Communications & Public Relations Awards Category Honorees

Communications, Public Relations, & Investor Relations Awards Category Honorees

The following agencies, organizations, campaigns, and individuals have been honored in the pr awards categories of The 2010 International Business Awards.

Communications Department of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Woongjin Holdings Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
AECOM Technology Corporation, New York, NY USA
ING Commercial Banking, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Korea Land Corporation, Seoul, South Korea
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai, India
RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA USA
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S, Istanbul, Turkey

Communications Team of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
LifeLock, Tempe, AZ USA: Public Affairs Team
DISTINGUISHED HONOREE:
Kookmin Bank, Seoul, South Korea: GOLD&WISE Publication Team

Communications Executive of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
AECOM, New York, NY, USA: Paul J. Gennaro, Senior VP, Corporate Communications, and Chief Communications Officer
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Informatica Corporation, Redwood City, CA USA: Stephanie Wakefield, VP, Investor Relations
Korea Business Communicators Association, Seoul, South Korea: Kim Hung-Ki, President
MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ USA: Michael W. Kempner, CEO
RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA, USA: Richard Ramlall, Senior VP Strategic External Affairs & Programming

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Community Relations
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea: Gugaknuri
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Coca-Cola HBC Romania, Bucharest, Romania: Adopt a river from its spring to its mouth""
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), New Delhi, India: Delhi Metro Citizens Forum Volunteers Program
Korea Transportation Safety Authority, Seoul, South Korea: TS for You
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore: The CSI Campaign: Clean, Safe, Infection-Free

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Crisis Communications
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Edelman in Indonesia, Padang, Indonesia: Earthquake Media Center: Calm in the Midst of Chaos
DISTINGUISHED HONOREE:
Marco de Comunicación, Madrid & Barcelona, Spain: Beating Terrorism for Ibatur- Instituto de Turismo del Gobierno Balear (IBATUR)

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Global Issues
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
The Brazilian Secretariat of Social Communication (SECOM), Brasilia, Brazil: Green Diplomacy: Brazil’s Success Bridging Developed & Developing Countries at COP15
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
HSBC Insurance Holdings Ltd, London, United Kingdom: HSBC's The Future of Retirement 'It's Time to Prepare' Communication Campaign
Ionoi Studio, Seoul, South Korea: Waste But Energy
Maccabi HealthCare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel: Environmentally-responsible medication disposal

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Issues Management
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
ING Commercial Banking, Amsterdam, The Netherlands" 'Going Further' in Commercial Banking Belgium to realise our ambition of becoming the leading bank
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Mincom Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia: Mincom Mining Research: Executive Insights
Sefiani Communications Group, North Sydney, Australia: Repositioning Central Darling Shire and Wilcannia, previously dubbed the “worst town in the State of New South Wales”

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Low Budget (Under $10,000 / € 7,000)
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Partner of Promotion, Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland: Don’t drug drive! Drugs turn off your brain!

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Marketing - Business-to-Business
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
salesforce.com, San Francisco, CA USA: Cloud 2: The Next Generation of Cloud Computing

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Marketing - Consumer Products
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Corporate Voice Weber Shandwick, Mumbai, India: Gillette's Shave India Movement 2009 (SIM)
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Eulogy!, London, United Kingdom: Rock 'n' Roll Stamps
F & H Porter Novelli, Munich, Germany: LG “Black Box” Event
Graham & Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA USA: Centor Architectural: S1E Eco-Screen Launch
Hill & Knowlton, Beijing, China: Going Nuts for Almonds: California Leads the Way in Exports to China
HSBC Insurance Holdings Ltd, London, United Kingdom: HSBC's The Future of Retirement 'It's Time to Prepare' Communication Campaign
Ketchum Estratégia, São Paulo, Brazil: Kodak Zx1 - A New Market for Kodak
MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ USA: Volkswagen GTI Becomes the World’s First Car Launched Exclusively On A Mobile Device
Weight Watchers Benelux, Breda, The Netherlands: Launch of Weight Watchers ProPointsTM - 'From Torture to Pleasure'

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Marketing - Consumer Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Marco de Comunicación, Madrid & Barcelona, Spain: Body. Mind. Madeira. See it-Madeira Tourism Promotion Bureau
DISTINGUISHED HONOREE:
Hanmer MS&L Communications Pvt. Limited, Mumbai, India: Overcoming Indian Cultural Taboos to Build the LifeCell brand and business
hodgepodge, Seoul, South Korea: Korean Cuisine
(Weeks) Peulroin, Seoul, South Korea: Korea International Livestock Expo 2009 & Chicken Festival 2010

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Multicultural
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
The Equality and Human Rights Commission, London, United Kingdom: The Muslim Women’s Power List
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA, USA: RCN Global Passport Communications
Yangju City Government, Yangju, South Korea: Yang ju, Built Together

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Public Affairs
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Coca-Cola HBC Romania, Bucharest, Romania: Separate Collection Program
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
GENESIS Public Relations sp.z o.o. sp.k., Warsaw, Poland: Change of the taxation rate in the new gambling act of bookmaker companies legally operating in Poland
Road Traffic Authority, Seoul, South Korea: SinHoDung (Traffic Light)

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Public Service
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
AC-Sanafor Ltd., Helsinki, Finland: The Finnish Transport Agency's road improvement project 2007-2012: Light at the end of the Tunnel
DISTINGUISHED HONOREE:
Partner of Promotion, Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland: E-business? Poland can do it!

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Reputation/Brand Management
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Burj Khalifa – From History Rising to Living Wonder
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Abbott, Abbott Park, IL USA: Medicine without a Trace: Abbott's Fully Bioabsorbable Stent
Aldi Stores UK Ltd, Atherstone, United Kingdom: Aldi: Don’t Change Your Lifestyle, Change Your Supermarket
Ayala Corporation, Manila, Philippines: Ayala: Celebrating 175 Years
Cohn & Wolfe, Shanghai, China: Brand’s Essence of Chicken “Energetic Office-Leader SHOW” Campaign
Hilton Hotels, McLean, VA USA: Hilton Hotels Boosts Brand Image With Global Media Center
Sefiani Communications Group, North Sydney, Australia: Maintaining a strong, independent profile for St.George Bank following its merger with Westpac
The Brazilian Secretariat of Social Communication (SECOM), Brasilia, Brazil: Brazil in 2009: Emerging as a Global Player

Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Social Media Focused
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Ketchum Estratégia, São Paulo, Brazil: Corrente do Bem
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
Onlinefire 30, London, United Kingdom: Rock Rocks – The UK launch of series 4 on Comedy Central
Think Kong, Warsaw, Poland: 'Is IKEA OK?'

Investor Relations Program of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
TelecityGroup, London, United Kingdom: TelecityGroup Investor Relations Programme
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ USA: The War of the Whisper Campaigns: Building Momentum for an Unknown Bidder
RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA, USA: RCN Investor Relations

Public Relations Agency of the Year in Asia
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
KPR & Associates, Inc., Seoul, South Korea

Public Relations Agency of the Year in Europe
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Weber Shandwick, Europe, London, United Kingdom
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
AC-Sanafor Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
All Channels Communication, Sofia, Bulgaria
Eulogy!, London, United Kingdom
M3 Communications Group, Inc., Sofia, Bulgaria

Public Relations Agency of the Year in North America
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
SmartMark Communications, LLC, Newtown, PA USA
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES:
MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ USA
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Bellevue, WA USA

Public Relations Agency of the Year in the Middle East and Africa
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Gina Din Corporate Communications, Nairobi, Kenya
DISTINGUISHED HONOREE:
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller, Dubai, United Arab Emirates