Autorent attends ATM 2012

Suhail Bahwan Automobile Group’s car rental and leasing company, Autorent, participated in the Middle East’s top travel exhibition “Arabian Travel Market 2012” (ATM 2012) which was held in the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre. “We are happy to participate for the third consecutive year at ATM, which shows our success in the Middle East”, says a senior management official of Autorent. “As we have started our Limousines Services Division, this event was helpful in increasing our business opportunities in the GCC as well as globally. We always believe that we are ‘Your Reliable Car Rental and Leasing Partner’ because we give a lot of importance to the words, Reliability and Partnership.” Autorent also has plans to participate in the World Travel Market 2012, which would be held in London in November.
 

 
Naranjee wins ‘Best Distributor Award’

Naranjee Hirjee & Co won the ‘Best Distributor Award 2011’ for its distribution and innovative marketing campaign for Wonderful Pistachios in Oman. The award was presented during the ME&A Distributors Conference in Dubai recently. Wonderful Pistachios produced by Paramount Farms, USA were first introduced in Oman and GCC in 2009 and since then have become a popular household name amongst the healthy snacks. Wonderful Pistachios are available in various packing, in three distinct flavours – roasted & salted; roasted salt & pepper and lemon. For the very health conscious, Wonderful Pistachios are also available in no salt flavour. The roasted salt & pepper is a unique flavour, which has become very popular amongst all the brands of pistachios in Oman.

 
Oman’s first themed Lounge opens

“Love at First Bite”, Oman’s first themed Lounge, was inaugurated recently by Salim bin Ismail Al Suwaid, member of the State Council. ‘Love at First Bite’ aims at providing a dining experience that brings together three different themed settings: A Sicilian walkway with street lights and a wishing well; a brightly coloured 1001 Arabian night’s tale dining area; as well as a French palace lounge and bedroom. Love at First Bite is owned by Khalid Al Suwaid, a young 22-year old Omani entrepreneur, who has studied in Australia and decided to bring a new experience to the restaurant, entertainment and hospitality industry in Oman.

 
Sunidhi Chauhan enthralls Muscat

Music lovers were treated to one of the biggest musical extravaganzas in Muscat with Sunidhi Chauhan Live in Concert, organised by NPA Events recently at the City Amphitheatre, Qurum. Sunidhi Chauhan opened her concert with her popular song Crazy Kia Re from the movie Dhoom 2 and followed it up with a wide repertoire of popular songs such as Dhoom Machale, Desi Girl, Raat Ke Dhai Baje, Marjani Marjani, Mind Blowing Mahiya, Te Amo and Ainvayi. The versatile singer also mixed in romantic numbers such as Bin Tere, Mera Ishq Sufiyana and Kisi Ko Sapna Lage to the delight of the audience. Her racy numbers such as Aa Zara Kareeb Se, Gunguna Re, Bindaas and Jhoom Barabaar Jhoom also drew a thunderous response from the crowd.

 
Ominvest donates Food for students

Ominvest has pledged financial aids to provide food t for less privileged students at Fanja Basic School for Education. The cheque was handed over to the school officials by Ominvest deputy chairman Taya bin Jandal bin Ali, accompanied by CEO, Shariq Azhar, after the company’s recently held annual general meeting. “We are delighted to make this contribution to help provide highly needed food support for the children attending the school in Fanja. We hope that our contribution will make a small, but important, difference to the daily lives of the children,” says Taya. The company was alerted to the problems at the school by the Wali of Bidbid HE Shaikh Suhail bin Mahaad Al Mashni.

 
Park Inn named leader in responsible business

The Park Inn by Radisson Muscat added another feather to its cap, recently receiving the award as the ‘Leading Hotel in Responsible Business’. The hotel was ranked number one within The Carlson Rezidor Group for it efforts in energy consumption and other related initiatives. The Muscat hotel was chosen from over 1300 of its counterpart hotels by the Responsible Business committee at the company’s head office in Brussels, passing the stringent criteria and emerging on top. An award was presented to Rabih Zein, general manager of the Park Inn by Radisson Muscat by Kurt Ritter, president and CEO The Carlson Rezidor Group at Heathrow, London. A separate ceremony was held at the Park Inn Muscat to commemorate the achievement. HE Maitha bint Saif al Mahrouqiya, under-secretary of the Tourism Ministry was the distinguished guest at the event held at the hotel.

Spicy Village's ‘Star Chef Hunt’ menu

Spicy Village has recently launched a menu featuring the best entries from the second season of the ‘Star Chef Hunt’ finale held in November 2011. The menu which was launched at a grand event at Spicy Village, Rusayl is laden with 70 dishes, giving due credit to the participants who made it through the rigorous levels that make up the ‘Star Chef Hunt’. Launched by Spicy Village two years ago, the annual event has become a nationwide hunt giving aspiring chefs of all backgrounds and nationalities in Oman a platform to showcase their culinary skills. The menu features a number of innovative dishes including prawn ciggar with pineapple salsa, chunkey chicken salad, zanzibar fish steak, crab biryani and anti-oxidant dessert.