magazine polls the local community to select the best businesses and organizations in the area. More than 35,000 votes were cast to determine the winners of the “Best of Fort Lauderdale 2024” winners. Durée & Company is recognized in a special print and online section of Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s August edition. The award reflects Durée & Company’s deep roots in the Fort Lauderdale community, its commitment to serving its clients with the highest standards of PR excellence and its exceptional work in publicrelations.
With over 200,000 monthly readers, Fort Lauderdale Magazine is a reflection of the people, places, events, issues and concerns that shape residents’ lives, influence their decisions and provide for a vibrant existence in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Magazine informs, challenges, delights and inspires the people who live, work and play in the city.
Jenna Sample, Samantha Calebrese, Durée Ross, Abbie Lipton, Caroline Williams
With strong connections in the area and extensive local knowledge, Durée & Company has been a pivotal force in the Fort Lauderdale story, assisting businesses and spearheading initiatives. The firm’s understanding of the community’s pulse and its invaluable network of local connections have enabled it to create compelling PR campaigns that resonate.
Founded by Durée Ross, who was born and raised in South Florida, the firm comprises a team of seasoned professionals who understand clients’ needs and deliver impactful campaigns, taking a hands-on and strategic approach.
“It’s an incredible honor to win gold for Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s Best PR Agency award for the second consecutive year,” said Ross. “No one knows Fort Lauderdale better than the people who live, work and play here. Receiving this accolade from the Fort Lauderdale community is exceptionally special because it’s not just an award; it’s a testament to the community that we proudly serve. This wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated team who share a passion for our clients, our work and our results.”
Durée & Company’s practice areas include real estate, nonprofit, hospitality, business, lifestyle, health and wellness, legal, yacht and marine as well as cannabis, psychedelics and other emerging industries. While the firm’s longtime headquarters is in Fort Lauderdale, it also maintains a satellite office in Aspen, Colorado.
In 2023 alone, Durée & Company received two awards for its work with international on-water assistance provider Sea Tow. The firm’s meticulous work was celebrated with a Bulldog Bronze Award for outstanding crisis communication. As a further testament to its excellence in communication, Durée & Company also received an Honorable Mention in the Public Relations Campaign category at the Marine Marketers of America’s 2022 Neptune Awards. The agency also won a Cannabis Marketing Association Seven Award for “Best Use of PR.” Ross was named a winner of the 2023 PRNEWS People of the Year national awards in The Crisis Managers category. In 2024, Durée & Company was recognized with an Honorable Mention in PRNEWS Experiential and Events PR Awards in the Best Overall Event PR Event/Experimental Campaign B-to-B category for its work with PORT 32 Marinas.
For more information about Durée & Company’s services, visit https://dureeandcompany.com/ or call the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office at 954-723-9350.
About Durée & Company, Inc.
Founded in 1999, Durée & Company is a full-service, well-respected and highly creative public relations and marketing agency serving a diverse client base of local, national and international consumer brands, landmark industries, business leaders and philanthropists from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Aspen, Colorado. Practice areas include nonprofit, hospitality, business, lifestyle, health and wellness, legal, real estate, yacht and marine as well as cannabis,
psychedelics, and other emerging industries. Durée & Company is the proud recipient of four notable 2023 awards: Bulldog PR Bronze Level for “Best Crisis Management,” Cannabis Marketing Association Seven Award for “Best Use of PR,” Fort Lauderdale magazine “Best of Fort Lauderdale Top PR Agency” and PR News People of the Year Award, “The Crisis Managers Category.” Durée & Company is a member of PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI), an elite organization of global public relations professionals. To learn more, call 954-723-9350; go to dureeandcompany.com; cannabismarketingpr.com; or psychedelicpr.com. Join the social conversation and follow Durée & Company on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and LinkedIn at @DuréeCoPR.
