Passenger Selected as a 2011 Red Herring 100 Award Finalist as One of the Top Innovative Companies in North America

Online, June 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Passenger (www.thinkpassenger.com), the leading social brand intelligence platform provider, announced that it has been named as a finalists for Red Herring's 100 North America Award. The Red Herring award honors the year's most favorable private technology ventures from the North American region.

"We're honored that Red Herring has selected Passenger as a finalist for this prestigious award," said Passenger CEO, Bahram Nour-Omid. "Our social brand intelligence platform is truly unique in the market, providing communication, collaboration and co-creation opportunities for the world's leading brands. Having made significant investments in our mobile and Facebook applications, we're excited to continue our growth as a leading technology company."

Finalists were evaluated on quantitative and qualitative criteria, including technology innovation and execution of strategy. After one final stage of judging, a live ceremony will be held in Hollywood, CA. The winner will be selected and announced on June 15.

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unique insights on emerging economy-driving technologies.

ABOUT PASSENGER
Passenger's social brand intelligence platform powers communities online, on mobile and on social networks for the world's leading brands. Passenger's technology, combined with expert community management and member engagement services, allows your brand to connect with your community to inform research, product development, and marketing decisions at social speed. In addition, all of the data collected from across the social brand intelligence platform is warehoused in a single database with robust analytic capabilities, providing a holistic view of your social brand community and actionable, member-driven insights. For more information please visit www.thinkpassenger.com.
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