MECTW open gates for unsung heroes of cleaning sector

Dubai / Emirates Business

The Middle East Cleaning Technology Week (MECTW) Excellence Awards embraces individuals who make the surroundings more livable and sustainable by recognizing and celebrating the success of those who are leading a better way in the cleaning sector.
MECTW is region’s largest event that will feature three platforms – Gulf Laundrex-Linen Care Expo Powered by EXPOdetergo International, Gulf Car Wash-Car Care Expo as well as the Clean Middle East Pulire. The event will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from November 7-9 this year. With the 5th edition of the Excellence Awards, MECTW has expanded the selection of categories in the Laundry and Soft Facilities Management sector, nominations of which are open until October 10.
The two-month-long nomination process for the awards are given away to people from the cleaning, laundry and facilities management sectors. So far MECTW has received an overwhelming response from the nominees and the industry at large. Professionals and companies in the region can submit their entries through the online forms available on the event website, entries are evaluated by esteemed eight-member jury that includes experts from the housekeeping, laundry and facility management sectors. The winners
will be announced at the MECTW 2017 happening in November.
Candidates have registered as one of the best in their categories, which are Housekeeping Room Attendants & Supervisors (BOH), Housekeeping Public Area Attendants & Supervisors (FOH), Hotel Laundry Attendants and Team Members, Commercial Laundry Team Leader/Laundry Supervisor/Laundry Manager, Hotel Laundry Supervisor or Laundry Manager, Cleaning Services Attendant & Supervisor in Facilities Management and Specialist Tasks in Soft Facilities Management.
Tatjana Ahmed, Housekeeping Manager, Grand Hyatt Dubai, commented, “The purpose of the Excellence Awards Ceremony is to acknowledge success! It is important that we recognize the many dedicated employees who work tirelessly to ensure their properties and spaces are the best they can be. The Excellence Awards provides a platform to not only show how well a certain person has performed in the last year, but it is in fact a sign of how our industry is performing on the whole. Therefore, the cleaning industry will always have a lot to celebrate.”
Talking about the awards, Victor Bastian, Assistant Vice President, Linencraft commented, “The Excellence Awards recognize talent and performance of the best in the industry, which improves performance benchmarks across the board. Industry personnel are challenged and inspired to develop, grow and to consistently go above and beyond. These awards continue to drive the industry to a higher level of maturity and performance. Laundry and housekeeping, as an industry, often lacks the recognition it deserves. These awards provide immense pride for laundry and housekeeping professionals and positively showcase those I’d describe as our unsung heroes.”
The criteria for Excellence Award vary for each sector and winners are selected based on the highest standards of excellence in cleanliness, maintenance, and utilization of state-of-the-art technology.
Dorothee Stein, Head of Facility Care, Dubai Airports said, “The Excellence Awards give industry members the opportunity to showcase their professionalism and commitment to their work. Usually our ‘Unsung Heroes’ who are awarded in the ceremony work diligently and silently behind the scenes – although some of them are frontline team members – and they go about their day-to-day assignments without getting much attention. Hence, participating in the Excellence Awards is the perfect event to present themselves to the public.”
Jayaraman Nair, Chairman, VIS Exhibitions and Conferences – organizer of MECTW said, “We are proud to honor those behind the scenes in the cleaning industry, who ensure that our hotels, facilities and linen are spick-and-span. Since the past 4 years, the Excellence Awards has been a continuous effort towards bringing together these ‘superstars’ of the cleaning sector. The 2017 edition of MECTW is receiving an overwhelming number of interest from every vertical of the cleaning and hygiene industry and aims to recognize, promote and support those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the cleaning sector”