Bangkok--27 Jun--Mileage Communications Group
- First Asian Regional PR Agency to Open an office in Myanmar
- Offers Opportunities for Thai Companies through Mileage (Thai)
Singapore’s largest home-grown public relations agency, Mileage Communications, today extends its footprint into Myanmar by forming a joint venture in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city and centre of commerce.
Known as Mileage Communications MCG Co., Ltd., the joint venture is formed with MCG, a specialized marketing communications agency servicing the entire Myanmar territory. MCG is currently servicing the accounts of top South Korean companies such as LG Electronics.
Mr. Yap Boh Tiong, Chairman of the Mileage Communications Group, said: “Myanmar’s recent return to the global market arena spells opportunities for companies to venture into its largely untapped market. While the market is in its early stages of development, we believe that it has tremendous room for growth. Already, trade between Singapore and Myanmar has seen a 39 per cent jump in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter. The entry of top international consumer brands like Coca-cola and Pepsi, as well as Singaporean companies like Singtel and Yoma Strategic Holdingsis further testament to the international community’s confidence in Myanmar’s future growth.”
The agency is headed by Mr. John Jun, a professional marketing communications consultant with more than 25 years of experience with top international and Myanmar companies such as Dentsu, Young & Rubicam, Leo Burnett, BBDO and NA Communication Myanmar.
Mr. John Jun, Managing Director of Mileage Communications MCG Co., Ltd., said: “We are delighted to partner with the Mileage Communications Group because we can draw on its expertise in financial public relations, crisis management as well as international network and affiliates to better serve our Myanmar clients. Myanmar’s recent successat hosting high-profile international eventslike the World Economic Forum and the upcoming 27th SEA Games has cast the international community’s spotlight on this rising emergent market. As Myanmar’s consumer market grows in sophistication, it will see an increasing need for a wide range of marketing communications activities.Thus, a joint venture with an established regional player such as Mileage Communications Group willhelp MCG tobetter position itself as an agency offering seamless marketing communications services to our clients.”
The joint venture company is well positioned to assist multinational and Thai companies that want to enter the Myanmar market. Similarly, this joint venture can also provide marketing communications services to companies and organizations in Myanmar that wish to break into the region and the world through the Group’s 13 offices in Asia as well as extensive global network of affiliates respectively.
Mr Vichai Lertritchai, Managing Director of Mileage (Thai) Co. Ltd., added: “Thailand is the second largest foreign investor in Myanmar. With the opening of an office in Myanmar, we are delighted to play a role as part of the Mileage Communications Group to create awareness and publicity for Thai companies in Myanmar and also those venturing into the country.”
With the joint venture in Myanmar, the Mileage Communications Group now operates in 13 offices across eight countries in Asia. The Group is headquartered in Singapore and also operates in China (Shanghai), India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata), Indonesia (Jakarta), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Thailand (Bangkok) and Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).
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Mr. John Jun, Managing Director, Mileage Communications MCG Co., Ltd., Mr. Yap Boh Tiong, Chairman Mileage Communications Group, Mr. Mark Lee, SVP Mileage Communications MCG Co., Ltd.