Ketchum and Its Clients Win Four EMEA SABRE Awards

LONDON, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Global public relations firm Ketchum, the market leader in Europe, won four awards at last night's EMEA SABRE Awards ceremony in London, across the categories of Benelux, Dach, Web-based business and Associations. These awards follow recent honours at the North America SABRE Awards in New York, at which Ketchum won six SABRE Awards, in addition to an Individual Achievement Award bestowed on the firm's global CEO and president, Rob Flaherty.  

Reacting to the news of Ketchum's wins, David Gallagher, senior partner and CEO of Europe, said, "These awards are another sign of Ketchum's strength and vitality across Europe. We have great momentum as our clients seek out ever-more imaginative, integrated campaigns that play successfully across paid, earned, shared and owned media. These opportunities help us attract amazing talent who are dedicated to making our campaigns some of the best in the industry."

Ketchum and its clients won EMEA SABRE Awards in the following categories:

BENELUX          

A Pear for an Apple    
Samsung Electronics Belgium with Ketchum Brussels

DACH          

The Mystery Scent Oasis      
Bolton Austria with Ketchum Publico

WEB-BASED BUSINESS          

Karenina. Live Edition      
Google Russia with Ketchum Maslov

ASSOCIATIONS          

White Wedding - When Milk Meets Art      
Landesvereinigung der Bayerischen Milchwirtschaft (Bavarian Dairy Association) with Ketchum Pleon GmbH

The agency also won an EMEA In2 SABRE Award for its "Innovation and You" campaign for Philips in the Sponsored Content/Native Advertising category, as well as an award for its Ketchum Leadership Communication Monitor study in the Best Agency Editorial/Communications Platform category.  

The EMEA SABRE Awards are the result of an exhaustive research process involving countless submissions, 100 face-to-face meetings with the best PR firms across the region, and a judging process that brings together leading in-house and agency figures.

These latest award wins follow a number of high honours bestowed to Ketchum in the last year. In March, Ketchum and its clients won two awards at the PRWeek Awards in New York, and in April the firm won Global Non-profit Campaign of the Year at the PRWeek Global Awards in London. In 2014, Ketchum was the only PR firm to have won Cannes Lions across multiple categories at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, with one Silver and two Bronze Lions. The agency also maintained its track record of winning more Silver Anvils than any other firm, with 14 winning campaigns in 2014.

About Ketchum  

Ketchum is a leading global communications firm with operations in more than 70 countries across six continents. The winner of 14 Cannes Lions and an unprecedented four PRWeek Campaign of the Year Awards, Ketchum partners with clients to deliver strategic programming, game-changing creative and measurable results that build brands and reputations. For more information on Ketchum, a part of the DAS Group of Companies, visit http://www.ketchum.com.

About the DAS Group of Companies 

The DAS Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (http://www.omnicomgroup.com), is a global group of marketing services companies. DAS includes over 200 companies in the following marketing disciplines: specialty, PR, healthcare, CRM, events, promotional marketing, branding and research. Operating through a combination of networks and regional organisations, DAS serves international, regional, national and local clients through more than 700 offices in 71 countries.