Objective
To raise the awareness and interest with key stakeholder groups across Asia in the run up to the 2010 and 2011 JEC Asia exhibitions in Singapore.
Solution
A multi-country campaign managed centrally to provide one central contact and coordination point for the client.
EMG delivered an integrated media relations campaign over 2 years involving message and news development, localisation and dissemination to the APAC trade and business media in Singapore, Indonesia, China, South Korea, India and Australia. All PR content was developed in English and localised and adapted making sure there was as much local relevance and focus as possible for each target country.
A range of on-the-ground activities helped build local relationships with the media in each country and a deeper understanding of the JEC exhibition. Press conferences were held in Beijing in both 2010 and 2011 with over 30 trade media attending each time, a media round table was completed in New Delhi involving 11 key media and dozens of one-to-one interviews were conducted in Singapore during the exhibitions.
Result
Well over 600 media clips were generated and the PR campaign was crucial in building up the profile and awareness of the show across the key Asian markets, which helped strengthen exhibitor confidence and helped boost the visitor numbers.