COMCO Mundo celebrates Global IABC Gold Quill Agency of the Year win with its 1st Purple Ball

COMCO Mundo celebrates its wins at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)’s global Gold Quill Awards 2024 with the The Purple Ball: COMCO’s Gold Victory Celebration at the F1 Hotel in Bonifacio Global City.

 

The COMCO Mundo Squadron converged for The Purple Ball: COMCO’s Gold Victory Celebration, igniting global excellence in communications.

 

As the first communications agency from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to receive the highly-coveted Agency of the Year (Mid-Size Agency) award during the 2024 Gold Quill Awards in Chicago, USA, interregional powerhouse communications group COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises / COMCO Southeast Asia is also the only consultancy firm from Asia-Pacific to be included in this year’s Best of the Best and Special Award Winners of the internationally acclaimed award giving body.

 

 

COMCO Mundo / COMCO Southeast Asia receives the global IABC 2024 Gold Quill Awards Agency of the Year Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

(Photo Credit: Florencio Jusay Jr.)

 

The Agency of the Year recognition marks COMCO Mundo’s compelling presence and seal of excellence, not just in the Asia-Pacific region, but also across the world as it continues to work with local and international brands and projects with its own unique brand of #MeaningfulStorytelling. The Gold Quill Awards' “Agency of the Year” honor is given to agencies with the highest-rated entries making these top organizations the Global Best of the Best and Special Award Winners. Since the Gold Quill Awards’ inception in 2008, this is the first time that a Filipino and Southeast Asian agency won the much sought-after award in the industry.

 

Ceremonial awarding of the 2024 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards to COMCO Mundo and its partner organizations together with the IABC officials  (from left): Awarding of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change and Sustainability Communication Awards to Century Tuna and COMCO Mundo; Awarding of the Digital Communication and Social Media Awards to COMCO Mundo and Write to Ignite Season 3 Winners; and Awarding of the Communication Training and Education Award COMCO Mundo with its Camp COMCO Mentorship House Stewards.

 

COMCO is also the most awarded organization in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific at the Gold Quill Awards 2024 receiving recognitions in Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change and Sustainability Communication for “Save Our Planet, Save Our Seas – The Century Tuna “Saving Our Seas” Initiative”, in Digital Communication and Social Media for “UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative Season 3”, and in Communication Training and Education for “Igniting Talent – The Camp COMCO Mentorship Program”.

 

“A long time ago, we had a dream. And the dream was for us to stand tall on the world stage together with other fellow communicators from all the different countries,” said Philippine Chair of the IABC Gold Quill Awards’ Blue Ribbon Panel, IABC Philippines Adviser, and IABC Fellow, Ms. Ritzi Villarico-Ronquillo, APR. “Tonight, the dream, years ago, is not just a dream. COMCO made it a reality. Not only for every Filipino communicator but also for our country and for the next generation. So beyond the trophy, the crusade has started. We must stand tall with our colleagues across the globe. We must show them just how Pinoys can really be excellent.”

 

The USA-headquartered IABC is a global network of communication professionals that recognizes the best practices and innovative campaigns of agencies, companies, and brands that foster excellence in the field of communications through the Gold Quill Awards.

 

Group Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder Mr. Ferdinand L. Bondoy delivers a speech to toast the group’s accomplishments since its creation in 2016 and fulfillment of its Mission 2024.

 

“The 1^st Purple Ball is a celebration not just of the awards that COMCO has received this year but also of the growth of our amazing team, our COMCO squadron, which we have built and nurtured through the years. The Agency has come this far because of all the dedication, passion and craftsmanship of each and every COMCOy. To represent the Philippines as well as Southeast Asia and even the Asia-Pacific region on the world’s biggest arena in the practice of the communications profession is an honor we proudly accept as it serves as a testament of what can be accomplished by our commitment to craftsmanship excellence, workplace community culture, and meaningful storytelling,” said Mr. Ferdinand L. Bondoy, COMCO Mundo Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder.

 

In 2023, the Public Relations and Communications Association Asia-Pacific (PRCA-APAC), the world’s largest professional PR body, honored COMCO as the Medium PR Consultancy of the Year during the PRCA APAC Awards 2023 for its efforts in community leadership and innovation. Earlier this year, the Dubai-based communications agency of COMCO Mundo, COMCO Middle East & Africa (COMCO MEA), was recognized by Caterer Middle East’s F&B PR Power List 2024 which celebrates exceptional and influential PR firms and campaigns in the region.

 

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About COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises

A global award-winning and powerhouse communications group, COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises is a collective of agencies, programs and brands dedicated to the advancement of the communications profession and related disciplines including digital, content, advocacy, training and education, and social entrepreneurship, among others; to be a force for social change; to nurturing talent growth and workplace community culture; and to championing borderless collaboration. The COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises is comprised of COMCO Southeast Asia, COMCO Middle East & Africa, TARO AOX Inc., SEA Wave & Spice Multimedia Content Studio, COMCO School of Communications, Camp COMCO Alumni Society, Citizen COMCO Advocacy Program, and COMCOffee Club Shared Services and Enterprise Community.

COMCO has been awarded Agency of the Year at the global  International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards; Consultancy of the Year in Asia Pacific at the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) APAC Awards; Finalist for Boutique PR Consultancy of the Year at Campaign Asia Pacific’s PR Awards Asia, Marketing Interactive’s PR Awards Asia-Pacific, and the global Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards in the United Kingdom; Agency of the Year  Silver Award at the ASEAN PR Excellence Awards; thrice as Agency of the Year Runner-up at the IABC Philippines’ Quill Awards; and 170 metals from various local, regional, and international award-giving bodies.

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