HONG KONG – The Holmes Report recently released the result of of the 2016 South East Asian PR Consultancies of the year and EON emerged as the only Philippine agency to be named a finalist for Southeast Asia.
“Events Organizer Network” (EON) was founded in Manila, Philippines in 1998 by the triumvirate of career diplomat Junie del Mundo, artist/writer Jeannie Javelosa, and Ambassador Romeo Manalo. Since then, EON has created its own niche in the PR industry and in 2015, embraced evolution with the rebirth of the company as EON The Stakeholder Relations Group. With this, came four business units: EON Public Relations, ENGAGE for Public Affairs and Government Relations, TANGERINE for Creatives and Events, and DiG for Digital. Together these newly-formed business units delivered top-line growth of 24% in 2015 and a client portfolio that now spans 24 diverse industries and headcount that has exceeded 100.
Business, overall, is booming. Revenue is more than $5.5m while overall growth was 24% — EON PR registered at 8%, Dig at 194%, Tangerine at 40%, and Engage at a 7% growth. The company is already on track to outdo these performance metrics for this year. Clients include: Spotify, Viacom – MTV Music Evolution, Intel, Shell, McDonald’s, Diageo, Visa, Nike, Pfizer (new), Tourism New Zealand and Education New Zealand (new) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (new), among others. Notable work includes the regional launch of streaming music darling Spotify.
The Consultancy of the Year winners are announced and honored at the 2016 Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards, taking place on September 28 in Hong Kong.
