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Overview"Very Private and Public Relations is the autobiography of Travel PR guru Jim Dunn, who takes us on a rollicking ride from poor boy growing up gay in a small town on the west coast of Scotland to the five-star lifestyle of a PR guru in the fledgling travel industry of the early seventies in London. We discover Dunn’s story, from his childhood as a mummy's boy to his regular encounters on the ""Love Train"" home from Glasgow and his first love with a man in uniform. His life quite literally 'took off' when he got his first job on the weekly newspaper Travel Trade Gazette. The fact that he admits he couldn't type, write or understand one end of PR from the other didn't stop him from creating the UK's leading travel and leisure PR consultancy over the next 3O years. This book is a tour de force of Jim's life and work and is a fascinating insight into the travel business as we know it today - from the decidedly unglamorous British Benidorm to Hong Kong and the Bahamas. Jim Dunn has 40 years' experience in journalism and public relations and extensive knowledge of advising organisations in the corporate, travel and leisure, entertainment, property and financial sectors. His current business interest is in helping to build up a small group of luxury 5 star hotels in Europe but he still keeps his hand in at writing and contributes a regular columns on his travels around the world." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jim DunnPublisher: Thorogood Imprint: Thorogood Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781854189356ISBN 10: 1854189352 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 24 March 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1 OOR hoose 2 Granny Molly and other family 3 Parental wars 4 A son to be ashamed of 5 Sex education 6 Poofter 7 Secrets and lies 8 The embezzlement 9 Television time 10 First love 11 Mr James 12 The love train 13 Columnist and thespian! 14 Show business beckons 15 Love at first sight 16 Adulthood 17 On the floor in Streatham 18 George - and the world 19 Travel - first steps 20 The cup of coffee that changed it all 21 Gertie to the rescue 22 Our Gestetner years 23 Home and Jesus the neighbour 24 Real work and a crisis 25 Hotels - a hedonist is born 26 Jim's Chinese walls erupt 27 Quality Print 28 Hell is a travel agents' convention 29 Stopping the traffic 30 Gays in business 31 All in a PR's day 32 A death in the family 33 A place in the country 34 George's bombshell 35 Taking off for the world 36 Travels with my journos 37 Sheep's eyes and shopping 38 The naked lady of Hampstead 39 Sex in a foreign city 40 On a bed with a Princess - at work with the royals 41 Red noses all round 42 Luvvies and a tribal chief 43 Clients - we love them... but... 44 Mr Benidorm 45 The beauty parade 46 Crisis - what crisis? 47 Brothels and SAM missiles 48 Luxury... and Elizabeth someone or other 49 Knives out from our friends 50 Love letters from Mr Gummer 51 The end and the beginningReviews"""Jim Dunn's epic climb from Glaswegian poverty to millionaire status is the classic rags to riches story - with a very significant difference. Jim makes no secret of the dangers of being a gay man in repressive Scotland in the fifties. His honesty, humour and compassion in this frank autobiography will be an inspiration to gay people who still feel shunned in the modern world. I've known Jim for over 30 years. Now I know - and like - my friend even better.""; Peter Hobday, broadcaster and former BBC Radio 4 Today programme host. ; ""There was no better company than JD... Very Private and Public Relations reflects his personality - witty, outrageous, fun, frank and unashamed. The book also reflects, humorously, the fledgling travel industry itself as we now know it, which in early days, with no history or experience to draw on, often lurched from success to disaster, living by the seat of its pants.""; Jill Crawshaw, The Times, Travel Correspondent ; ""Jim Dunn's book is fascinating, telling of an extraordinary journey which started with his early life in Gourock where he worked on the local newspaper's entertainment pages bringing much needed money into the family home. The travel PR industry was in its infancy then and he was a prime mover in its rapid growth with his dynamism and ingenuity. I so enjoyed working with him for many years on Wish You Were Here...? He was great fun to be with, and still is - inventive, demanding, outrageous. His book is not just an account of a remarkable life, it's the story of a hugely successful industry in which he played a vital part.'; Judith Chalmers" Jim Dunn's epic climb from Glaswegian poverty to millionaire status is the classic rags to riches story - with a very significant difference. Jim makes no secret of the dangers of being a gay man in repressive Scotland in the fifties. His honesty, humour and compassion in this frank autobiography will be an inspiration to gay people who still feel shunned in the modern world. I've known Jim for over 30 years. Now I know - and like - my friend even better. ; Peter Hobday, broadcaster and former BBC Radio 4 Today programme host. ; There was no better company than JD... Very Private and Public Relations reflects his personality - witty, outrageous, fun, frank and unashamed. The book also reflects, humorously, the fledgling travel industry itself as we now know it, which in early days, with no history or experience to draw on, often lurched from success to disaster, living by the seat of its pants. ; Jill Crawshaw, The Times, Travel Correspondent ; Jim Dunn's book is fascinating, telling of an extraordinary journey which started with his early life in Gourock where he worked on the local newspaper's entertainment pages bringing much needed money into the family home. The travel PR industry was in its infancy then and he was a prime mover in its rapid growth with his dynamism and ingenuity. I so enjoyed working with him for many years on Wish You Were Here...? He was great fun to be with, and still is - inventive, demanding, outrageous. His book is not just an account of a remarkable life, it's the story of a hugely successful industry in which he played a vital part.'; Judith Chalmers Author InformationJim Dunn has 40 years' experience in journalism and public relations and extensive knowledge of advising organisations in the corporate, travel and leisure, entertainment, property and financial sectors. His current business interest is in helping to build up a small group of luxury 5 star hotels in Europe but he still keeps his hand in at writing and contributes a regular columns on his travels around the world. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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