Dubai Internet City business partners win seven Tecom Pearl Awards

The seven business partners from DIC who won the awards included MasterCard Worldwide in the Globalisation and Diversification category, Marketboomer Middle East FZ LLC for Innovation of the Year, and 3i Infotech FZ LLC as Employer of Choice.

Metadata was recognized for its exemplary Customer Service, while Oman Insurance Company took away the honours in the CSR Achievement of the Year, Ducont FZ LLC received the Entrepreneur of the Year award, and Bayt.com won honours as the Company of the Year.

Malek Al Malek, Executive Director, Dubai Internet City, said:

"I would like to warmly congratulate all winners of the Tecom Pearl Awards particularly the seven winners at DIC. This is a remarkable achievement reflecting our status as a cluster hosting world class corporations that adopt global best practices as their fundamental business philosophy."

"This makes DIC feel privileged as an entity that sets precedence for high performance business recognition. We look forward to witnessing more of our business partners gaining wider acclaim on the global stage in future," he added.

Launched in 2008, the Pearl Awards invited the participation of all licensed Business Partners that have been operating for at least 12 months within TECOM Investments' nine business clusters. The Awards were presented to winners in 10 categories for their outstanding contribution to organizational excellence within Tecom Investments.

In his acceptance speech, Denzil Lawson, Managing Director of MasterCard Worldwide, said, "We are delighted to be awarded the inaugural Tecom Investments Pearl Award, in the category of Diversity and Globalization and congratulate TECOM Investments for creating a robust platform for recognizing and encouraging corporate excellence."

"At MasterCard we believe that diversity is an enabler that helps us deliver business results, drive innovation and deliver customized solutions in a global marketplace. These values permeate all our activities and have contributed significantly to our success across the varied countries we manage here in the Middle East and Levant," Lawson added.

Award-winner Ivan Fernandes, Managing Director or Ducont FZ LLC, said, "Tecom Business Parks host a number of outstanding entrepreneurs from around the world. To be selected as the 'Entrepreneur of the Year' is a very satisfying reward for all the challenges that we have overcome in the past nine years. It also provides us with valuable industry recognition and is a ringing endorsement from both the industry as well as our customers."

Akram Assaf, Chief Technological Officer of Bayt.com, said, "This has been a remarkable year for Bayt.com's business in every aspect including growth, innovation, community outreach and customer service. We are delighted and honoured to be recognized as the "Company of the Year" with this prestigious Award. We look forward to many more years serving our communities by empowering them with their jobs of choice so they can lead their lifestyle of choice."

As a pioneering destination that continues to propel the region's sustained growth drive for the ICT sector, Dubai Internet City has launched several initiatives for the community to explore channel development opportunities.