Zenith Media in New York has been awarded Miramax's $180 million-plus media buying and planning business without a review. Incumbent was Palisades Media Group in Santa Monica, Calif., which launched the business with the studio as its flagship account in 1996.

Crossmedia has been selected as the media agency of record for Dolce International Conference Destinations, a global conference center company. Crossmedia will be handling the media planning and buying for 16 of Dolce International's full-service conference destinations in the United States and in Europe.

Fallon has won creative and media planning duties on Virgin Mobile USA's $50 million account. Leagas Delaney, San Francisco was the other agency competing for the account.

The Phelps Group has expanded its work for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts by taking on advertising, direct and collateral duties for the Sonoma Mission Inn, a Fairmont property in Sonoma, California. The Phelps Group also will be working with the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University to implement and market a new business ethics initiative being launched by the school. The agency will provide advertising, direct and strategic planning. Combined billings for the two accounts are approximately $2 million.

Wieden & Kennedy of London has won Sony's Aiwa global advertising account, estimated at $50 million. Other agencies who were involved in the pitch were Team Omnicom, Strawberry Frog, and Fallon Worldwide, New York.

Publicis Mid America, Dallas has been awarded Western Wireless' estimated $15 million account. Publicis will create a national brand campaign for the company, and beat out Temerlin McClain, Irving, Texas, and Hoffman/Lewis, San Francisco, for the account.

DDB Chicago has won creative duties on Alltel's $70 million account. DDB beat out The Martin Agency in Richmond, Va., Campbell-Ewald in Warren, Michigan, Martin/Williams in Minneapolis and The Richards Group in Dallas for the account.

Euro RSCG Worldwide has been awarded Gemini Ernst & Young's $20 million international account. The account includes both creative and media, and McCann-Erickson Worldwide competed with Euro RSCG for the account.

Capital One has awarded its estimated $170 million U.S. creative account to Interpublic Group's McCann-Erickson in New York. McCann-Erickson's London office will handle the U.K. portion of the business. The agency beat out Element 79 in Chicago, who pitched with AMV BBDO in London, and Faulds in London, which pitched for the U.K. account.

Burger King Corp. is consolidating the majority of its $340 million advertising, interactive and promotional business with WPP Group's Young & Rubicam. Deutsch, Los Angeles, which had handled field marketing, DraftWorldwide, which had been responsible for promotional work, and MediaFirst, which was responsible for media buying and planning, have been scratched from the company's roster.