The 2017 PR Awards Asia were bestowed during a gala dinner Tuesday at the JW Marriott in Hong Kong.
Lists follow of the special award winners and the Gold-level winners in the campaign-specific categories. The Silver and Bronze campaign winners, as well as more information on all the winners is available at prawards.asia. Tune into campaignasia.com tomorrow for photos from the awards, as well as coverage of the day's PR360Asia conference.
SPECIAL AWARDS: AGENCIES AND PEOPLE
Asia-Pacific Network of the Year
Weber Shandwick Asia Pacific
Campaign of the Year
'Asia Pacific Mental Health Integration index' by Weber Shandwick Hong Kong
Janssen Asia Pacific
Boutique PR Consultancy of the Year
Magnum & Co
New PR Consultancy of the Year
CampaignLab
Australia/New Zealand PR Consultancy of the Year
Eleven
Greater China PR Consultancy of the Year
FleishmanHillard Hong Kong
Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year
Edelman Japan
Southeast Asia PR Consultancy of the Year
Rice Communications
South Asia PR Consultancy of the Year
Adfactors PR
In-house PR Team of the Year
Regional Communication & Public Affairs Team, Janssen Asia Pacific
Young PR Professional of the Year - In-House
Music Chen, LEO Digital Network
Young PR Professional of the Year - Agency
Anthony Larmon, Echo Myanmar
PR Professional of the Year - Agency
Hemant Batra, Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd
PR Agency Head of the Year
James Wright, Red Agency and Havas
PR Professional of the Year - In-House
Andrew Pickup, Microsoft Asia
CAMPAIGN-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
(Gold winners only. Please see prawards.asia for Silver and Bronze winners.)
Brand Development Campaign of the Year (Product)
Panasonic Eclipse Live by Solar Power
Panasonic
Golin Singapore
Japan/Korea PR Campaign of the Year
Fur Out! Canine Idols Woo(f) Tourists to Akita
Akita Inu Tourism
Dentsu Inc. and Dentsu Public Relations Inc.
Corporate Publications
Airbnb Active Senior's Life on Hosting
Airbnb Korea
Media Relations Campaign of the Year
Daughters of Mother India: A Global Movement of Change and Hope in a Sex Crime Aftermath
V2 FILM AND DESIGN
Weber Shandwick
Media Relations Campaign of the Year
Vivid Sydney 2016
Destination NSW
Red Agency
Nonprofit Campaign of the Year
WWF – The Last Word
World Wildlife Fund
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Limited
Best Use of Analytics
Drop the Stress
OtterBox
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Limited
Public Education Campaign of the Year
WWF – The Last Word
World Wildlife Fund
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Limited
Best Use of Digital
Made By Me
University of New South Wales
FleishmanHillard
South Asia PR Campaign of the Year
From Volume To Value
Education New Zealand
Genesis Burson-Marsteller
Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign of the Year
Whisper #LikeAGirl Butterfly Charity Campaign
P&G
MSLGROUP China
Consumer Launch Campaign of the Year
BREAK-UP INSURANCE
Goodroom.inc
DENTSU.inc
Sports Campaign of the Year
The Riderless Bike
The Steve Waugh Foundation
Red Agency / Havas / Finch
Asia-Pacific PR Campaign of the Year
United Problem Solvers (Asia Pacific)
UPS
Ogilvy Public Relations
Arts, Entertainment & Media Campaign of the Year
Airbnb Active Senior's Life on Hosting
Airbnb Korea
Healthcare: Ethical Campaign of the Year
Asia-Pacific Mental Health Integration Index
Janssen Asia Pacific
Weber Shandwick Hong Kong
Technology Campaign of the Year
Sing Your Unsent Messages
Huawei Device (HK) Co. Ltd.
Ogilvy Public Relations
Promotional Activity of the Year
The Ultimate $2017 Long Weekend Flight Package
Jetstar Asia
AKA Asia
Business-to-Business Campaign of the Year
United Problem Solvers (Asia Pacific)
UPS
Ogilvy Public Relations
Australia/New Zealand PR Campaign of the Year
The Riderless Bike
The Steve Waugh Foundation
Red Agency / Havas / Finch
Greater China PR Campaign of the Year
China Gets Colourful
AkzoNobel Swire Paints
Ketchum
Public Sector Campaign of the Year
IDBI Bank salutes 26/11 martyrs with ‘Swim of the Century’
IDBI Bank
Adfactors PR
Best Use of Broadcast/Video
Biti's Hunter - Go Far to be Truly Back
Biti's Vietnam
Redder Advertising
Employee Communications Campaign of the Year
SAP: An Innovative Technology Company run by Super Awesome People
SAP Asia Pte Ltd
Southeast Asia PR Campaign of the Year
Panasonic Eclipse Live by Solar Power
Panasonic
Golin Singapore
Best Use of Social Media
Take A Shower and Stay Up Late
Procter & Gamble
Seed United