Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Bahrain Institute of Hospitality and Retail (BIHR) chairman Qutub Dadabai has been named this year's recipient of the 'Lamp of Knowledge Award' for outstanding educator (International) in recognition of his extraordinary commitment to advancing the quality of professionalism and education in the hospitality industry.
Presented by the US-based American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), the 2009 award was given to Mr Dadabai by AHLEI international sales vice president David Lechter, on behalf of its president Robert Steele, at the AHLEI Stars of the Industry Awards luncheon summit held in Chicago, US.
Mr Dadabai said: "The pursuit of excellence is the cornerstone of our success at BIHR and I wish to share this honour with my management and staff, whose diligence and dedication have taken BIHR to award-winning heights in the hospitality and retail education sector ... not just in Bahrain but the entire Middle East and beyond.
"It is, indeed, a proud moment not only for BIHR but for Bahrain to be recognised from among 120 countries and 1,800 AHLEI licensees worldwide as the leading hospitality education and training institution."
Mr Steele applauded BIHR for being AHLEI's largest Middle East partner and Hospitality Education Programme (HEP) master licensee for Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - putting Bahrain on the hospitality and retail education map of the world.
