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WordHampton launched the first Hamptons Restaurant Week in 2003. The idea stemmed from client Jerry Della Femina who proposed an East End dining experience similar to New York Restaurant Week. WordHampton put legs on the idea by signing up top East End restaurants and publicizing the event in national, metropolitan and local media.
The premise of Restaurant Weeks is to attract new diners at sluggish periods by restaurants putting forward their best menu and service at a fraction of the price. In the Hamptons, at end-March, the week kick-starts the resort’s high-season while making fine dining accessible to locals. Now an annual campaign that benefits thousands of diners and nearly 100 businesses each year, it recently expanded to include retail, lodging and transportation across the East End. In 2006, the promotion moved west to encompass all of the region with the first Long Island Restaurant Week in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. In 2008, the third Long Island Restaurant Week will be held from Sunday, November 2 through Sunday November 9.
Established in 1992, WordHampton Public Relations is an award-winning agency on Long Island representing signature hospitality, real estate and lifestyle businesses. We represent clients from sectors including hospitality, real estate, lifestyle, non-profit and professional services. We are also the organizers of Long Island Restaurant Week and Hamptons Restaurant Week which have generated millions of dollars in revenue for participating businesses since 2003.
Our mission is to build reputations and revenues through strategic and creative thinking, deep media relationships and client partnering.
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