Muscat : Ashok Suvarna's 'NPA Events' Bags Middle East Award
Media Release
Muscat, May 31: At a glittering award presentation ceremony held on the 26th of May at the Joharah Ballroom of Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, NPA Events, one of the leading event management companies in Oman, was awarded the ‘Best Arts and Cultural Event Award’ at the Middle East Event Awards 2010 for managing the prestigious event ‘Rembrandt in Oman’.
The 3rd edition of the Middle East Event Awards, presented by Sourceme, the region’s only dedicated events directory, rewarded excellence in the Middle East event industry.
More than 600 key industry players representing over 150 leading organisations from across the Middle East and worldwide attended the gala Dinner and Awards Presentation Ceremony, confirming the significance of this event.
Thomas Joseph – Event Manager; Ashok Suvarna – Executive Director and Mansoor Tahir – Art Director of NPA Events with the winner’s trophy at the Middle East Event Awards in Dubai.
The judging panel comprised ten internationally and regionally recognised judges from a variety of industry sectors and disciplines who selected the best entries from over 180 nominations in 20 different event-related categories.
On receiving the accolade, Ashok Suvarna, Executive Director, NPA Events said, “We at NPA Events are very pleased and honored to win this prestigious award for our efforts on designing and managing the entire event “Rembrandt in Oman”. It means a lot to us. I take this opportunity to thank Al Salmi Library, Sheikh Abdullah Salim Abdullah Al Salmi, Stephen van Wersch, Dr. Abdullah bin Salem Al Salmi, Dr. Abdulrehman bin Suliyman Al Salmi, Christoph Franzen, and Abbas Ghulam Rasool without whom this event would have not been possible. Credit goes to each one of them, apart from our entire NPA Events team who worked day and night to put this prestigious event together. The proud moment came when the awards committee announced our name and while handing over the trophy said “You truly deserve it!” That speaks volumes about the kind of superlative work we at NPA Events do. We sincerely appreciate the committee who have noticed our skills, work ethics and have suitably rewarded us. This award will definitely motivate us to improve upon the high quality and commitment towards our work even more in the coming days.”
Stefan van Wersch, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Sultanate of Oman, said, "I am of course really impressed by this award but at the same time not a bit amazed. The moment I entered that room at the Grand Hyatt after that radical make-over, I was dumbfounded. NPA Events turned it into a hall that could compete with any top museum. It really fit Rembrandt's greatness. Real professionalism. Warm congratulations to NPA Events."
REMBRANDT IN OMAN – First-of-its-kind exhibition in the Middle East of 100 original etchings
‘Rembrandt in Oman’, the first-of-its-kind month-long exhibition in the entire GCC and the Middle East of 100 original etchings of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, popularly known as Rembrandt, was held in the Afrah Ballroom of Grand Hyatt Muscat, last year.
It was organized by Al Salmi Library and managed by NPA Events with the support of the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Sultanate of Oman.
Thousands of art connoisseurs from near and afar admired the works of the great master at the exhibition which was a grand success.
NPA Events is the first event management company from Oman to win this prestigious award at the Middle East Event Awards 2010.