Cannes Lions launches the Dubai Lynx Awards

The makers of the Cannes Eurobest competition announced Wednesday the launch of the Dubai Lynx Awards. The awards for advertising from the Middle East and North Africa region will be presented for the first time in Dubai in March 2007. Almost nowhere in the world is the advertising sector growing as fast as in the Middle East and North Africa. If the initiators have their way, the Dubai Lynx Award will give the region a seal of quality for outstanding creative achievements. The entries will be judged by a panel of international and local industry leaders. The first award ceremony will be held on March 19, 2007, as part of the Dubai International Advertising Festival, which has also been newly launched.