Spafax publications win 12 prizes at the Custom Publishing Council’s Pearl Awards

November 18, 2009 – Spafax, one of the world’s leading providers of custom media solutions, won a dozen prizes at the recent Pearl Awards held in New York, including “best in custom” for enRoute. Produced by the Custom Publishing Council, the Pearls celebrate excellence in the custom publishing and media industry.

enRoute, the inflight magazine of Air Canada, won 5 awards, including the Best in Custom Award. It also collected 2 golds (for best cover and best overall editorial) as well as 2 silver awards. IN, the inflight magazine of LAN, won 4 awards, including 2 golds for Best use of photography and Best tie-in with corporate integrated marketing. OnAir, a monthly e-zine produced for Air Canada, won a gold award for best e-newsletter. Other award winners from Spafax included HomeSpa, for Canadian luxury spa maker BainUltra and Fairmont magazine, for international hotel brand Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.

“We are thrilled with the results,” said Spafax Editorial Director Arjun Basu. “Our print and digital products were recognized for editorial, design and strategy. And then having enRoute win the ‘best in show’ prize was literally the icing on the cake.”

The Pearl Awards are the highest honors bestowed upon custom content and publishing companies in the US. More information about the Custom Publishing Council and the Pearl Awards can be found at www.custompublishingcouncil.com.

About Spafax
Spafax is one of the world’s leading providers of custom media, producing magazines, e-zines, websites as well as providing in-flight content to the world’s airlines. Spafax is a part of the specialist media division of WPP, one of the world’s leading communications companies.

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For more information:
Please contact Arjun Basu at 514-844-2001 or abasu@spafax.com.

enRoute Magazine – enroute.aircanada.com
IN Magazine – in-lan.com
HomeSpa Magazine – homespa-magazine.com
Fairmont Magazine – fairmont.com