Hill & Knowlton on Chicago Bid: "Huge Sense of Pride About Getting Our Client There At All"

If President Barack Obama couldn’t bring the Olympics to Chicago, you can’t blame the PR firm too much. Nonetheless, Hill & Knowlton, who represented the Chicago Olympic Bid Committee, is understandably disappointed that the city lost out to Rio De Janeiro today. “Everyone’s pretty shocked about Chicago being out of 2016 but retaining a huge sense of pride about getting our client there at all,” said Niall Cook, Worldwide Director of Marketing Technology.

Lori Robinson, Director of Marketing and Business Development, told PRNewser that Hill & Knowlton has been involved with the committee, “for a couple years now” starting when they did the initial bid for the U.S.

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