On March 22nd, Belgium was attacked by terrorists. A month later, the impact on Brussels’ economy was enormous. Certainly for the restaurants who saw their business go down tremendously. (bankruptcy rate increased by 1500%). Together with ‘De Tijd ‘and ‘L’Echo’, Belgians national business newspapers, we decided not to sit back and wait, but to do something: we launched #DiningforBrussels. Ambient advertisement created by Famous, Belgium for De Tijd, within the category: Media.

Over the past few weeks, the international media has portrayed Brussels as a war zone that tourists would do well to avoid. This has obviously had dire consequences for the tourist sector, which is currently experiencing a noticeable decline. Who better than the people of Brussels to answer the questions that tourists hesitant about travelling to Brussels might have... In order to foster exchanges between the main players of tourism in Brussels (namely tourists from the following countries: France, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain) and the people of Brussels, visit.brussels set up telephone boxes in three emblematic locations of the Brussels-Capital Region: at the Mont des Arts, on the Place Flagey and on the Place Communale in Molenbeek. Passers-by will be able to answer questions from foreign tourists. A great opportunity for the people of Brussels to defend their Region. Ambient advertisement created by Air, Belgium for visit.brussels, within the category: Transport.

Digital advertisement created by Boondoggle, Belgium for Thomas Cook, within the category: Transport.

Ambient advertisement created by Serviceplan, Belgium for Frisk, within the category: Confectionery, Snacks.

Carlsberg stunts in Belgium with 148 bikers in a movie theatre. Some innocent couples want to take their seat, but the room is filled with not-so- friendly gentlemen... How will they react?

Film advertisement created by BBDO, Belgium for Spa, within the category: Non-Alcoholic Drinks.

Digital advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Belgium for Samsonite, within the category: Personal Accessories.

Film advertisement created by Famous, Belgium for Responsible Young Drivers, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Digital advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Belgium for Samsonite, within the category: Personal Accessories.

Ambient advertisement created by Duval Guillaume, Belgium for Opvoedingslijn.be, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Film advertisement created by Publicis, Belgium for Hello bank!, within the category: Finance.

Digital advertisement created by Serviceplan, Belgium for Amnesty International, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

For over 50 years promo girls have been handing out samples at intersections, shopping malls and other high traffic areas, hoping consumers would buy their products. Time for a change, so Pepsi and TBWA Belgium teamed up and created The Like Machine: a vending machine that doesn’t accept money, only Facebook likes. The idea of connecting through the vending machine is simple. Just use your smartphone, go to likepepsi.com, connect with your Facebook account, like the Pepsi Facebook page and get a free Pepsi. By using the smartphone location settings, Pepsi was sure only people near the vending machine got offered a sample. People without a smartphone could tap the 42” built-in touchscreen to log in on Facebook and get a free drink as well. Once the sample was given, a timer made sure everybody was logged out. “That there are creative minds in Belgium is no secret. The Pepsi Like Machine is another good example of that,” adds Jan Verlinden, Marketing Director of PepsiCo, BeLux. Now it is possible, with a Facebook like, in real time, to get a can of Pepsi. “It’s a new way of sampling which provides us with information, so we can immediately start communicating with our target audience.” Pepsi Belgium introduced the Like Machine at the Beyoncé concerts in Antwerp. Ambient advertisement created by TBWA, Belgium for Pepsi, within the category: Non-Alcoholic Drinks.

Ambient advertisement created by Publicis, Belgium for Molenbeek, within the category: Transport.

Ambient advertisement created by Duval Guillaume, Belgium for Newspaperswork, within the category: Media.

Maes is Belgium’s second most popular beer but also Belgium’s 3rd most common surname. So since there is no joy in being second Maes beer gave a free barrel of Maes to all the people with the name Maes. They just had to sign up on Facebook, choose a pub and share the date – and their beer – with all of their friends. The campaign was created by TBWA and broke quite some records. The Facebook fanpage made it into the 6% most active pages worldwide, 1 out 20 Belgians visited the website and the amount of fans tripled in 1 day. Ambient advertisement created by TBWA, Belgium for Maes, within the category: Alcoholic Drinks.

Film advertisement created by TBWA, Belgium for EuroMillions, within the category: Gambling.

In Europe, every two minutes a child is reported missing. Some of them remain missing for years. Eventually we forget their faces. Child Focus, the Belgian Center for Missing Children, never stops helping the families in their search and getting others involved. To spread hope for all missing children, we designed and created Coins of Hope. One million 2 euro coins with the face of a missing child: Liam Vanden Branden, who has been missing for 20 years, but whose family has never lost hope. On International Missing Children's Day, we brought the Coins of Hope into circulation. Through Coins of Hope, we spread hope for every missing child, from hand to hand. It's a new and permanent medium with infinite impressions across the Eurozone. Direct advertisement created by These Days, Belgium for Child Focus, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Digital advertisement created by Air, Belgium for Amnesty International, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Film advertisement created by Happiness, Belgium for Parents Of Road Victims, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.