Emirates NBD’s Bon Appetit Collaborates With Zomato on Restaurant Awards

Press release

Published January 22nd, 2018 - 10:43 GMT

Winners will be announced at Zomato Restaurant Summit on 29 January 2018

Emirates NBD’s Bon Appetit, the UAE’s largest dining loyalty programme has partnered with Zomato, the global food discovery and UAE’s leading online food ordering platform to create the ‘Emirates NBD – Bon Appetit Zomato User Choice Awards’.

The awards will honour the best restaurants in the UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) as voted for by the public. With nominations based on Zomato user ratings and reviews, consumerscan vote for their favourite restaurants across various categories, via the app until 26 January, 2018. Based on the number of votes, final winners will be declared at the annual Zomato Restaurant Summit, held on 29 January, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai, in the presence of over 600 food and beverage industry professionals.

Categories under theEmirates NBD – Bon Appetit Zomato User Choice Awards include Best Cafe, Healthy, Fine Dining and Casual Dining, each for Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Unilever Food Solutions joins the awards as an associate sponsor this year.

“As the market leader in the credit card category, we are committed to offer our customers access to enhanced experiences that match their lifestyle,” said Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President & Group Head - Retail Banking & Wealth Management at Emirates NBD. “Whether it’s dining-in or ordering via the Zomato app, our exclusive dining loyalty programme, Bon Appetit provides unbeatable value to cardholders with access to benefits and privileges at the top hotels and restaurants in the country. We are delighted to further empower our customers with the opportunity to voice their opinion on the best restaurants in the UAE, via our bespoke awards programme, while creating memorable experiences.”

Oytun Calapover, Country Manager - Zomato UAE says: “As the leading restaurant discovery, and online delivery platform in the region, we are excited to be forming a partnership with other industry leaders such as Emirates NBD and Unilever, to bring to the UAE, the Users’ Choice Awards.

“Zomato has long been the go-to platform for people looking for great places to eat, and now, the Users’ Choice Awards will be the definitive platform in recognising excellence in F&B, according to public opinion. We want to reward the Best of the Best and for that, we have picked the nominations based on our users' ratings and reviews. We are proud to be completely objective as a platform representing only public opinion. From this shortlist, we encourage our users to vote for their very favourite places across the various categories.”

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.