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Established in 2005 and with more than 40 employees, Luminous is an award-winning experiential marketing consultancy with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau. Luminous produces live marketing events for clients including Cathay Pacific, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Prudential.

Agency heads Laura Lee and Antony Spanbrook – founders of King Harvests and Luminous, respectively – will report to Isabelle Chouvet, the founder of Emotion, MSLGROUP’s high-end and luxury events communication agency in Asia. King Harvests’ and Luminous’ experiential marketing expertise will enrich the scope of Emotion’s service offering.

“We have made our development in fast-growing markets in general, and China in particular, a top priority for the Groupe,” explained Jean-Yves Naouri, Publicis Groupe COO and Chairman, Publicis Groupe China. “The acquisitions of King Harvests and Luminous are important milestones, and further testimony to our commitment to China. We will continue strengthening our capabilities and footprint in China for the benefit of our clients and employees.”

Olivier Fleurot, MSLGROUP CEO, commented “Experiential marketing is today viewed by both agencies and clients as one of the biggest marketing opportunities for the next few years, alongside social/digital. We’re therefore very excited to have King Harvests and Luminous join us to expand our Asian offering in this space.”

“People today want the chance to experience a brand‘s promisesfor themselves,“ Isabelle Chouvet added. “‘Experiential‘ is a huge growth area globally, and by bringing King Harvests and Luminous into the fold we can offer more of what our clients are increasingly asking for in Asia today.” Chouvet will now oversee a network of 280 people in Asia, across Beijing, Hong Kong,Macau, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

King Harvests and Luminous are the latest in a series of acquisitions in Greater China by Publicis Groupe, including Eastwei Relations, Interactive Communications Ltd (ICL), Dreams, Genedigi, Wangfan, Gomye and most recently UBS. It is in line with Publicis Groupe’s strategy to increase its presence in fast growing markets, with China at its core and where Publicis Groupe has set an objective to double its size.

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