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By Staff writer
Thu 27 Jan 2022 Thu 27 Jan 2022
On the spot where the UAE was formed at the Etihad Museum in Dubai, the great and good of the industry were honoured in the glittering Arabian Business Awards celebration on January 26. A host of honours are up for grabs with 10 industries being awarded, two winners from each category – with one marking five decades of success and one honouring the innovators of the future. Two winners from 10 industry categories were recognised for excellence in their sector and their achievements over the last year. Eighty companies were named as finalists in the awards, handpicked by the editorial teams at ITP Media Group’s verticals which specialise in each sector. Recognising the UAE’s semi-centennial, Arabian Business looked back at the last 50 years in celebration and also looked ahead to the coming decades of innovation and progress. Ali Akawi, the CEO of ITP Media Group, delivers a speech. Simon Penney, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Her Majesty’s Consul General Dubai, shares a message following a busy 2021 for the UK’s friendship with the UAE, including a $13.8 billion partnership between the two nations. Adding to the lineup of speakers is Jeff Haden, the international best-selling author of the book The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win. Guest of honour Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Minister in charge of Talent Attraction and Retention, delivers a keynote speech, appropriately on the spot where the UAE were founded – the Etihad Museum. As the UAE strides boldly into the next 50 years of its inspiring journey, the Arabian Business Awards are returning to honour businesses that shaped the Emirates’ success story and to champion the innovators who will help write its next chapter. The first-ever industry Oscars witnessed hundreds of guests from across the biggest companies in sectors ranging from construction and property development to finance, energy and travel and tourism come together to celebrate the winners.
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