Holmes Report 12 Sep 2019 // 11:28PM GMT
SINGAPORE — Weber Shandwick was been named as large Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year at the Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards in Singapore last night. The agency fought off competition from fellow finalists BCW, Edelman, FleishmanHillard and Ogilvy, last year’s winner.
Weber Shandwick won the honour for the second time in three years after growing 8% in 2018, led by strong performances in China, Hong Kong, India and Japan, along with impressive expansion of its creative and innovation capabilities — all of which was reflected in a string of award-winning campaigns for clients.
WE took home the same honour among midsize firms in the region, ahead of other category finalists Allison+Partners, Ketchum, Ruder Finn and SPRG. The midsize independent delivered continued growth in China, India, Singapore and Australia.
In all, 64 firms, from multinationals to local specialists, were nominated across the 13 Consultancy of the Year categories. Full analysis of all finalists can be found here and the winners are listed below:
Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year (Large): Weber Shandwick
Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year (Midsize): WE Communications
Geographic
Australasian Consultancy of the Year: OPR
Greater China Consultancy of the Year: Ruder Finn
India Consultancy of the Year: AvianWE
North Asia Consultancy of the Year: Synergy H+K Strategies
Southeast Asia Consultancy of the Year: Archetype
Specialist
Consumer Consultancy of the Year: AKA Asia
Corporate/Financial Consultancy of the Year: Cannings Purple
Digital Consultancy of the Year: Edelman
Healthcare Consultancy of the Year: SPAG
Technology Consultancy of the Year: The Hoffman Agency
New Consultancy of the Year: Era Myanmar
The selection of winners is the result of an exhaustive research process involving more than 125 submissions and meetings with leading public relations firms across the Asia-Pacific region.