SHANGHAI—China’s Blue Focus Group and major multinationals Edelman, MSLGroup, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Weber Shandwick Worldwide are the finalists for The Holmes Report’s Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year honors for 2013.

The nominees and winners of The Holmes Report’s Consultancy of the Year awards are selected as part of the Consultancy Report Card process.

Finalists for the other geographic consultancy of the year categories include:
Australasia Consultancy of the Year: Eleven, Impact Communications Australia, Liquid Ideas, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, PPR
China Consultancy of the Year: BlueFocus Group, FleishmanHillard, MSLGroup, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Weber Shandwick
Indian Consultancy of the Year: Adfactors, Avian Media, Integral, MSLGroup, Perfect Relations
Japanese Consultancy of the Year: Bilcom, Dentsu Public Relations, FleishmanHillard, PRAP, Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Korean Consultancy of the Year: Communication Korea, Edelman, KPR, Medicom, Prain
South-East Asia: Edelman, Fortune PR, Galaxy Communications, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Vero

Finalists for our specialist consultancy of the year categories include:
Consumer Consultancy of the Year: AKA Asia, Mango, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Trimaran PR Asia, Waggener Edstrom
Corporate & Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year: FleishmanHillard, Pelham Bell Pottinger, Sefiani Communications Group, SenateSHJ, Weber Shandwick
Digital Consultancy of the Year: Bilcom, Edelman, MSLGroup, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Financial Consultancy of the Year: Adfactors, Artemis Associates, Brunswick, Ogilvy Public Relations Group, Strategic Public Relations Group
Technology Consultancy of the Year: Bite Communications, Hoffman Agency, Lewis PR, Rice Communications, Six Degrees
New Consultancy of the Year: Artemis Associates, PRecious Communications, Sharpe Lankester, Zeno Group

The Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year awards will be presented at our SABRE Awards dinner, schedule to take place in Shanghai in September. The Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards are now accepting entries.