Winner of KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest – 21 May 2007

22 05 2007

kr.jpgThe winner of the KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest for 21 May 2007 is Krishnaswamy B Iyer. Congrats! We hope you enjoy your drink at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882. He’s also written to us:
Coffee is my favourite drink. I would like to see more number of KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 outlets throughout Sultanate of Oman, especially in and around Muscat.

Thank you for your kind comments. :)  
For those of you looking forward to win any drink of your choice at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, the finest Italian coffee lounge in Muscat, click here to participate in the daily KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest





Winner of KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest – 20 May 2007

22 05 2007

kr.jpgThe winner of the KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest for 20 May 2007 is Agomani Sengupta. Congrats Agomani! We hope you enjoy your drink at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882. 
Click here to participate in the daily KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest. And win a drink of your choice at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, the finest Italian coffee lounge in Muscat.





Winner of KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest – 19 May 2007

20 05 2007

kr.jpgThe winner of the KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest for 19 May 2007 is Amna. Congrats! We hope you enjoy your drink at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882. 
Click here to participate in the daily KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest. And win a drink of your choice at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, the finest Italian coffee lounge in Muscat.





KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest

19 05 2007

kr.jpgJoin us in celebrating the first anniversary of Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 in Muscat with the KR-Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Blog Contest
Participating is easy! Just answer this question and you could be the lucky winner of a free drink at Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, Muscat   

Your question:
Which is the world’s largest coffee exporting nation?
 
Choose the correct answer from the following:
a)      
Brazil
b)      
Ethiopia
c)       Jamaica
 

Use the contact form in this post to tell us your name, email id, telephone number and of course the correct answer.

We pick a lucky winner every day till 30 May 2007 and announce the winners on the blog. The winner gets any one drink of his / her choice… it’s on the house! (You get to chose from Cremino, Frozen Chocolate, Vanilino, Mentino, Granitino, Ice Chocolate Latte, Mandorlino, Choccolino & Bananino among others). Quite a mouthful, huh?  

Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 is a pioneering chain of true Italian coffee houses that offers the perfect ambience to enjoy the world’s finest coffee brews. Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 at Assarain Complex, Madinat As Sultan Qaboos (MQ), Muscat also happens to the chain’s very first coffee lounge in the Middle East. 

Visit Caffe Vergnano 1882 today to indulge in an excellent choice of delicacies, from the stimulating caffe’ espresso, to exotic blends of coffee, rich chocolate, a delicious variety of panini, patisserie, and fresh salads which have to be tasted to be believed.

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And here’s Salim Barwani enjoying his cappuccino at the WiFi enabled Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, MQ.  

P.S: KR staff and their families have agreed not to participate in this contest! This contest is open to residents of Oman only.





Motorola Ad: Your wife called

15 05 2007

Check out this interesting TV commercial from Motorola promoting video messages in the Moto E815. It’s wickedly hot.





Awards galore for KR’s People Development initiatives

15 05 2007

In the service industry, it’s the quality of the people who serve our customers that makes all the difference. At KR, our people are our greatest strengths in business. And we go the extra mile to motivate, develop and support our people to ensure that it remains so. Our people development efforts have been widely recognized and made us an employer of Oman 

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Two recent achievements of Pizza Hut Oman, a part of the KR Group, have placed our HRD initiatives under the spotlight.  KR’s Pizza Hut Division has won the prestigious ‘People Development Award’ at the 2006 Oman Awards for Excellence. A jubilant KR team collected the award at a glittering function held at the Grand Hyatt, Muscat on 12 May 2007 

Established in 1998, ‘The Oman Awards for Excellence’ is an annual award programme developed by the private sector in Oman to celebrate the accomplishments of individuals, companies and other contributors who are creating jobs and driving the Omani economy.

Yum Award

This national recognition follows the wake of an international award accorded recently to KR. Pizza Hut was awarded the ‘People Development Award 2006’ at Yum Restaurants International’s Franchise Award Ceremony for Menapakt held recently in Jordan 

David Novak, Chairman & CEO of Yum Restaurants International presented the award to the KR-Pizza Hut Oman Team. Pizza Hut came was specially commended for its commitment to exceeding Omanisation targets and for its central role in grooming local talent to take on bigger challenges.





Khimji’s Bait Al Ahlam sponsors Interiors & Buildex 2007

15 05 2007

baa.jpgKhimji’s Bait Al Ahlam was the platinum sponsor for Interiors & Buildex 2007, Oman’s premier building and construction industry expo held on May 15-17 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre.   

Khimji’s Bait Al Ahlam made a huge impact at the show with their biggest ever exhibition space of 114 square metres. KR made a splash at the exhibition with the launch of home furniture from Brazil and Spain. “This exhibition for the building and construction industry in Oman only offered us a platform to showcase our wide range of products which complement the industry, but also enabled us to reach our target audience comprising architects, consultants, contractors and prospective villa or house owners,” says Vijaya Kumar, General Manager, Khimji Ramdas Infrastructure Group.  

Khimji’s Bait Al Ahlam (which means “The Dream Home”), a part of the Infrastructure Group of Khimji Ramdas LLC, brings world-class brands which cater to the building and construction industry under one roof, thereby offering choice, value and convenience all at one place!

For more information on Khimji’s Bait Al Ahlam, please contact  24 709 898 and ask for Rita.





Caffe Vergnano 1882 celebrates birthday with new menu offerings

15 05 2007

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Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 recently celebrated its first year in Oman by introducing icy cold coffee blends in its delectable menu to usher in the summer season. 

Khimji’s Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 Coffee Lounge at Assarain Complex, Madinat-as-Sultan Qaboos has captured the imagination of Muscateers with its stimulating cappuccino, yummy cold shakes and mouth-watering panini, within a year of its launch.  

Perhaps the best kept secret among discerning coffee-lovers, Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 is a pioneering chain of true Italian coffee houses that offer the perfect ambience to enjoy the world’s finest coffee brews.

Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 is a coffee connoisseur’s sanctuary, where you can look forward to a highly personalised experience in a WiFi enabled designer ambience, regardless of whether you are enjoying your coffee with quiet conversation, animated discussion or in undisturbed solitude. 

Come in. Sit back. And savour our invigorating coffee-based blends in a uniquely relaxed ambience this summer.

For more information on Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, please call 24 692 370.





Win a gift hamper from Caffe’ Vergnano 1882!

15 05 2007

1882.jpgAll you got to do is participate in the Caffe’ Vergnano 1882-Al Mar’a Promotion. Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 is also celebrating its 1st birthday through a contest in Al Mar’a, Oman’s leading bilingual magazine. Answer two simple questions and you could be the lucky winner of a gift hamper from Caffe’ Vergnano 1882. For details, grab a copy of the May issue of Al Mar’a. For more information on Caffe’ Vergnano 1882, please call 24 692 370.





Special Projects Group adds two more feathers to cap

15 05 2007

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Khimji’s Special Projects Group of the Furniture Division, a part of the KR Infrastructure Group, has recently completed two prestigious projects that add to our already impressive list of credos. 

The Division has just completed executing the shelving and racking at Home Centre’s new 10,000 square metre warehouse at Ghala, Muscat. This is the largest shelving & racking order ever awarded us to date and we completed it in a record time of 110 days. Dexion’s Four Tier Racking procured from Malaysia has been used for this warehouse which can take about 500 forty-foot containers into it.  

We have also installed special fire resistant Streboard flooring for the warehouse, which has been procured from FALKON UK Kudos to our project engineer Mr. Noaman Moinuddin and Installer Mr. Shymasunder Sharma, who have played key roles in the success of this project. 

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The Division has also completed the supply and installation of over 10,000 seats (including VIP and VVIP seating) in the Royal Oman Police stadium at Wattayah, Muscat. The seats come in the ROP flag colours with the ROP name to be visible from the air.








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