AXA Philippines wins big at 16th Philippine Quill Awards

AXA Philippines wins big at 16th Philippine Quill Awards

AXA Philippines, one of the country’s leading insurance companies, was a big winner at the recently concluded 16th Philippine Quill Awards held at the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom, taking home a total of seven awards in three categories.

Rahul Hora, President and CEO of AXA Philippines

Rahul Hora, President and CEO of AXA Philippines

“Winning these awards is a major achievement for AXA Philippines and we are proud of those who were part of these campaigns,” said Rahul Hora, AXA Philippines president and CEO. “This will serve as our motivation to create more meaningful campaigns that will help empower people to live the lives they choose.”

Under the Digital Communications category, AXA Philippines won five awards for its entries:

  1. “Your Digital Selling Companion: Boosting digital maturity and agent productivity through AXA Solutions Native App” (Excellence Award),
  2. “AXA is changing the online customer journey: Revamping the AXA Philippines Corporate Website” (Excellence Award),
  3. “Smart Traveller microsite: Flying high with AXA’s travel insurance” (Merit Award),
  4. “Making insurance easy to manage through MyAXA App” (Merit Award), and
  5. “Workplace Launch: Fostering One AXA through a Virtual Community” (Merit Award).

AXA credits its digital tools – some of which are the themes of the campaigns above – as its biggest growth driver last year, enabling them to exceed industry growth and that of competitors by leaps and bounds. Smart Traveller, on the other hand, is travel insurance that is solely available online.

The company also won the following:

  1. “AXA Philippines Diversity and Inclusion Campaign” (Excellence Award) which highlighted the culture of acceptance within the organization, under the Internal Communication category; and
  2. “Corporate Responsibility Week: AXA Hearts in Action” (Merit Award) for the Employee Engagement category.

AXA Hearts in Action is the leading global insurer’s international volunteer program.

Organized by The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines, The Philippine Quill Awards is the country’s highest and most comprehensive awards in business communication.

For more information, visit www.axa.com.ph.

Get lost in Central Europe with Jessica Zafra

Get lost in Central Europe with Jessica Zafra

twisted travels: rambles in central europeIn this age of navigation apps and Google maps, writer Jessica Zafra recommends getting lost as the best way to explore a foreign city.

In her new book, Twisted Travels: Rambles in Central Europe, she gets drunk in Prague, wanders through haunted castles in Cesky Krumlov, browses through bookstores in Budapest, and relives the complicated histories of Warsaw and Krakow.

Along the way she visits the Vienna Opera, loses her luggage in Rome, imagines an alternate life in Venice, and becomes embroiled in a Parisian petty crime drama.

Twisted Travels: Rambles in Central Europe is published by Visprint in cooperation with Discover Central Europe and the Embassies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland in Manila. The book is now available at Fully Booked branches, shopee.ph, lazada.com.ph, and National Bookstores.

Ever Bilena leads zero-waste management campaign

Ever Bilena leads zero-waste management campaign

Ever Bilena, the country’s leading cosmetics brand, took a step closer to protect and preserve our environment as it launched it zero-waste management program. A highlight of the launch is the unveiling of the iECO-800, a thermal burner that is smokeless and odorless and burns almost all kinds of solid waste.

Present during the launch were (L-R) ABS-CBN publishing president and CEO Ernie Lopez, Pacific Online Systems Corporation chair and president Willy Ocier, Department of Public Works and Highways secretary Mark Villar, Ever Bilena president and CEO Dioceldo Sy, and SM Prime Executive Committee chair Hans Sy.

Akari’s buy-one-get-one promo

Akari’s buy-one-get-one promo

Looking for a practical gift idea this holiday season? Akari, the country’s top lighting and electrical brand, offers a buy-one-get-one promo on its portable rechargeable fans, exclusively available in Ace Hardware stores nationwide. The bundle promo also comes with a free Christmas eco bag. Purchase the Akari 6-inch LED Rechargeable Cooling Fan for only Php 999.75 and get another rechargeable fan valued at Php 799.75 for free!

These rechargeable cooling fans are must-haves during camping trips with family and friends, at home when there is a power outage, or even for everyday use. To know more, visit www.akari.com.ph or Facebook page, www.facebook.com/AkariLights.

Changing the game

Changing the game

The 2018 Top Leaders Forum with the theme: “Changing the Game: Building a Culture of Resilience Through Public-Private Partnership” was held recently at the SMX Convention Center, Manila. Top Leaders Forum brings together the country’s top executives and leaders from the National and Local government, private sector, academe and science community, to discuss concrete actions in achieving disaster resilient communities.

Highlight of the 2018 TLF was the launch of SM Prime’s Business Continuity Program (BCP) for its small and medium enterprise (SME) tenants as part of its Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) efforts for its business partners and stakeholders.

Top leaders forum 2018

Seen in photo (middle, seated) are SM Prime’s Hans Sy, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Reduction Mami Mizutori (seated, sixth from left) Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana (seated, eighth from left) and officials of UNISDR, National Resilience Council, ARISE Philippines, government officials and private and public sector partners.

Top Leaders Forum is organized by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and ARISE Philippines, in partnership with SM Prime Holdings and the National Resilience Council (NRC).

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