Mr. Stephen Thomas, CEO of Renaissance Services, accepts the Oman Economic Review Top 20 award from HE Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry, with the presence of HE Yahya Al Jabri, Executive President of the CMA, HH Sayyid Tarik bin Shabib bin Taimur, OER Editor-in-Chief, and Mr. Sandeep Sehgal, UMS CEO. OER’s Top 20 annual ranking lists Oman’s largest listed companies. (May, 2009)

Ron Clark, GM of Topaz Marine MENA, accepts the Lloyd’s List Middle East & Subcontinent 2009 Awards for ‘Safety at Sea’. (November, 2009)

At the Seatrade Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2009, Mr. Fazel A. Fazelbhoy, CEO of Topaz Energy and Marine is awarded one of three special honors on the night, the 'Personality of the Year'

At the Seatrade Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2009, Topaz Marine MENA wins the ‘Workboat’ award for the third year running, seen hear accepted by Mr. Ron Clark, GM of Topaz Marine MENA

Mr. Stephen Thomas accepts the Omanisation programme award for TISCO from HE Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry. Out of the hundreds of companies in Oman judged for their Omanisation programmes only 58 were recognized by the Ministry of Manpower in 2008. This marks the fifth Omanisation award for Tisco. (May, 2009)

Renaissance’s Media Communications group subsidiary, United Media Services, took two awards at the 2009 Oman Web Awards. Mr. Sandeep Sehgal, CEO of UMS, is seen presenting an award at the event. Reach, UMS’ market activation solutions company, and the Oman Economic Review site for the Oman Green Awards, both won third prize in their respective categories of Media, Media Services and Event Management, and Health, Safety and Environment. Nibbles, UMS’ interactive department and website designers, were celebrated throughout the 2009 Oman Web Awards as four of their external clients won the following awards first, second and third prizes.

Ms. Turkiya Al Hassani, HR & Admin Manager at NTI, receives the Ministry of Manpower Omanisation award for outstanding Omanisation programmes for the year 2008. (May, 2009)