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At the latest MRM Awards, Huawei Tech was one of the 33 winners. Pictured here are Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber, and a top official from Huawei. Image Credit: Supplied

Dubai: Thirty-three companies - including LuLu, Huawei and Arabian Automobiles – were recognised for business, innovation and customer excellence by Dubai Chamber.

These are for the 11th cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award, the third cycle of the MRM Business Innovation Award, and the first MRM Customer Excellence Award.

The awards were presented by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, and Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee.

The winners went through a rigorous evaluation process in the main areas of corporate performance such as leadership, strategy, employment, competency management, innovation, and providing exceptional experiences to customers based on the criteria outlined in the award’s business performance model, as well as best international practices.

Riyad Bank received an Outstanding Winner Award in customer excellence, and Huawei Tech (UAE) was named Outstanding Winner for business innovation.

More than 200
There have been 205 companies across the three categories that won the MRM Awards to date. These choices were made from the more than 1,950 applications submitted to Dubai Chamber.

According to Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber, "We celebrate the achievements of outstanding companies from UAE and other GCC countries that continue to strive for excellence, innovate and inspire other companies to follow in their footsteps and raise standards within their respective industries and business communities.”

First time winners
In the first Customer Excellence Award category, the winners were DP World UAE (transport and logistics category), Riyad Bank (finance category), Al Ansari Exchange (finance category), Etisalat – Retail (services category), Transguard Cash (services category), Barakat Quality Plus (manufacturing category), Arabian Automobiles Company (trade category), Apparel Group (trade category), and LuLu Hypermarket – Al Qusais (trade category).