Grand prize includes holiday package to Disneyland, Paris - 25th Apr 09

Muscat, 25th April 2009

Oman Oil Marketing Company (omanoil), one of the leading Omani fuel and lubricants marketing companies, announced winners of its seasonal basma promotion during a special ceremony where prizes including two Subaru Impreza 2008 series cars along with a Family holiday package to Disneyland, Paris were awarded. basmaCards worth 100 rials each were also distributed to ten runner-up winners.

Al Mashaweer Transport was the lucky grand prize winner of a family holiday package for four to Disneyland, Paris for four nights and five days. The specially tailored family package, in collaboration with Marmul Travel & Tours, includes airfare, accommodation, transfers and Disneyland Park tickets.

Marmul Travel & Tours General Manager, Mebal Pinto, said, “Our collaboration with Oman’s leading rewards program reinforces our joint commitment of providing the best of services and packages our organization has to offer to such a wide range of dedicated and loyal customers.”

Sayyed Abdullah, one of the winners of a Subaru Impreza expressed, “My family and I have been participating in many events and activities during the Salalah Tourism Festivals over the past few years. Winning this amazing car is the highlight of our experiences during the festive season.”

He went on to say, “basmaCards have always added value and convenience to our daily lives through its diverse benefits and prize offerings which constantly drives us to engage in all of basma’s promotional campaigns.”

On the occasion, Madiha Al Bakri, Assistant Manager - basma Marketing & Business Development at omanoil said, “Congratulations to all our winners. Our continued efforts have allowed us to introduce highly successful and innovative promotions year after year. The promotion has provided us with a platform to showcase omanoil’s wide range of products and services to a wider multi-cultural audience and the residents of the Sultanate.”

She added, “basma has become renowned for its wide range of benefits and we continuously strive to achieve high standards of customer car and value for money, through our network of basma merchants and successful instant cash redemption system”.

The second Subaru Impreza winner was Morning Star Company. Winners of the basmaCards worth 100 rials each were Khalid Salim, Ali Khalfan, Abdul Rasheed M.C., Ahmed Said Kashoob, Mohammed Mahfodh Al Shaikh, Mundher Darwish Al Harthy, Awadh Ahmed Al Alawi, N. Ramabhadran, Abu Baker K.M. and Hammed Zahir Al Rawahi.

The basma Rewards program is the Sultanate’s first chip based multi-partner rewards program pioneered by omanoil and BankMuscat in association with Nawras and Lulu Hypermarkets. The four partner program helps shoppers ‘save as they spend’ while adding more benefits and privileges on a daily basis.