Companies with whom we have worked exceptionally well this year are very important to us. Across all sectors, whether small, medium-sized or large companies, partnerships with our customers are of great importance to us. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to mention some of these partnerships.
Together with WOMAN, we have developed a loyalty app that has even taken us to number one in the top charts in the App Store. Resch&Frisch has also been the proud owner of a new successful loyalty app since this year, as has SalzburgMilch, which offers its customers an advent calendar with great competitions, for example. In the Fuschlsee tourist region, too, you can now collect points simply by scanning your bill.
Other members of the hello again family include OÖNachrichten, Naturfreunde OÖ, Maxi Cosi, Raiffeisenbank Wels and many, many smaller companies from a wide range of sectors. At hello again, we have the right strategy for everyone. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the great partnerships and look forward to continuing our cooperation in the new year!
It is always nice to receive recognition for hard work and to be rewarded, which is why we are particularly proud to be able to look back on a number of awards this year.
Back in May, we were awarded third place in the Young Entrepreneur Prize 2018 by the Young Economy Upper Austria, making us one of the winners of a very prestigious award.
Shortly afterwards, we were awarded second place in the "Mobile Apps" category at the Constantinus Award - Austria's biggest consulting and IT prize. Finally, we were delighted to receive our first international award at the "Best Business Award", where we have officially been part of the "winners' club" since October.
Of course, the most important part of hello again should not be left out. Without the enthusiasm of our employees, all these awards and successes would only be worth half as much, which is why we are particularly pleased that our workforce has doubled this year. It is very important to us that our employees have fun at work, enjoy coming to the office and, of course, that we foster team spirit.
For this reason, our company events should not be neglected. In 2018, we organized the hello again winter weekend on the Reiteralm, took part in the Waldneukirchen small-sided soccer tournament, the WKO business run and the darts tournament, not forgetting our annual Christmas party.
We are particularly looking forward to our company trip to Mallorca in 2019, which will reward us for achieving our 2018 annual goal.
To ensure that we are always up to date, we also launched a number of new projects this year, including some with external partners.
We launched a research project with Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences on the topic of data analysis and evaluation. We would also like to mention our Digital Loyalty Blog, which we launched in July and expanded over the rest of the year with the support of Steyr University of Applied Sciences as part of a company project.
In summary, we can look back on the past year with great satisfaction and look forward to the future with confidence. Until we can say: "hello again!"