Archive for Miscellaneous

Dubai Quality Group launches ‘Emirates Women Award’

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
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Under the patronage of H.H .Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Department of Dubai Civil Aviation, Chairman of Emirates Airways Group and the honorary patron of the Dubai Quality Group (DQG), the 7th session of the “Emirates Business Women award” was launched today during a press conference was held at the Raffles [...]

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Hill & Knowlton scoops three awards for best practice at first Middle East Public Relations Association Awards

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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Hill & Knowlton, the leading Middle East public relations consultancy, won three awards for Best Practice at last night’s gala awards held for the first time by the Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA). With 11 shortlisted campaigns across eight of the Best Practice categories, Hill & Knowlton won awards for best campaign in Government [...]

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Emaar Hospitality Group takes home four awards at the Middle East Hotel Expansion Congress

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality & leisure subsidiary of Emaar Properties, has won four awards at the Middle East Hotel Expansion Congress (MEHEC) in Abu Dhabi. The MEHEC awards, now in their third year, recognize outstanding individual and organization achievements in the hospitality sector. Emaar Hospitality Group won top laurels for Excellence in Hospitality Leadership [...]

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Ernst & Young launches CFO Roundtable series in the Middle East

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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Ernst & Young announced the launch of its CFO Roundtable Series in the Middle East yesterday. The inaugural session was held at the Capital Club, DIFC. The theme of the day was ‘What’s next for the CFO? – In an environment where many companies are still in “survival mode,” what role does the CFO play [...]

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Longchamp’s CEO visits Dubai to reinforce expansion of the brand in the Middle East

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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Longchamp’s CEO visits Dubai to reinforce expansion of the brand in the Middle East

Longchamp, the French luxury leather goods brand, announced the visit of its CEO to mark the first anniversary of its stand-alone boutique in Dubai Mall – the region’s most prestigious retail destination. The 80 sqm. flagship boutique which opened in partnership with Allied Enterprises LLC in November 2008 was visited by Jean Cassegrain, Longchamp’s CEO [...]

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RAKBANK named Best Bank in Customer Service in the UAE

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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RAKBANK named Best Bank in Customer Service in the UAE

RAKBANK has been chosen as the best bank in customer service in the UAE in a study which assesses the quality of service provided by the biggest players in the UAE Retail Banking sector. The 5th Annual Service Quality Bank Benchmarking Study, conducted by service specialists Ethos Consultancy, has recognised RAKBANK from among 27 national [...]

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World authority on stock market and foreign exchange price behaviour to speak in Dubai

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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World authority on stock market and foreign exchange price behaviour to speak in Dubai

The world’s leading authority on stock market and foreign exchange price behaviour, Mike Baghdady, will deliver the keynote speech to Dubai’s forthcoming Middle East Forex Trading Show. Mike will speak at 1200 on ‘The Power of Price Behaviour’ on the first day of the show and again during the second day, on ‘Rule-Based Trading using [...]

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Lloyds TSB Middle East is named Best International Bank for fourth year running

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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Richard Musty Managing Director of Lloyds TSB Middle East receives Best International Bank award from Ethos Consultancy.

Lloyds TSB Middle East has been awarded the title of Best International Bank by Ethos Consultancy in their Annual Service Quality Bank Benchmarking Study. This is the fourth consecutive year that Lloyds TSB Middle East has won this award. Ethos Consultancy is the region’s leading provider for benchmarking, mystery shopping, customer satisfaction surveys and brand [...]

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Emirates Computers wins Cisco Technology Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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Dani Diab, General Manager of Emirates Computers

Emirates Computers announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Technology Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners at its annual partner conference in Boston. “I have the honor and privilege of recognizing Emirates Computers as a Cisco Partner Summit regional award winner,” said Wendy Bahr, senior [...]

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GAC wins Maritime Services award at 2009 Lloyd’s List Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards

Monday, November 16th, 2009
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Mr Khalid Meftah, Senior Director, Corporate Services, Dubai Maritime City Authority (Left) presented the Maritime Services Award to Mr Shashi Nair, GAC Shipping, Marketing Manager for Middle East and Indian Subcontinent (Centre). On the right was Event MC, Mr Reg Athwal, the founder of the RAW Group of companies and a world-renowned presenter and conference chairman.

Global shipping and logistics services provider GAC has won the ‘Maritime Services’ award at the 2009 Lloyd’s List Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards (MEISC), the leading awards event for the region’s shipping industry. Instituted by Lloyd’s List, the leading global daily newspaper for the maritime industry, the MEISC Awards are considered the benchmark for [...]

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Arabian Automobiles recognised as Champion Distributor by Nissan Motor Company

Monday, November 16th, 2009
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Atsuo Kosaka, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East FZE presents the ‘Nissan Champion Distributor’ Award to Michel Ayat, CEO of Arabian Automobiles Company.

Arabian Automobiles, the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates has once again been recognized as a ‘Nissan Champion Distributor’ by Nissan Motor Company, Japan. The award signed by Colin Dodge, Executive Vice President of Nissan Motor Company was awarded to Arabian Automobiles for achieving “excellent performance and demonstrating [...]

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Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort + Spa Dubai awarded ‘World’s Leading Beach Resort’ at 2009 World Travel Awards

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort + Spa Dubai awarded ‘World’s Leading Beach Resort’ at 2009 World Travel Awards

Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort + Spa has once again demonstrated unparalleled luxury and brilliance in both concept and design, clinching the ‘World’s Leading Beach Resort’ award at the glitzy World Travel Awards 2009, held in London recently. This year over 183,000 global travel professionals from over 170 countries were invited to vote for their [...]

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