Coming from its groundbreaking Blazing Sapphire milestone, COMCO Southeast Asia (SEA) celebrates its Sweet 6th year this 2022 with the unveiling of its global headquarters, the full rollout of its COMCO Middle East & Africa (MEA) branch, major account wins, and awards from prestigious international award-giving bodies.
COMCO
Mundo League of Enterprises Unveils New Global Headquarters
This year brings yet another milestone for COMCO SEA as it opens its global headquarters in Makati’s Central Business District as part of its expansion. The new headquarters will house COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises’ current and upcoming ventures - COMCO Southeast Asia (SEA), COMCO Middle East & Africa (MEA), Camp COMCO Alumni Society, Citizen COMCO Advocacy Program, SEA Wave Pop Culture Studio, and Taro Digital AOX. Each area is inspired by different pop culture references rooted in COMCO’s love for movies, series, music, books, and all the emerging platforms out there. The COMCO SEA workstation is called the “Millennium Falcon” while the executive office is dubbed the “Cerebro”. The rest of the areas are “Rivendell” for the Corporate Services Unit, “Black Castle” for the Digital and Multimedia Arts Unit, “Watch Tower Hall” for the conference room, “Bifrost Bridge” for the reception, “Room of Requirements” for the stock room, and “Wooley Hall” for the lounge area.
COMCO
Middle East and Africa in Full Swing
Following its launch during COMCO SEA’s Blazing Sapphire anniversary
event last year, COMCO Middle East and Africa is now in full blast servicing various
brands in the market. In its first year, COMCO MEA has already worked with notable
brands in the Middle East such as Buono Buono, Nolte, Open Thrill, Paus, POPC
Live!, Red Shrimp, TruCARE, Victor, Yas Plaza Hotels, Belcanto Restaurant,
Empire Movies, Central Park Towers, Dubai London Hospital, Electric Pawnshop,
GESS Education, R&B Kids, Playbook, Universal Trading Company LLC, MaKiRa
Dubai, Hudson Tavern Dubai, Katsuya, Najah Connect and Middle East Film &
Comic Con. COMCO MEA, together with COMCO SEA, also recently conducted the
property roadshows for Phiippine property firm RLC Residences in Dubai and Abu
Dhabi as among the group’s first of many synergy initiatives.
COMCO Southeast Asia’s Major Account Wins
The Agency also continued to strengthen its
client portfolio for its 6th year, winning major accounts in recent inter-agency
pitches for premiere brands/organizations such as MR.
DIY, United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), Lenovo, Skechers, Takeda, ASEANA City, Lalamove,
and Philusa Corporation together with its wide range of brands - Rhea Generics, Cleene
Cotton, Cleene Clio, Babyflo Baby Care, and Love My Honey, Phinma Education, Remy
Martin, AXA Philippines, and European Union.
Harvest of Metals Across the Globe
In its 6 years, COMCO Southeast Asia has won recognition garnering a
total of 135 awards from various prestigious local, regional and international
award-giving bodies with the most
recent wins and citations from PR Awards Asia-Pacific, PRCA APAC (Public
Relations and Communications Association Asia-Pacific) Awards, CIPR (Chartered
Institute of Public Relations) Excellence Awards, The Gold Standard Awards,
Asia-Pacific Tambuli Awards, Stevie Awards, and IABC (International Association
of Business Communicators) Quill Awards.
The Agency made the cut in this year’s PR
Awards Asia-Pacific organized by Marketing Interactive Asia held in Singapore. COMCO
Southeast Asia’s Regional Integration and Chief Executive Director, Mr.
Ferdinand L. Bondoy, bagged the Gold Award for the PR Champion of the Year
(Agency). COMCO SEA’s initiatives “Dear Survivor: The COMCO Southeast Asia
Write to Ignite Blogging Project Season 2" and "Blazing Sapphire: The
COMCO Southeast Asia 5th Anniversary Celebration” received finalist citations
in the Best Use of Micro / Niche Influencers and Best Anniversary Campaign
categories respectively. The Agency is also a finalist for the PR Team of the
Year (Agency) award.
COMCO Southeast Asia's flagship initiative "Dear Survivor: The Write to Ignite Blogging Project Season 2" is the big winner of the much-coveted Purpose Award of the PRCA APAC Awards, besting other campaigns in the Asia-Pacific region. COMCO SEA also received finalist citations for the Medium Consultancy of the Year Award, Workplace Champion Award, and Strategic Communications Award for the Blazing Sapphire 5th Anniversary Celebration campaign. Meanwhile, Mr. Bondoy is among the top five finalists for the PR / Communication Leader Award.
COMCO SEA also received finalist citations in
The Gold Standard Awards for Professional Excellence for Mr. Bondoy and APAC
Tambuli Awards for Eastern Communications. Ultimately, COMCO SEA emerged as
among the top five finalists in the highly acclaimed global CIPR Excellence
Awards for Small PR Consultancy of the Year, organized by the United Kingdom-based
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).
Last but not the least, COMCO SEA bagged a
total of 30 awards including 4 top award nominations from the prestigious IABC
Quill Awards. COMCO SEA is also a nominee for the Agency of the Year, Top Award
in Communication Management for Corporate Social Responsibility as well as for
Media Relations for “Dear Survivor: The Write to Ignite Blogging Project Season
2”, and Top Award in Communication Training and Education for “The Force of
Learning in New PR and Smart Social: The Camp COMCO House Wars”.
Mr. Bondoy shared, “When you are with like-minded and like-hearted
people, when you create masterpieces and accomplish great things together, when
you slay 'monsters' and do the impossible as a team, and when you enjoy
exploring the world and celebrating life with the people you belong to, you
won’t realize six years have passed so fast. And with the rollout of our
10-year master plan, we can’t help but get excited about what else we can do
for our partner brands and organizations, our industry, our growing teams in
SEA and MEA, and the communities and advocacies that we support.”
To know more about COMCO Southeast Asia, visit comcosea.com. Follow them on social media: facebook.com/comco.southeastasia on Facebook, linkedin.com/company/comcosea, and @comco_sea on both Instagram and Twitter.
About COMCO Southeast Asia
COMCO Southeast
Asia, based in the Philippines and with affiliate network presence in
Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, is a powerhouse and global
award-winning integrated communications agency. With the unique brand of
Meaningful Storytelling, the Agency has done groundbreaking works for more than
90 local, regional, and international brands including reputable development
and humanitarian organizations. COMCO SEA has been awarded twice as Agency of
the Year 2nd Runner-up at the IABC Quill Awards; Agency of the Year - Silver
Award at the ASEAN PR Excellence Awards; Finalist for Boutique PR Consultancy
of the Year at Campaign Asia Pacific’s PR Awards Asia, PRCA APAC Awards,
Marketing Interactive’s PR Awards Asia-Pacific, and the global CIPR Excellence
Awards; and 135 metals from various local and international award-giving
bodies.
COMCO Southeast Asia is part of the COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises.
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