Glamour, stars at Empire Hotel Annual Dinner

YM Haji Ali bin Apong.

Thriller by the Food and Beverage team.

Grand finale.

It was a night of glamour, glitter and stars at The Empire Hotel and Country Club's 2003 Team Members' Annual Dinner. Held recently at The Empire Theatre, the whole evening was themed towards a night at the MTV Awards (cleverly called EM- TV), from the award presentations to the sizzling hot performances by the various departments.

The evening was well attended by the Board of Directors- Chairman, Yang Mulia Haji Ali bin Apong, Deputy Chairman, Yang Mulia Haji Saifulbahri bin Haji Mansor, Director, Yang Mulia Haji Ghani bin Haji Abdul Hamid and Executive Director, Yang Mulia Hajah Norhayati Pehin Dato Haji Husin and team members.

Anne Busfield, the recently appointed General Manager of The Empire Hotel and Country Club welcomed guests with an opening speech and highlighted, "We are all extremely fortunate to be working in such a fantastic resort. I have worked in a number of properties during my career and I can quite honestly say that this hotel is the most outstanding hotel I have worked in from a point of view of design, layout and interior design."

The JPH Chairman, Yang Mulia Haji Ali bin Apong also delivered an official speech where he stressed on the importance of service. "It is important to remember that we are all in the service or hospitality industry and we must pride ourselves in delivering more than what our guests expect."

The evening started with a grand opening number performed by the PDS School Dance Theatre with the hosts of the evening- Diva from the West- "Diana Ross" and Diva from the East- "Anita Sarawak" coming down from the ceiling in a special gondola. Lo Ryder, Brunei's hippest local rap artiste also hosted the evening and performed a few raps much to the delight of the guests.

The five performances delivered by the various departments were all professionally choreographed by The PDS School Dance Theatre.

Yang Mulia Hajah Norhayati PDH Husin graciously consented to present the award to Leader of the Year. Special awards were also presented to the Best Dressed Male and Best Dressed Female of the evening.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin