(MENAFN- Arab Times) Chargé d'Affaires Michael J. Adler and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Holly Vineyard presented Jawad Bukhamseen, Chairman of Bukhamseen Group Holding Company with the US Commerce Department's Achievement in Trade Award. This special award recognizes organizations that have contributed greatly to growth in trade between the US and Kuwait.
"This award highlights the role of commercial cooperation in strengthening bilateral ties. Bukhamseen Group Holding Company has brought multiple US brands to Kuwait - brands that remind Americans of home and whose presence links our countries together," Chargé Adler said.
"It is an honor for me to take part in tonight's event at which we also acknowledge Chairman Jawad Bukhamseen's life story of remarkable accomplishment, overcoming challenges, and contributions to the strong friendship between Kuwait and the United States." "I would like to congratulate Bukhamseen Group Holding Company on its accomplishments and its significant, long-term contributions to advancing US-Kuwait trade," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Vineyard. "I am honored and pleased to receive this award from the US Department of Commerce. Within the many nominations and awards I have received in my line of business to date, this one is of particular significance to me, both as a Kuwaiti and as a businessman.
It is particularly significant, because it is coming from a friendly country whose excellent relations with the State of Kuwait go back more than 60 years," said Bukhamseen. The US Department of Commerce's Achievement in Trade Award recognizes foreign business partners and organizations that create opportunities for trade by working with the Department's US Commercial Service to support US export development. Bukhamseen Group Holding Company, headquartered in Kuwait, has grown from being a family business into a full-fledged institution with interests in several economic sectors. In 1957, Jawad Ahmed Bukhamseen, a pioneering Kuwaiti businessman, founded the company which has transformed into a large group with presence in Kuwait and throughout the Middle East region.
The Group operates in many sectors such as financial investment, banking, hospitality, travel and tourism, industrial production, media, and consultancy services in major development projects. In 1977, the company signed the first Holiday Inn Hotel in the Middle East, and later signed Kuwait's Crowne Plaza. Bukhamseen has plans to build a wholly-owned Grand Hyatt Hotel and Towers complex, which is designed to be a 7-star hotel. With its network of offices across the US and in more than 70 countries, the US Commercial Service utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help match US companies selling their products and services with international buyers. To schedule an appointment, US and Kuwaiti companies can contact the US embassy at www.export.gov/kuwait. Â
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