GATES HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC

Gates Hospitality Group is a Charlotte-based marketing and communications firm, and we specialize in bringing a hospitality mindset to your business! Our founder, Eleni Gates (Kouvatsos), MBA, APR has extensive experience leading national brand strategy for both private and small-cap public companies, including Florida-based First Watch Restaurants and Carolina-based Firebirds Wood Fired Grill. She’s driven corporate communications strategy, including executive and crisis communications and consumer public relations, as well as branding and grassroots marketing strategies for well-loved brands. 

Gates served as president of the Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association from September 2020 through August 2021 and remains involved today as an at-large board member and advisor. She was named one of SRQ Magazine's 35 Under 35 Honorees in 2021. 

Gates earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida, followed years later by her national Accreditation in Public Relations in 2020 and her Executive MBA from Emory University in 2024.