CHICAGO: Edelman has launched a national tourism practice and tapped SVP Jill Collins to lead it.

CHICAGO: Edelman has launched a national tourism practice and

tapped SVP Jill Collins to lead it.



During her 15-year agency tenure, Collins has served as the de facto

tourism specialist in the firm’s Chicago office, working with such

clients as Microsoft’s Expedia.com web site, Virgin Atlantic Airways,

Budget Rent-a-Car and the Illinois Bureau of Tourism. Edelman already

realizes about dollars 2 million a year in tourism-related income out of

the Chicago office and ...