Sunway scores a hat-trick for the second time in 2018, picking up best brand in Property, Education and Entertainment at the Putra Brands Awards 2018, after being named Best Employers at the Aon Best Employers Award 2018. . It was an extraordinary year for Sunway Group (Sunway) as it scored its second hat-trick at the Putra Brand Awards 2018 held at the Majestic KL last Friday.

Sunway Property and Sunway University won Gold for the Award's property and education categories respectively while Sunway Lagoon took home Bronze in the entertainment category.

Earlier in September, Sunway also bagged three wins at the Aon Best Employers Awards with Sunway Building Materials Group, Sunway Hotel Georgetown and Sunway Shared Services.

The Putra Brand Awards is one of the most prestigious brand recognitions in the country and is deemed as the closest reflection of consumer brand affinity. This year, the awards celebrated its largest brand research sample, conducting more than 7,000 interviews through an advanced global online research methodology.

Sunway Group Deputy Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Razman Hashim said, "We are very delighted to know that consumers out there voted for our brand. We are very thankful for the confidence and trust of the public as well as our dedicated 16,000 team who had contributed greatly in making Sunway the reputable brand it is today."

Putra Brand Awards is organised by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) and it is the only award in Malaysia endorsed by the Malaysian External Trade Development Corp (MATRADE), and is supported by the Malaysian Advertisers Association (MAA) and the Media Specialists Association (MSA) and the Malaysian Digital Association.

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Sunway Education Group Director for Branding & Corporate Communications, Patrick Joseph McVeigh, received the award on behalf of Sunway Education Group; Sunway Berhad Deputy Managing Director of Property Development Division, Malaysia, Lum Tuck Ming received the award on behalf of Sunway Property; while General Manager of Sunway Lagoon Sean Choo received the award on behalf of Sunway Lagoon.

Sunway Property has built, and now owns and operates the award-winning townships and developments of Sunway City, Sunway City Ipoh, Sunway Iskandar, Sunway Damansara, Sunway Velocity and is currently building Sunway Valley City in Penang. The "master community developer" is one of the most well-reputed developers in Malaysia having won multiple Federation Internationale des Administrateurs de Bien-Conselis Immobiliers (FIABCI) awards and has been recognised by the Building and Construction Authority Singapore and Green Building Index for its sustainable practices. Sunway Property has been awarded in the Putra Brand Awards for seven consecutive years.

Sunway University is a leading university, and is owned and governed by the largest social enterprise for education in Malaysia, the not-for-profit Jeffrey Cheah Foundation. The education institute has consistently achieved an excellent rating (Tier 5) in the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) Rating System for Institutions of Higher Learning (SETARA) in 2009, 2011 and 2013. Sunway University has been ranked five-star by QS World and No.1 in Asia for the categories of teaching, employability and facilities. This year is the fourth time Sunway Education Group is recognised at the Putra Brand Awards.

Sunway Lagoon is a world-class attraction which has Asia's 1st Nickelodeon-themed land, water park, amusement park, wildlife park, extreme park and scream park. The Asia's Best Attraction also ranked 13th in the list of the world's top 20 waterparks worldwide by AECOM in association with the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). Recently, the theme park also garnered the Going Places Reader's Choice Awards 2017 in the Best Theme Park category; The BrandLaureate Award in the Nation Branding Awards 2017 - 2018 and the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Award 2018 in the Theme Park / Family Attraction category. Sunway Lagoon was also honoured with the Ctrip China Traveler's Top Spot 2017 Awards as the Most Family-Friendly Overseas Scenic Spot. Sunway Lagoon has been recognised in Putra Brand Awards since 2014.