McDonald’s, adidas, Pizza Hut, Unilever score big on 2016 MARKies shortlist

The shortlist for the 2016 MARKies Awards 2016 has been revealed, with a highly competitive list of agencies and brands scoring the lions share of nominations.Agencies including Carat, DDB, Havas, Maxus, Mtel, Saatchi & Saatchi and Uniplan made a big impression on judges this year, with brands from adidas to McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, RB Hong Kong, Starbucks, Swire Properties and Unilever among the list of finalists.Winners from each category will be handed out during the gala dinner at the Mira Hong Kong on 22 April. The best performing agency and campaign will be crowned “Best of Show - Agency” and “Best of Show – Campaign”.The finalists were selected after a week of intensive judging involving 14 senior marketers, who spent days and days pouring through almost 600 submissions - a record for the Hong Kong awards.A full shortlist can be seen here.Read more about the judging here.To reserve your tables for the gala dinner, click here.