Dubai Duty Free is Retail Company of the Year at Gulf Business Awards

Dubai Duty Free was awarded ‘Retail Company of the Year’ at the tenth edition of the Gulf Business Awards held on Wednesday evening at Central Park Towers, DIFC in Dubai.

Organised by Motivate Publishing, the annual Gulf Business Awards recognise regional companies across multiple industries including retail, tourism, hospitality, transport and logistics, real estate, banking, finance and investment, and healthcare. 

This is the fourth time that Dubai Duty Free won in the highly competitive retail category, having won in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Business leaders were also honoured across these industries with special categories, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. Each winner was selected by an independent judging panel.

Commenting of the award, Dubai Duty Free executive vice chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin said: “We are absolutely delighted to have won the Gulf Business Award’s ‘Retail Company of the Year’ for the fourth time,” reports Zawya.

“As we all know, the retail sector in the Gulf region is fantastic and very innovative, so to win this again is very rewarding for all of us. I join our Chairman, H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, in thanking the organisers and the judges for this recognition.

Dubai Duty Free’s COO, Ramesh Cidambi received the award on behalf of the operation. He was joined by Mona Al Ali, SVP Human Resources, Michael Schmidt, SVP Retail, and Zayed Al Shebli, SVP Loss Prevention and Corporate Security.

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