The Middle East Gets Its Own Advertising Awards: Enter the Dubai Lynx October 29, 2006
Posted by Farrukh Naeem at copywriterjournalist.com in : Advertising, Advertising Awards, Advertising in Dubai, Dubai Lynx Awards, Marketing , trackbackUPDATE: Dubai Lynx 2008 coverage and pictures from the event on www.copywriterjournalist.com:
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4. Dubai Lynx awards winners and pictures
5. Dubai Lynx Awards winners’ pictures in Outdoor category
Below: The first Dubai Lynx held in year 2007 - and how it felt:
Bringing home a Cannes Lion this year has done wonders for Dubai. Dubai will now be the host of awards called Dubai Lynx Awards every year, thanks to the UAE Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) which brought us the world’s largest ever IAA World Congress (I had blogged about it earlier this year), Dubai Media City and International Advertising Festival (IAF), the wonderful people who bring us the Cannes Lions and the Eurobest Awards.
The annual Dubai Lynx Awards will honour excellence in advertising and marketing communications in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) across TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Interactive, Radio, Direct and Integrated campaigns. Yeah, we’re getting there, people. Make way for Middle Eastern creativity!
“The decision to run the Dubai Lynx Awards was based on the significant potential growth in the region and the emergence, in the global village in which we operate, of work outstanding enough to win Lions at Cannes.”
Terry Savage
Executive Chairman
Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
The winners of the first Dubai Lynx Awards will be announced on 19 March 2007 in Dubai. The organisers have announced two jury presidents for the awards. Jonathan Harries, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Draft FCB Group will head the first TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury.
Fred Koblinger, CEO PKP Proximity & BBDO Holding Austria, Vienna, Austria will lead the first Interactive & Direct jury.
You can submit your entries online from Tuesday 12 December 2006 onwards at Dubai Lynx website here.
Useful links on Dubai Lynx Awards
AdWeek: Dubai Lynx Names Jury Presidents
Arab News: Entries for Dubai Lynx Awards Start From Dec. 12
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IAA Kuwait chapter started this year here in Kuwait, KREA (Kuwait rewarding excellence in advertising) and we bagged Three Gold and one Silver, Good start na:)
That’s great news, Mahi. Why not send me your winning entries with credits - I’ll put up the good stuff when I get a chance.
My email’s on the home page.
farrukh
Will do soon, I will check with my management before I post it.