EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Lauding Excellence in Cleaning
The cleaning staff is the most important asset of any facility. It is the cleaners who are the first point of contact for customers when it comes to their environment and ambience. It is the cleaners who are constantly in and around customers and who are responsible for the end result of the environment within the facility.
Recognising the importance of these cleaning attendants – who are looked upon as assets across the world, Clean Middle East Pulire Expo in collaboration with the UAE Professional Housekeepers’ Group, has consistently recognised these unsung heroes from the hospitality industry since three years through the Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards are a one-of-a-kind concept that recognises and lauds ‘The Difference Makers’ in the housekeeping industry.
This year, the 5th edition of Clean Middle East Pulire organised the Excellence Awards 2017 at Za’abeel Hall 3, Dubai World Trade Centre on November 9, 2017.
Exhibitors’ Speak
Samit Sanyal, Director – Marketing, Diversey Gulf:- ‘We have been participating in CMEP show for the past four or five years and we are fairly happy about the way the show has evolved and with how the organisers have been committed not only to the show but also to our overall business for the cleaning industry. The UAE is an evolved market and you see a lot of international visitors as well as expats from various parts of the world living here. For the upcoming editions, we would like to see more consumer bodies involved to spread the awareness of cleaning and hygiene to the general public.”
Venkatesh Manjeri, Divisional Manager, Intercare Ltd:- “The show has definitely attracted more number of suppliers and customers, and over the years has grown in size and probably in importance too. Businesswise it has always been useful to have such shows. However, it would be helpful to have a longer gap between the editions to entice more participation. Also an award for companies, etc would help and generate more interest.”
George Oommen, Managing Director, Excel International:- “We have been participating in this show for a few years now, and we get exposure for the innovative products we introduce every year and they are well received. Due to the size of the show the number of visitors varies every year. This year, the number of visitors seems to be less compared to last year – but we are happy with the quality of visitors.
Ryan Essenburg, President, Avw Tommy Car Wash Systems:- “The biggest thing is that in the past year we launched a franchise offering and that has been very well received. We have massive growth happening now on the franchise side because most people need training, marketing support, operational expertise and the knowhow of how to run a car wash. So we’re seeing a massive growth in that area sand that’s an international need.
“The other continuing trend that we see is that of moving away from in-bay automatic rollover car washes because they process so slow – only eight cars per hour typically. We are certainly making good contacts here as an exhibitor; we’ve met a lot of people, more on the institutional side – government agencies or taxi companies, car dealerships and a little bit of independent developers as well. I think the car wash segment is not big enough at the Show. I think it would help us if we grew more car washing in the show.”
Nacho Verdes, Key Account Manager- Market Development, Istoba:- “After participating at the Gulf Car Wash-Car Care Expo, I have found it to be more interesting because we are directly in contact with professionals. This has been a good experience for us and the people that came to visit us were interested in cleaning and automatic car wash. Many of them told us they knew we were coming to the show so they came to visit us. So I think the organisers did a good job in communicating.”
Tony Kerr, Sales Director- Emea, Xeros:- “This is the first time we have participated in the Gulf Laundrex show. We came with the intention of meeting people in the laundry industry and introducing our products. We’ve achieved that. We have met some people who we believe will take machines, and overall the show has been good.”
Tim Bacon, Director – Middle East & Africa, Alliance Laundry Systems:- “Alliance is proud to have partnered with Gulf Laundrex-Linen Care Expo powered by Expo Detergo and MECTW for the third time. Alliance is one of the largest producers of commercial laundry globally. We manufacture machines and apply it to the hospitality arena, healthcare, FM and laundries.”
