On 27 September, the largest event in PR, the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards 2019 award ceremony and Gala dinner took place in Yerevan.

Around 120 experts, representatives of state institutions, top-level managers of major companies and communication specialists from more than 50 countries (Russia, USA, Great Britain, Japan, China, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Argentina and a number of European countries) arrived in Armenia at the initiative of SPRING PR-company.

“This year SPRING PR is celebrating its 10th anniversary. When we were taking our first steps in this field, we did not even imagine that we would celebrate our 10th anniversary with the international PR community. IPRA Golden World Awards is a very important event both for our team and Armenia. It is a new opportunity for the development of PR as a profession and of field of communications. And this is just the beginning. We are already discussing organizing new projects for hosting the international PR community in Armenia with IPRA,” said Tatevik Simonyan, the organizer of IPRA Golden World Awards ceremony in Armenia and co-founder of SPRING PR-company.

“This year IPRA Global World Awards is in Armenia, PR specialists and experts from more than 50 countries of 5 continents are here. Our award ceremony here has turned into a true celebration of the global PR talent, creativity and innovation,” said IPRA President Svetlana Stavreva.

IPRA Secretary General Philip Sheppard remarked:

“We would like to thank Armenia and our dear colleagues of SPRING PR for hosting IPRA Golden World Awards in Yerevan. This is really the best Gala dinner in recent years. We always say that it is easy to please us but difficult to surprise. This is just the case when we are really surprised and amazed.”

Awards are presented at IPRA Golden World Awards for successful communication campaigns in the fields of tourism, communications, information technologies, finance, health, etc.

Awards were given to such organizations as Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, Adidas, Paysafe Group, Lukoil, Coca Cola Spain. Pan American Energy, Yahoo! JAPAN, Central Bank of Nigeria, P&G, Aramco, KFC Russia, McDonald’s, Hungary, Ford, Roche, Rossiya Segodnya, Saudi Electricity Company, University of London Worldwide, IKEA, Indonesian Ministry of Finance, HSBC, Viber Russia, Siemens and Riga International Airport among others.

During the award ceremony, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) Mikayel Pashayan presented the award to the Ministry of Finance of
Indonesia, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia Avag Avanesyan presented the award to Financial services and investor relations – Agency J, and the award to Lukoil company operating in Russia was presented by Chairperson of the State Tourism Committee of Armenian Ministry of Economic Development and Investments Susanna Safaryan. Additionally, General Director of Yeremyan Projects Davit Yeremyan presented the award to the University of London, UK, and Vice President of Foundation of Armenian Science and Technologies (FAST) David Beckett presented the award to the TBWA and Riga International Airport.

For the first time in the history of IPRA Golden World Awards ceremony, the Global Host Award was given to SPRING PR-company for carrying out such a successful large event and communication campaign.

“I would like to particularly mention that this year we have given the Global Host Award for the first time, and I am happy that we are leaving it especially in Armenia. We would like to congratulate the wonderful team of SPRING PR-company for this great achievement,” said Svetlana Stavreva, congratulating the award winners.

Summarizing the results of the award ceremony, SPRING PR-company co-founder Nvard Melkonyan highlighted the role of such events in strengthening the cooperation between the international professional community and local specialists, learning the field news and sharing experience.

“It was important for us to record that we are on the right professional path, strictly maintaining the rules of PR ethics, following the developments and trends in the field of communications, using the recent innovations. Thus, we are strengthening the reputation of our profession and promoting the development of PR field,” noted Nvard Melkonyan.