Business Excellence will be celebrated this year in a gala ceremony to be held at the Atlantis, The Palm Hotel, in Dubai on September 29. The Bizz award will be given by the World Confederation of Businesses (WorldCob), an international organization based in Houston, Texas, USA. WorldCob encourages business growth, promotes corporate social responsibility, and recognizes the managerial excellence of its associate members. Over the past nine years, WorldCob has recognized over 3,000 companies from more than 80 countries. Their most recent award ceremony took place last March in Paris. This upcoming event will be WorldCob's third in the Middle East. The first one took place in 2009 at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai and the second event was last year in Doha's Sharq Village Hotel & Spa. The Bizz 2012 awards were given to the following companies: Abu Dhabi University, Emirates NBD Bank (UAE), Oman Dry Dock (Oman), National Bank of Bahrain (Bahrain), Doha Bank, Qatar Airways (Qatar), Fastelco (Kuwait), Saudi Telecom Company (Saudi Arabia), among other important companies. In addition to the celebration, every award ceremony offers networking opportunities with other outstanding companies from around the world. This meeting allows them to share experiences and exchange ideas, as they enjoy a fantastic evening in an amazing venue. The categories to be awarded are: Inspirational and Entrepreneurial. The evaluation committee created a business excellence questionnaire composed of the following evaluation criteria: Managerial leadership, management systems, product and service quality, managerial creativity, managerial innovation, social support and results obtained. The upcoming event is expected to be WorldCob's largest and most important event in the region. — SG
