ComVort dances Viennese Waltz

Barcelona/Vienna, October 14th 2005      Vienna is well-known for its legendary Vienna Opera Ball ‘the ball of all balls’ and the Viennese Waltz – the oldest of all ballroom dances. The ComVort Group is well-known as Europe’s leading international network of specialized, independent and owner-managed agencies. During the last years ComVort has been the fasted growing network and is constantely trying to open new doors into unexploited markets. Furthermore, global markets are increasingly demanding specialists for specific remit. ComVort would like to introduce its newest member agency The Skills Group based in Vienna, Austria.

Skills was founded in 1984 by Renate Skoff and Paul M. Sills as a Public Relation agency focused on sophisticated PR programmes for companies and institutions. In 2000, three younger managing partners, Stefan Bachleitner, Jürgen H. Gangoly and Edward Strasser, joined Skills through a merger with their Internet agency and brought in complementary know-how in areas such as the public sector, youth marketing, online communications and graphic design. 

As a full-service PR agency they provide strategic analysis and consulting, planning and execution of activities, and evaluation for clients such as eBay, Masterfoods, Novartis, Philip Morris, Tele2UTA, and various Austrian institutions.

Recent major projects include the introduction of the euro for the Austrian Central Bank, and Internet Ombudsman, an information and arbitration platform for e-commerce consumers and merchants. Both projects were awarded the prestigious National Public Relations Award of the Austrian Ministry of Economic Affairs.

In terms of size, they currently have a staff of 12 PR professionals and an annual fee income of approx. € 1.3 million (2004). Skills has always been a Top Ten Austrian PR agency and it currently ranks No. 5 or 6 (depending on the survey).

Their key words are quality, dedication and success: the quality of service, certified according to the internationally recognised Consultancy Management Standard (CMS); the dedication to their clients’ needs, including a quick and flexible response to changing requirements - overnight, if necessary; and the success of their clients, witnessed by their long-term business relationship with numerous successful companies and demanding institutions.

Since its creation, Skills has constructed successfully an impressive list of clientele giving a very unique response to each one and all. Their relationships include:

To sum up, the ComVort Central would like to welcome The Skills Team in the ComVort Group, and wishing them a first prosperous year inside the network. Skills could not has chosen a more opportune time to join ComVort, as ComVort continues growing and is near the scope of its aim of being present in every important metropolis in the world. Skills can expect an active and innovative year as the ComVort’s Viennese representative and specialist for any global Public Relations issue. The agency will take great advantage of its international background while maintaining its entire independence.

Furthermore, The Skills Group Advertising’s managing partner Juergen H. Gangoly is going to join ComVort’s Annual Meeting the November 25th – 27th 2005 in New York and take advantage of the moment to get in touch personally with all ComVort partners for the first time.

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