Two Bahraini employees have been named the winners of the Gulf Hotels Group (GHG) annual Chief Executive Award for the last two years.
Hussain Al Samahiji, general manager of The K Hotel, and Nawal Fareed, welfare officer at The Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention and Spa, were the two recipients of the CEO Award for the years 2022 and 2020-21, respectively.
The award honours an employee who has made a significant contribution to the success of the company.
Mr Al Samahiji has been with the group for 10 years in various managerial positions becoming one of the country’s youngest Bahraini general managers when he took over the reins of the Asdal Gulf Inn, before transferring to his current role as general manager of The K Hotel.
Ms Fareed, who has been with the Gulf Hotel Bahrain since 2016, was awarded for her selfless dedication during the Covid-19 period when she devoted her time and care for the welfare of her fellow colleagues, liaising seamlessly with the authorities and setting risk mitigation plans to ensure every employees’ safety and well-being.
Highlighting that the award exemplifies the group’s renowned spirit to serve, bring its core values in fostering local talents and developing them into becoming Bahrain’s future leaders, Garfield Jones, chief executive at GHG, said: “We have always been committed to developing and honouring employees who go above and beyond in exemplifying our core values. We are certainly blessed in every sense to have employees who constantly work hard to ascend the business and their careers which make us all proud.”
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