COURTNEY OPENS THE GATE
By Adnews Staff
Courtney PR Group has been tapped to handled Canadian public relations activities for EC-Gate, an application service provider with offices in Amsterdam and Toronto. EC-Gate's vice president of marketing and communications, Lynne Kilpatrick, said she appointed the Toronto agency without a review because she knew Susanne Courtney, the founder and president of the firm. The Toronto agency will immediately begin work on the company's Canadian public relations program, working with EC-Gate's U.S. and global PR agency Golin Harris of Chicago. The appointment of Courtney PR is part of an overall marketing strategy intended to increase brand and industry awareness. Advertising for EC-Gate is handled by Lowe RMP of Toronto and its sister company Lowe Direct of Amsterdam.