LONDON, Oct. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions (Nasdaq:NDAQ) clients have been awarded Gold and Silver in the 'Best Online Newsroom' category at Europe's prestigious Digital Impact Awards. After being named finalists in September, Honda (UK) was awarded Gold and Heathrow Airport was awarded Silver for demonstrating best practice examples of digital stakeholder communications.
Organized by stakeholder relations magazine, Communicate, the Digital Impact Awards are Europe's leading established program to recognize and celebrate excellence in digital stakeholder communications. All winners' projects, including Honda (UK)'s Online Newsroom, will be showcased on the Digital Impact Awards website and each category will have its own fully search optimized page. Honda (UK) and Heathrow Airport's newsrooms were designed, built and hosted by the NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions Communications Suite of products.
"NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions is proud to be the partner of choice for Honda (UK) and Heathrow Airport's winning online newsrooms," said Demetrios Skalkotos, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions. "We attribute the success of our products to the cutting-edge design work of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions, and the in-house expertise involved in creating a positive newsroom experience for which our companies and their key constituencies can be proud. Leading brands such as Honda (UK) and Heathrow Airport recognize the importance of an online newsroom, and we're delighted that they and NASDAQ OMX have been recognized today."
The Awards ceremony was held at The Brewery in London, on October 16th. For more information on the NASDAQ OMX Communications Suite, please visit: http://www.globenewswire.com/Home/Media-Suite/Media-Newsrooms
To view the Honda and Heathrow Airport Online Newsrooms, please visit: http://newsroom.honda.co.uk/default.aspx and http://mediacentre.heathrowairport.com/.
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