Tourism Ministry confirms JWT is out, Synergy-MCN in

**#8 Tourism Ministry confirms JWT is out, Synergy-MCN in: The Tourism Ministry confirmed on Monday that it has chosen a consortium made up of Synergy (a subsidiary of Egyptian Media Group) and Middle East Communications Network (MCN) to run Egypt’s tourism promotion campaign abroad. Details of the agreement will be announced early next month, said the statement (pdf). In a separate statement (pdf), the ministry thanked JWT for its service over the past three years. A source had told us earlier in the week that both the ministry and JWT had parted ways.