EGA Announces Hermes Awards for Localization Excellence
Media and Entertainment Industry’s 1st Peer-reviewed Awards Celebrate the “Art and Science” of Global Storytelling
Los Angeles, CA, Sep. 29, 2022 – The Entertainment Globalization Association (EGA) has launched its “Hermes Awards for Entertainment Localization Excellence,” the first global peer-reviewed awards program in the media and entertainment industry.
Created to celebrate the art and science of global storytelling among the worldwide creative community, the Hermes Awards demonstrate EGA’s commitment to supporting the heightened need for specialized media services as the global demand for content surges. The program will recognize the work done everyday by service providers to deliver content to an increasingly diverse customer base and a growing number of viewing platforms.
“As new innovations in localization and access services continue to expand the borders of content consumption, our work is having more of an impact than ever before,” said Scott McCarthy, EGA’s Vice President and Global Head of Dubbing for DreamWorks Animation. “These awards are overdue recognition for the global excellence among our industry's artists and professionals.”
The Hermes Award will accept submissions in each of its 14 categories from today until December 23, 2022. For more information about categories, submissions and requirements please visit https://www.egassociation.org/hermes-award.
“There is an incredible depth of talented and creative professionals who are bringing joy to hundreds of millions of viewers through global storytelling,” said Cecile Hammelev-Wethje, EGA’s Managing Director. “The time was right for us to come together as an industry and celebrate our shared commitment to enriching people’s lives through targeted, dynamic and immersive content.”
The full list of Hermes Award categories includes: Best Voice Performance for a Television Series, Best Voice Performance for a Feature, Best Voice Performance for an Animated Series, Best Voice Performance for an Animated Feature, Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Series, Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Feature, Best Localized Song, Best Audio Description for a Feature, Best Audio Description for a Series, Best Overall Dubbing for a Series, Best Overall Dubbing for a Feature, Best Overall Dubbing for Animation, Technical Achievement, and Lifetime Achievement.
About EGA:
EGA is a California-based trade association primarily focused on building a stronger connection with the creative talent that entrusts them to “retell” their stories for audiences in different cultures and languages. Their main areas of focus are creating standardization, conducting localization research, creating industry education opportunities and celebrating high-quality localization. The organization is narrowly focused on entertainment localization as defined by audio localization (dubbing), subtitling, audio description and graphic replacement for episodic, feature-length and gaming entertainment.
THE RITZ-CARLTON, HONG KONG OPENS AS WORLD’S HIGHEST HOTEL, TAKING SERVICE EXCELLENCE TO NEW HEIGHTS
HONG KONG — March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong opens today and dominates the skyline as the world’s “highest” hotel. Located at the very top of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in Hong Kong, occupying floors 102 to 118, the hotel is the very pinnacle of luxury and a beacon of contemporary style and excellence in Asia’s World City. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is the newest addition to the brand’s growing global portfolio of 75 luxury properties and its 16th hotel in Asia.
“The opening of this landmark hotel in Hong Kong is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication to delivering the very best product, facilities and service in this international gateway city,” said Herve Humler, president and chief operations officer of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. “Partnering with Hong Kong’s premier developer, Sung Hung Kai Properties, we have been able to create something truly spectacular to welcome our guests not just to the highest hotel in the world, but also to one of the very best hotels in the world. We are taking luxury to new heights in every sense.”
The stylish and contemporary interiors by Singapore’s LTW set the scene for this thoroughly modern hotel set in the heart of Hong Kong. The sense of arrival is breathtaking with views of Victoria Harbour and the iconic Hong Kong skyline as the backdrop. Guests will be welcomed into the arrival lobby on the 9th floor before being transported up to the hotel lobby on the 103rd floor where panoramic views over Hong Kong await them.
The hotel’s 312 guest rooms all offer spectacular city and harbour views. Starting at 530 sqft for a Deluxe Room, and reaching 3,920 sqft for the magnificent Ritz-Carlton Suite, rooms provide state-of-the-art technology including WiFi, iPod docking stations, blu-ray DVD players and flat screen TVs. In addition, Club room guests can enjoy the panoramic view from The Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge with complimentary food and beverage presentations 24 hours a day. The Club also gives guests access to a dedicated Club Concierge, work stations, meeting rooms and WiFi throughout.
In a move that perfectly articulates the brand’s shift in design philosophy and service evolution, the hotel’s six dining venues have been created by some of the biggest names in restaurant design, including Japan’s Spin Design Studio and Wonderwall. The hotel offers three restaurants on the 102nd floor, including Tin Lung Heen, which is a Chinese restaurant serving refined Cantonese cuisine, Tosca, an Italian restaurant which offers Southern Italian Cuisine with an open kitchen and the very stylish The Lounge & Bar which features stunning crystal fire pits. In addition, there is a chocolate-themed lounge named The Chocolate Library on the 103rd floor and a stylish patisserie located on the 9th floor.
Perhaps the jewel in the crown is Ozone located on the hotel’s 118th floor. This sleek, stylish and contemporary restaurant and bar will set a new benchmark for Hong Kong’s social and dining scene. Offering contemporary Asian tapas, signature cocktails and a stylish wine list, Ozone has bar and restaurant seating in zoned sections and the world’s highest al fresco terrace where guests can indulge in the incredible views over the city.
For those wishing to relax and indulge, The Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA is the ultimate in urban spa sanctuary experiences. Located on the 116th floor and featuring nine deluxe treatment rooms and two couple’s suites all with floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic views, the spa will appeal to both residential guests and Hong Kong citizens alike and offer a true escape from the city some 16,000 feet below. A world-class team of professional therapists will ensure a spa experience like no other. The hotel also features a fully equipped fitness centre and an indoor infinity pool overlooking the Victoria Harbour on the 118th floor with a 92ft x 23ft LED screen on the ceiling that can display images and videos.
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong has one of the largest ballrooms in the city at 10,000 sqft. Elaborately decorated with a sea of crystal chandeliers, the décor of the Diamond Ballroom is suited to weddings, meetings and gala events. Complemented by an additional four meeting rooms, the total of 14,000 sqft of meeting space is set to become the new social centre for Hong Kong and the benchmark for events in the region.
In the podium of the ICC, the one million square foot Elements shopping mall offers some of the finest shopping in Hong Kong with luxury brand names featured throughout this world-class location. The ICC will also host an Observation Deck, Sky100 on the 100th floor and offer direct connections to Hong Kong International Airport in 20 minutes and Central in five minutes. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is strategically located at the heart of the city and will become a must-see tourist attraction now that it has opened.
Click here for a behind-the-scenes tour of The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong with Vice President and General Manager, Mark Decocinis.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., of Chevy Chase, Md., currently operates 75 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. More than 30 hotel and residential projects are under development around the globe. The Ritz-Carlton is the only service company to have twice earned the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, an award that originated in 1987. Its purpose is to promote the awareness of quality excellence, recognize quality achievements of companies and publicize successful quality strategies. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company won the award in 1992 and 1999. For more information, or reservations, contact a travel professional, call toll free in the U.S. 1-800-241-3333, or visit the company web site at www.ritzcarlton.com. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR). For company news and information, please visit www.marriottnewscenter.com.
Media Contact: Allison Sitch Senior Corporate Director, Public Relations Tel: (301) 547-4784 Fax: (301) 547-4722 allison.sitch@ritzcarlton.com
Apple Wins The Business Journals' Top 2011 American Brand Excellence Award
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 25, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Business Journals today named Apple, Inc. the 2011 Grand Award winner as part of its eighth-annual American Brand Excellence Awards, which recognize brands that best meet the needs of small- to mid-sized businesses.
The Business Journals also awarded Brand Excellence Awards to companies in six additional business categories:
Business Services: UPS Financial/Insurance: Visa Retail: Staples Technology: Apple Telecommunications: Verizon Wireless Travel: Southwest Airlines
"The American Brand Excellence Awards are unique in that they represent how business owners and managers feel about the companies that best support their businesses and help them succeed," said Michael Olivieri, Chief Revenue Officer of American City Business Journals. "This year's winners are true brand leaders and The Business Journals congratulates them on being recognized by the important small and mid-sized business market."
Over 250 business brands were rated and over 2,000 SMB owners and managers participated in The Business Journals' annual proprietary study. The winning companies were chosen as the brands who best met the needs of small and mid-sized business owners and managers. The criteria used to select the American Brand Excellence Award winners include "easy to do business with," "industry leader," "forward thinking," "for growing companies," "behaves ethically," "growing in popularity" and "has a good price for what you get."
"Apple has become the premier business brand, and as the leader of the tablet category with the iPad, Apple is redefining how we work," said Godfrey Phillips, VP of Research for The Business Journals. "Our study found that nine percent of business owners currently use an iPad for business."
Portfolio.com, the national business news site for small and mid-sized business executives and a sister outlet to The Business Journals, has published a special feature (http://bit.ly/hDDLOM ) and in-depth interactive component (http://bit.ly/gjcZ27) on the American Brand Excellence Award winners and the overall top 25 brands named as part of The Business Journals' annual study today:
For more information regarding The Business Journals proprietary brand study, please contact Natasha Bullard, Research Analyst (212) 500-0620 nbullard@bizjournals.com.
About The Business Journals
The Business Journals is the premier media solutions platform for companies strategically targeting business decision makers. We deliver a total business audience of more than 10 million people via our 42 websites, 64 publications and more than 700 annual industry leading events.
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, The Business Journals has sales offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. It is a subsidiary of American City Business Journals, a unit of Advance Publishing, Inc., whose properties include Conde Nast Publications and the Fairchild and Golf Digest Companies.
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