Zubair Corporation announces main sponsor role for Muscat Festival 2012

The Corporation has been at the heart of the Sultanate's biggest events for over 40 years helping the country to preserve its unique national culture, heritage and traditions while actively engaging with the largest number of Omanis, expatriates and visitors.

It is totally committed to achieving a balance that preserves cultural heritage and tradition but continuing to promote Oman as a modern country that is growing in strength in every area year on year.

This year it will be helping support the month long event that commenced on 26th January and run until 23rd February. As one of the country's longest established and most respected business organizations The Zubair Corporation has always prided itself on giving generous support and encouragement to initiatives that both preserve cultural heritage but also reflect the modern aspirations of the nation in the 21st Century.

Once again the blend of culture, heritage and modern entertainment and activities make the Muscat Festival the perfect platform for sponsorship from The Zubair Corporation to enable it to meet its objectives that effectively blend the past and the future.

Commenting on the sponsorship agreement with the Muscat Festival, The Zubair Corporation's Managing Director Khalid Al Zubair said, "We are very proud to be a main sponsor of this year's Muscat Festival and look forward to helping it to be a hugely successful occasion that will celebrate Oman's cultural heritage and help to attract visitors from the region and around the world to our beautiful nation."

He said, "The support that The Zubair Corporation gives an event of this magnitude plays an important part in ensuring the financial viability of the Festival and helping provide funding that allows the festival organisers to deliver the very best quality entertainment from across the nation and internationally."

He added, "As a leading business in Oman, we have a responsibility to support and participate in events of this stature that helps to promote not just Muscat but the nation as a whole ensuring we promote very strong and powerful positive messages about the Sultanate and the opportunities it offers for tourism, commerce and international business partnerships."

The Zubair Corporation will be actively encouraging all of its employees across the highly diversified group to participate and attend events at Qurum Natural Park, Al Naseem Park and other venues across the Muscat Municipality area in the weeks ahead.

Meanwhile the progress of The Zubair Corporation has in many ways reflected the development of the Sultanate, with the Corporation playing a key role in Oman becoming a respected contributor to international trade and business.

Over four decades, The Zubair Corporation has expanded and diversified, bringing new business thinking from around the world into the Sultanate of Oman to help build a vibrant and modern nation. Today it is a group with many wholly owned companies, subsidiaries and associates in Oman, the Middle East, India, the Far East, Europe and the USA.