OER CEO GOLF 2010 TO TEE OFF ON THE GREENS

The most anticipated corporate event in Oman, OER CEO Golf, will be played on Oman’s premier green golfing venue – the 18-hole Par 72 PGA-standard championship golf course at the Muscat Hills Golf & Country Club - on March 11, 2010. OER CEO Golf is presented by Nawras Business Solutions, in association with National Bank of Oman, and in time with Rolex from Khimji’s Watches and partnered by BMW. Much is happening in the business world here, and CEO golfing – as the event is now referred to by participants, is more than just golf. The OER CEO Golf event has been, traditionally, the unique networking opportunity every year for the crème-de-la-crème of Oman’s corporate society.

Corporate captains
Nawras Business Solutions will again be the corporate captain at OER CEO Golf 2010. That’s not all, the support has, this year, been signed up for three years up to the 8th edition of OER CEO GOLF in 2012. Speaking about Nawras’ decision to commit to presenting OER CEO Golf, Nawras CEO, Ross Cormack said, “We are delighted to be sponsoring this event for the second year running and excited that this year it will be taking place on the first green golf course in Oman. This is particularly apt as Nawras is no stranger to introducing many communication ‘firsts’ for customers. Our long term commitment will see Nawras Business Solutions presenting OER CEO Golf with pleasingly different networking opportunities in this informal environment for the next three years.” About the day’s programme, Cormack said, “Last year’s event was described as a tremendous success and without being able to give too much away at this stage, I can certainly say that we are looking forward to raising the bar even further this year. Each OER CEO Golf day is getting bigger and better and Nawras Business Solutions will be helping to ensure that the 2010 event will be a talking point for a long time to come.”

Oman’s customer-friendly mobile communications service provider, Nawras, is committed to enhancing people’s daily lives, making life more versatile and always a pleasingly different experience. For real corporate mobility, and enhancing business efficiency, Nawras Business Solutions has been the right choice for many organisations. With their vision to enrich the lives of people in Oman, Nawras constantly strives to be caring, excellent and pleasing, striving to build close relationships. They believe that people should have the time to focus on the important things in life. For this reason, they are always on the lookout for avenues that significantly enhance the quality of people’s lives. Considering their corporate ethos, it is not difficult to understand why they have agreed to be the Corporate Presenters of the 6th Edition of OER CEO Golf too.

Speaking about the three-year agreement, Sandeep Sehgal, CEO of United Media Services says, “The partnership reiterates Nawras’ commitment to the event and brings value to it. Over the years OER CEO Golf has grown into a media asset that gives partners an opportunity to interact and engage with an elite target audience. The inherent strength of this property along with a preferred partner like Nawras ensures that OER CEO Golf will grow from strength-to-strength in the coming years.”

On board
In addition to Nawras, OER CEO Golf is being partnered by National Bank of Oman (NBO). David Power, NBO’s general manager, chief of Retail Banking said: “NBO is well known in the banking industry for launching many firsts. We are indeed honoured to sponsor the prestigious OER CEO Golf Tournament, which will be held at Muscat Hills, Oman’s first green golf course. The decision insures that professional golf will continue to grow in the Sultanate as we look forward to a long lasting relationship with OER and their many initiatives.” Humayun Kabir, NBO’s general manager, chief of Business Banking said: “NBO continues to remain committed to supporting all major sporting and community related events in the Sultanate. We are proud to be ‘Associate Presenter’ of the prestigious ‘OER CEO Golf Tournament’. The tournament provides us an ideal opportunity to mingle informally with our valued customers
and high profile members of Oman’s business community.”

Rolex from Khimji’s Watches continues to partner the event this year too. Says Anil Khimji, director, Khimji Ramdas, “Rolex is associated with premium golf events globally; and it was quite natural for Khimji’s Watches to have tied up with OER CEO GOLF from its very inception. Rolex stands for perfection and class and these values resonate well with all those who would be participating in this event. Khimji’s Watches, the final word in luxury watches and accessories in Oman today, is happy to be associated again with this much anticipated and high profile event of the year. It’s a win win situation for us as event partners; but for the most promising golfer-to-be this could be the most exciting win of all; when he takes home a Rolex. I wish this programme grand success.”

The other partners of the event are Times of Oman and Al Shabiba, the publicity partners; Hi!, Faces and Al Youm Al Sabe, the media sponsors. The category partners include Cybex (Fitness), OUA (Beverage), Infoline (Call centre), Axa Insurance (Insurance), Al Sawadi Beach Resort (Hospitality), Oman Printers & Stationers Co (Printing), Signature (Luxury partner) and Muscat Hills (Venue).

This year too, the day-long event is designed to provide nail-biting action for CEO golfers. The main competition is an 18-hole affair on a golf course that has been delicately crafted around the natural Omani mountain ranges to produce the first course of its kind in the Middle East. Players in this competition will be able to experience, for the first time in Muscat, what it feels to compete on a course designed by internationally renowned golf course designer Paul Thomas of Dave Thomas Associates, and constructed by Southern Golf UK.

The word has spread around, and the corporate world is excited and abuzz about the 6th edition of OER CEO Golf. “OER CEO GOLF has always been an exclusive event. It’s Oman’s biggest and unique golfing-cum-business networking extravaganza,” says Sehgal. “For us, it’s exciting that Oman’s most awaited corporate golfing championship will see the ‘who’s-who-of-Oman’ out there together on the greens.” Green is not the only unique facet about this year’s OER CEO Golf. Apart from the 18-hole main event, Water Golf is on the cards. It’s an exciting event for golfers, golfers-to-be and their spouses. At the Serenity Lake at Muscat Hills, players will have to study the positions of a floating green, and aim to get their golf ball onto it.

New, exciting and fun-filled activities have been planned to fill the day’s calendar, ending with the grand finale at the awards dinner - an evening that’ll be loaded with enthralling performances and mesmerising music. “This is the opportunity for real top-flight brands to be associated with a high-profile event in Oman. It’s become the most anticipated up-market event of the year in Oman, and every year, we try to make it bigger and more exciting. Throughout the day, and well into the night, it is going to be the best anyone has seen here in a long time,” says Alpana Roy, executive vice president of UMS.

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