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Our publishing teams in Santiago, Chile, and Montreal, Canada have won 11 Magnum Opus Awards for the editorial and design excellence of enRoute magazine and IN magazine.

We’re especially excited about the Special Recognition award to enRoute magazine – a top honour!

These awards aren’t just a testament to the talent and creativity of our publishing teams – but to the support of our clients, Air Canada and LAN Airlines.

IN, published by Spafax Medios y Publicidad, Santiago, Chile:

• Best Cover (Food Issue) (Bronze) OCTOBER 2009
• Best Cover (5th Anniversary issue) (Honorable Mention) MAY 2009
• Best Cover (Online Connection) (Honorable Mention) JULY 2009
• Best Use of Illustration/Single Feature (The Party’s Always on in Latin America) (Honorable Mention) MAY 2009
• Best InfoGraphics (Selecting the National Team) (Silver) NOVEMBER 2009
• Best InfoGraphics (Stargazing Wines) (Bronze) JUNE 2009

enRoute, published by Spafax Canada, Toronto & Montreal, Canada:

• Print Magazine External Audience (Special Recognition) DECEMBER 2009
• Best Overall Design 4+ color (Gold) NOVEMBER 2009
• Best Cover (Silver) FEBRUARY 2009
• Best Use of Illustration Single Feature (Restaurant Trends 2009) (Honorable Mention) NOVEMBER 2009, by Anselmo Swan
• Best Use of Photography Single Feature(Bronze) (Buenos Aires Social Club) DECEMBER 2009, by Lorne Bridgeman

Every month Spafax editors and designers produce reams of award-winning digital content – from stories to sites. Here’s a sampling of our most recent output.

For Air Canada:

enRoute (English)
enRoute (français)
OnAir newsletter
Communiqué enVol
enRoute on Twitter

The luxury brands group:

Mercedes (English)
Mercedes (français)
Bombardier Experience (English)

Our online magazine, Sparksheet:

Sparksheet newsletter (English)
Sparksheet e-book (English)
Sparksheet on Twitter
Sparksheet iPhone app
Sparksheet on YouTube
Our Linkedin Group – the Transumer

Content for the Canadian Tourism Commission:

US Newsletter
Mexico Newsletter
Canada Newsletter
Canadian Newsletter (French)

Sites for LAN Airlines, S.A.:

In-Lan (English)
In-Wines (English)

Other:

Content for the Marina Bay Sands Restort in Singapore (English)
Bell Mobility’s Mobile magazine (English et français)
Our own Spafax twitter channel

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