Final Entry Deadline for Sixth Annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards Is January 30

FAIRFAX,Va.,Dec. 5,2018 -- The Stevie® Awards,organizer of Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards,has announced that the final entry deadline in the 2019 (sixth annual) competition is January 30,2019. The awards are considered the only business awards to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region.

Winners in 2019 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards will be presented their awards at a gala banquet in Singapore on Friday,May 31.

Late entries will be accepted through March 8 with the payment of a late fee. Complete entry details are available at http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are open to all organizations in the 29 nations of the Asia-Pacific region: Large and small,for-profit and non-profit,public and private. Seven nations are added to those eligible to submit nominations to the 2019 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards: Bangladesh,Bhutan,India,Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,and Sri Lanka.

The awards focus on recognizing innovation in all its forms,wherever it is achieved in the workplace. Entries will be accepted in eight languages-- Chinese,English,Indonesian,Japanese,Korean,Malay,Thai and Vietnamese - in the following awards category groups:

Annual Report Awards & Other Publication Awards

Customer Service Awards

Company/Organization Awards

Human Resources Awards

Information Technology Awards

Management Awards

Marketing Awards

New Product Awards

Corporate Communications,IR,and PR Awards

Website Awards and Smartphone and Tablet App Awards

…and more

New awards categories introduced for 2019 include Most Innovative Startup of the Yearand Most Innovative Tech Startup of the Year. There are no entry fees for these categories.

Asia-Pacific Stevie Award winners will be announced on April 17. Winners will be celebrated and presented their awards during a gala banquet on May 31 in Singapore.

Scores of professionals from throughout the region will participate in the judging process to determine the Stevie winners.

Some of the Asia-Pacific region's most innovative organizations have won Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in the past five years including ABS-CBN Corporation,Bangkok Health Research Center,Cisco Systems,Delta Air Lines,Dentsu,Freelancer.com,GE Indonesia,Globe Telecom,Hong Kong Tourism Board,Huawei,Maras Group,MetLife Asia Ltd.,MSLGROUP China,Ooredoo,PT Petrokimia Gresik,Samsung,Seoul Metropolitan Government,Singapore Power,Sony,Telkom Indonesia,Xiaomi,and more.

The Stevie Award trophies,made by the company that makes the Emmy and other major international awards,are among the world's most coveted prizes. The name Stevie is taken from the name Stephen,which is derived from the Greek for "crowned."

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards,the German Stevie Awards,The American Business Awards®,The International Business Awards®,the Stevie Awards for Women in Business,the Stevie Awards for Great Employers and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them,the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards atwww.StevieAwards.com.

Stevie®,American Business Awards® and International Business Awards® are registered trademarks of Stevie Awards,Inc.

* PR Newswire Asia is the official news distribution partner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

Contact:Clara Im

Clara@stevieawards.com

+82-2-3443-8389

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