Batelco, Bahrain’s leading telecoms services provider has been presented with the Advertiser of the Year award at the prestigious Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival. The award is presented to the company that has distinguished itself for inspiring innovative marketing of their products and encouraging the creative work of their support agencies. Over the past two years, Batelco’s advertising, produced by FP7, have won a total of 26 Dubai Lynx awards which has led to this great achievement in being named Advertiser of the Year.
Batelco General Manager Consumer Division Muna Al Hashimi received the award, in presence of 1300 industry peers, at the major event held at the Madinat Jumeirah Arena, Dubai. Al Hashimi was accompanied by Batelco Senior Manager Marketing and Communication Abdulla Abuidrees and Batelco Manager Public Relations Osama Alsaad.
Batelco General Manager Consumer Division Muna Al Hashimi said that she was delighted to hear the great news that Batelco had been recognised once again for its creative advertising programmes which follows the company’s previous successes of 2011 and 2012 when Batelco took home several Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards from the annual event.
“I extend my appreciation to the many people on the Batelco team who contributed to this success. Winning such an accolade will undoubtedly encourage everyone to continue with their excellent efforts with the aspiration to bring further success for Batelco during 2013.”
Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals who with Motivate jointly organise the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity said they were delighted to present Batelco with this year’s Advertiser of the Year Award.
“Batelco has won numerous Dubai Lynx awards across many different categories in the last couple of years, a clear demonstration of the company’s willingness to embrace creativity to help build the brand across its territories,” Thomas, added.