COMCO Southeast Asia is celebrating several wins as it commemorates its 6th anniversary.
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.
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COMCO Southeast Asia’s growing team during the unveiling of the COMCO Mundo global headquarters |
COMCO Marks Its 6th Anniversary With Several Wins
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 Philippine 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 an 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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