Fort Washington, MD-- The Hannon Group, an award-winning public relations and market research firm, entered 2006 winning three industry awards that recognized the company's outstanding service to its customers. The new upstart PR firm competed against large, long-established agencies such as Hill & Knowlton, Weber-Shandwick and Fleishman-Hillard.

The Hannon Group received two Magellan Awards for its publicity campaign design and execution for the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The company won the Silver Award for the USTA publicity campaign entitled: "Play Tennis - The Sport for A Lifetime" which also received the Top 50 Publicity Campaign for 2005. The Top 50 Publicity Campaign Awards are open to the highest scoring entries. There were 475 competing entries for the award.

The Hannon Group also won the PRSA 2005 Thoth Evaluation Award, in partnership with Keenan PR, for providing outstanding market research services. The Hannon Group, under subcontract to Keenan PR, designed and executed a long-term research initiative using interviews and focus groups to test advertising, messages and terms on behalf of the end-client, Comprehensive Health Services, an employee health services firm serving Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies.

The Hannon Group is a public relations and market research firm providing services to local, regional and national business, government and non-profit organizations. An award-winning firm, The Hannon Group uses research-based strategies to achieve results with impact.