(1888PressRelease)
March 04, 2009 - Www.oite.com won the Gold Award for media, media services and events management category in the prestigious Oman Web Awards 2008 held recently at Al Bustan Palace. OITE’s sister company, Intevents LLC’s www.intevents.com also won the Bronze Award for sports category.
OITE’s website emerged as the gold winner among 11 entries from various sectors. Ahmed Saleh Baabood, OITE’s Executive Chairman (pictured) accepted the Gold Award, saying “My gratitude to the organizer of the Oman Web Awards, the SJS Oman, and the ITA, for inspiring the country’s designers, companies and young talents, to develop their skills in web-designing and encouraging all sectors to get involved in a digital world. The Oman Web Awards is indeed raising the standards of web design and website services, and helping designers develop and showcase their skills and creativity.
Citing on OITE’s new achievement, Sadiq Ahmed Khan, director - sales and marketing, said “This is the first that OITE participated in the Oman Web Awards. I am pleased that OITE’s website won the gold award - the highest title in events category. Likewise, I am pleased that Intevents website won the bronze award in sports category. All the website entries competed with creative outputs developed by professional developers from large organizations. These awards are OITE/IE’s new milestone which demonstrates the company’s standard of excellence in events management.
Organized under the auspices of the ITA, the Oman Web Awards 2008 is a member of the Pan Arab Web Awards (PAWA) Academy, which conducts an annual websites competition in almost all the Arab countries. PAWA is organized in association with the Dubai Internet City, Business Software Alliance and MSN Arabia.
Winners in this year’s Oman Web Awards will compete in the Pan Arab Awards, which will be held in Burj Al Arab, Dubai.
Expressing his thoughts on the two awards, Varun Mehra, web designer at OITE/IE said “I am very pleased that OITE and Intevents have won such esteemed awards. These awards are dedicated to the hard work and sheer diligence of my team. Further on, this is an inspiration for us to strive for the best in our other prospects.”
OITE is the first and only event organizer in the Sultanate to be an ISO certified company and a UFI member. OITE has combined resources with Intevents LLC, a leading sports management company, aiming to create the largest events management company in the country.
For more information, please contact Bushra Al Balushi at 95388662 or 24564303 or log on to www.oite.com.
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