The winning team!
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Employee Excellence
Awards 2013
The Al Habtoor Group hosted the
Employee Excellence Awards at the
Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa on
Tuesday, January 22. The purpose of
the Awards is to recognise and reward
high achievers within the Group.
The ceremony
was attended
by Mr Khalaf Al Habtoor, Chairman,
Al Habtoor Group, Mr Riad Sadik,
Chairman, Habtoor Leighton Group, Mr
Sultan Al Habtoor, President, Al Habtoor
Motors, Mr Mohammed Al Habtoor,
Vice Chairman and CEO, Al Habtoor
Group and all the senior management
across the Group.
Khalaf Al Habtoor, said, “I launched
the Employee Excellence Awards in
2007 because I believe it is important
to recognise employees who excel. Our
employees are the company’s biggest
asset.”
Al Habtoor emphasized that part of
the Group’s success was down to
the growth of the UAE’s economy. He
said, “The UAE employs hundreds
of different nationalities, as does the
Al Habtoor Group. People are drawn
here because of the UAE’s safe haven
status. Our economy has recovered
from the financial crisis much quicker
than others.”
He added, “Much of the developed
world remains in crisis. Whereas we
have an economy which is growing. I
would like to take this opportunity to
stress the fact that we are in a very
unique position right now.”
There Employee Excellence Awards
were broken into six categories:
- The Individual Excellence Award
- The Distinction Award
- The Milestone Award
- The Business Unit Award
- The Departmental Award
- The Chairman’s Award
There were a total of 22 awards
AWARDING
EXCELLENCE
handed out by the Chairman. Each of
the winners were given an engraved
trophy and a certificate of appreciation.
The Employee Excellence Awards
groups together all the company’s
units, including employees from the Al
Habtoor head office, Habtoor Hotels,
Al Habtoor Motors, Diamondlease
and Emirates International Schools
(Jumeirah and Meadows).
THE AWARDS
The Individual Excellence Awards
were open to all employees with
less than 15 years of service, while
the Milestone Awards were for all
employees exceeding 15 years of
service. There were more than 70
nominations in the Individual category
selected from hundreds of entries
from around the Group. Three of the
winners were from Al Habtoor Motors,
three from Diamondlease, two from
Emirates International Schools, three
from the hotels and one from the head
office.
