Members of the Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA) have voted for and chosen the top executives from the communications industry, as well as the corporate and government sectors, as recipients of its Visionary Award. Tara Rogers, Managing Partner, Mojo PR, won the communications agency executive Visionary Award, while Ala’A Eraiqat, Group CEO, Abu Dhabi More Info »
Sarah Hedley Hymers has been promoted to the position of Editorial Director, Ahlan! Group. Having previously held the position of Group Editor, Ahlan! Group, Sarah will continue to oversee all titles including the flagship weekly Ahlan!, online portal Ahlan! LIVE, monthly title Ahlan! Qatar and the Hot 100 series. In addition, she will also focus on new More Info »
Health food and fitness fanatic Carly Rothman has launched her blog, aptly named Lean Living Girl (LLG), www.leanlivinggirl.com. Through her passion for food and fitness, she shows how to create a guilt-free lifestyle – one full of nutritious dishes and raw treats that can become every-day loves and staples. The blog includes workout plans, nutrition advice More Info »
Maryan Abdinur has been appointed as the new Editor for Elegante magazine at Fly Media Advertising. Having previously contributed as a freelance Features Writer for Elegante, Maryan has also worked at MOJEH magazine as Junior Publishing Assistant and at Aziza Communications as in-house writer/PR Executive. In her new role Maryan will take over from Diksha More Info »
Samer Alloush has been appointed as Senior Sales Manager at OK! Middle East. Samer has previously worked as Senior Sales Manager at ITP Publishing Group for the last three and a half years, working across titles including Refining & Petrochemicals ME, Oil & Gas ME, Utilities ME as well as Oil & Gas Al Arabiya. More Info »
UAE-based content creators Image Nation has partnered with Discovery Communications to launch a new Arabic channel, Quest Arabiya, for the Middle East and North Africa. Quest Arabiya will broadcast 24 hours a day, target Arab men aged between 16-44 years of age and will focus on male-oriented factual and reality programmes that are a combination More Info »
Prism Action Communication has developed and launched an online order and delivery platform for VOSS, part of Bin Hendi Enterprises. The website is not only an e-commerce destination, but is also fully mobile responsive. Bin Hendi Enterprises is the UAE’s official distributor of VOSS, the premium bottled water brand originating in Southern Norway. “Prism was More Info »
Tribe Global has entered the Middle East after appointing regional agencies TMH, Fusion 5 and LIGHTBLUE. With a growing global network of independent media, advertising, digital, design, branding and experiential agencies, Tribe Global consists of 26 members from around the world, covering Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia and now the Middle East. “Our newest members have More Info »
Dubai-based digital media agency Socialize has been appointed by Daimler to handle the Mercedes Benz social media account. After a competitive pitch process, Socialize will now create and oversee all of the brand’s social media activity across the Middle East and Levant. The agency’s main role will be to create hype around the Mercedes Benz More Info »
Savola Group extends its relationship with OMD Arabia by assigning the Omnicom Media Group agency to the newly created corporate account as well as reappointing it to its retail account. OMD has been tasked with two of Savola’s three advertising accounts as well as the Savola retail brands, Panda and HyperPanda, under the Panda Retail More Info »