SINGAPORE – It was the year 2002 when Michael Gallagher, President and Founder of the Stevie Awards, recognized the need for an awards show honoring excellent and positive contributions initiated by business organizations all around the world. Since its launch more than a decade ago, it has released a total of 7 programs under the Stevie Awards name, ranging from the American Business Awards, to the German Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business to the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and more.
The prestigious award-giving body has also made its way to our side of the pond with the Asia Pacific Stevie Awards that is currently on its 6th year, recognizing the best business practices in the region. On June 3, 2019 in the Intercontinental Hotel at Singapore, these businesses (both local and multinational alike) were honored in one evening of celebration while in the company of some of Asia Pacific’s most forward-thinking leaders, and adobo was right there with them. Full list of winners here.
All in all, hundreds of trophies were given to the winning businesses throughout the evening, with 27 organizations from the Philippines bringing home 104 Stevie awards. Big PH winners were ABS-CBN Corporation, DMCI Homes, Eastern Communications, Globe Telecom, Inc., Light Rail Manila Corporation, Manila Electric Company(MERALCO), Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Maynilad Water Services, Inc., MediXserve Philippines, Megaworld Foundation, Inc., Philippines Urban Living Solutions Inc., Resorts World Manila, SM MART, INC., SM Supermalls, The EON Group, and Union Bank of the Philippines.
adobo magazine also brought home 7 awards for its dedicated team, creativity-inducing lineup of events and the woman who started it all:
- SILVER STEVIE® WINNER: Award for Innovative Management in Consumer Product & Service Industries – Up to 100 Employees
- SILVER STEVIE® WINNER: Most Innovative Communications Team of the Year
- SILVER STEVIE® WINNER: Most Innovative Communications Professional of the Year
- BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER: Most Innovative Advertising or Marketing Agency of the Year
- BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER: Award for Innovation in the Use of Events for adobo Design Awards Asia
- BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER: Award for Innovation in the Use of Events for class a School of Creativity
- SILVER STEVIE® WINNER: Most Innovative Marketing or Advertising Professional of the Year for Angel Guerrero
6 Grand winners were also named for the organizations that have the largest number of Stevie points this year and our team were able to get their take on the impact of their business to the industry, and the Stevie Awards as an award-giving body to the industry as a whole.
Most Honored Organization: SM Supermalls of the Philippines are the winner with 67 award points. (Points are calculated with three points for each Gold Stevie win, two for each Silver win, and 1.5 points for each Bronze Stevie win.)
“It gives recognition, particularly to what we as a company and we as a total industry have as a vision, particularly for the Phiippines as well as the Filipino consumer. The awards gives a lot of importance, particularly to that objective that we have. What we do would not really mean anything unless it shows in the faces and emotions of our consumers.”— Jon Jon San Agustin, SM Supermalls Marketing Senior Vice President
Most Honored Korean Organization, sponsored by BRComm: The Presidential Commission on Centennial Anniversary of March 1st Independence Movement and Korea Provisional Government
“This award means a lot to Koreans worldwide because it shows the values of democracy and human rights. So I think this award will spread throughout Asia Pacific these values.” – Hong-ho Chae, The Presidential Commission on Centennial Anniversary of March 1st Independence Movement and Korea Provisional Government Director
Highest-rated Nomination from China: Shanghai Hang Bond Property Development Co., Ltd.’s nomination for most innovative consumer event
Highest-rated Nomination from Indonesia: PT PETROKIMIA GRESIK’s nomination for innovation in human resources management, planning, and practice.
“This award motivates us to continuously improve our product, services to our customers and stakeholders. We have proven that we continue to level up and innovate to gain more sustainable performances in the future.” – Ketut Rusnaya, PT PETROKIMIA GRESIK Production Director
Highest-rated Nomination from Philippines: Philippines Urban Living Solutions Inc.’s nomination of MyTown for innovation in living, learning, and working environments
“We hope that through the Stevie Awards, more people will hear about what we do and become our tenants in the future so we can continue building this community that we started 7 years ago” —Revianne Sesante, MyTown Marketing Division Head
Highest-rated Nomination from South Korea: Daehong Communications’ nomination for most innovative internal corporate event
“Winning a Stevie award will help us more business opportunities as a company. It will help motivate us to provide better service to our clients” — Jeewon Shin, Daehong Communications Assistant Manager
With the testimonies of the evening’s Grand winners, it is without a doubt a tremendous achievement for a business to be honored with a Stevie Award trophy. It serves as more than just a mere prize as it represents a mirror to the company’s hard work and perseverance, as well as a window into all the potential the business has to grow even further.
*Photos from the Stevie Awards
