Middle East PR Association Announces Top PR Campaigns in the Region

Abu Dhabi, 6 December 2012 - Last night at the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) Awards, the most prestigious public relations awards ceremony in the region, Edelman Middle East and Africa earned Large Consultancy of the Year for a second year running.

Edelman also took home honours for Best Practice - Business to Business for the Connecting the World to the Gulf campaign and Best Use of Digital PR for UAE 40th National Day Celebrations. The campaign, designed to maximize awareness across the seven Emirates about the 40th National Day and the rich heritage of the country, took place over five months. It and earned achieved 1.2 million website page views, more than 1.7 Facebook post views and garnered more than 21,000 #UAE40 Twitter mentions.

Edelman established their Middle East and Africa branch, based in Abu Dhabi, in 2009. Since then, it has grown from one person to more than 50, and expanded to include an office in Dubai. The firm has established a strong base of local and global clients in public and private sectors that span a variety of industries including healthcare, consumer goods, technology and finance.

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Edelman is the world's largest public relations firm, with 65 offices and more than 4,500 employees worldwide, as well as affiliates in more than 30 cities. Across the Middle East and Africa , Edelman has offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and a network of affiliates that covers the whole of the Middle East and Africa. Edelman Middle East and Africa was named Middle East Pr Agency of the Year in 2011. Edelman was named Advertising Age's top-ranked PR firm of the decade in 2009 and one of its "A-List Agencies" in both 2010 and 2011; Adweek's "2011 PR Agency of the Year;" PRWeek's "2011 Large PR Agency of the Year;" and The Holmes Report's "2011 Global Agency of the Year" and its 2011 "North American Large Agency of the Year." Edelman was named one of the "Best Places to Work" by Advertising Age in 2010 and 2012 and among Glassdoor's top five "2011 Best Places to Work." Edelman owns specialty firms Blue (advertising), A&R Edelman (technology), DJE Science (medical education and biotech), and agencies Edelman Significa (Brazil), and Pegasus (China). Visit http://www.edelman.com for more information.

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