PR Agency TimeZoneOne Honored with Three PCC Golden Trumpet Awards for its Public Relations Work with The Illinois Office of Tourism and Chicago Wolves

CHICAGO, June 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TimeZoneOne (TZO), a global creative communications agency, has been awarded top honors at the 60^th annual Publicity Club Chicago (PCC) Golden Trumpet Awards. The team of PR professionals was honored with a Gold and two Silver awards for the agency's work with the Illinois Office Of Tourism and the Chicago Wolves. The Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet Awards is one of the most prestigious awards programs for Chicagoland public relations professionals, honoring distinguished achievement in public relations, marketing and communications campaigns and events.

"Being honored with these awards is absolutely humbling and sets the standard for the type of public relations strategy that TimeZoneOne puts forward every single day," said Daniel Thomas, president and CEO of TimeZoneOne. "We decided to diversify our business after 25 years of learning to include public relations and to be recognized to this extent is a true testament of the PR professionals we have in our business."

Since 2017, TZO has been the public relations agency of record for the Illinois Office of Tourism (IOT), executing public relations, content and website development work. In its first year of earning the IOT business, TZO launched a brand-new website which won U.S. Travel Association's Mercury Award for outstanding travel website.

TZO's public relations work was the shining star at the 2019 PCC Awards ceremony on June 6. Here is a look at the campaigns for which they were honored:

#AmazingForAll
TZO's work on the Illinois Office of Tourism #AmazingForAll campaign earned a Gold Trumpet Award in the Special Events category. This initiative called for TZO's public relations team to organize a community activation to celebrate "Amazing for All" (AFA), IOT's new LGBTQ+ and diversity campaign. To launch the campaign, local artist and LGBTQ+ ally Matthew Hoffman was commissioned to create a 6-by-23-foot wooden sculpture of #amazingforall to serve as a centerpiece. The artwork was unveiled during the Midwest's largest street festival, Northalsted Market Days, which spans a half mile in Boystown – America's first recognized gay neighborhood. The campaign was incredibly successful with impressive results:

• A 350 percent increase in media traffic to the AFA landing page during the event and the week after
• 8,500 new likes on their social media channels
• Garnered more than 28.5 million impressions from eight feature stories, both nationally and internationally

Illinois Frank Lloyd Wright Trail
TZO earned a Silver Trumpet Award in the Media Relations category for its work on IOT's Frank Lloyd Wright Trail (FLWT) during National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW). For this campaign, TZO's communications team was tasked with attracting domestic and international leisure travelers to the area and encouraging them to partake in multi-day road trips within the state of Illinois. TZO developed these multi-day trip itineraries featuring the 13 public Frank Lloyd Wright sites throughout the state, all while keeping hotel bookings in mind, IOT's key business objective. As a result of the agency's creative communications campaign, the team secured 178 local, regional, national and international media placements reaching an estimated audience of 318.4 million with a combined media value of $1.2 million.

"TimeZoneOne continues to be a trusted partner of the Illinois Office of Tourism, and we could not be more pleased that their hard work on our behalf is being recognized," said Jan Kemmerling, acting director of Illinois Office of Tourism. "We're proud to share this accolade and look forward to continuing to innovate the state's tourism and destination initiatives."

Chicago Wolves 25^th Anniversary Campaign
TimeZoneOne landed a Silver Trumpet Award in the special events category for their Chicago Wolves 25^th Anniversary communications campaign. In conjunction with the launch of a new brand campaign, TimeZoneOne's PR team planned a full season of events and activities to take the team's visibility and perception to new levels. A stand-out initiative in the campaign that maximized fan engagement and brand awareness included positioning larger than life goalie masks in a highly visible location on Michigan Avenue. The earned media push concluded with the State of Illinois issuing a proclamation declaring October 14 as Chicago Wolves Day, in recognition of the organization's 25th birthday and its contribution to the Chicagoland community since 1994.

"We are elated with the incredible work TimeZoneOne has put forth for the Chicago Wolves brand," said Mike Gordon, President of the Chicago Wolves. "The agency has been an essential partner over the years and earning multiple awards for its creative content and public relations work in recent weeks for the franchise is a true testament to the type of talent we have working with us day in and day out."

About TimeZoneOne:
Specializing in destination marketing and storytelling, TimeZoneOne works with destinations, educational institutions, membership organizations and consumer and B2B brands to grow their businesses. Founded in New Zealand in 1994, TimeZoneOne's global headquarters is in downtown Chicago, with offices in Toronto, Canada and Christchurch, New Zealand. The agency has strategic partners in the UK, Japan, Germany, Mexico and China; and clients in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, go to www.timezoneone.com.

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