Nobel Prize winners, international entrepreneurs and leading Middle East business personalities will be among the guests attending the inaugural IIR Middle East Business Achievement Awards gala dinner to be hosted by The Monarch Dubai.

The November 18 event is part of the annual IIR Leaders in Dubai Business Forum 2007, for which The Monarch Dubai is a headline sponsor.

Nobel Peace Prize former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (2001) and Professor Mohammed Yunus (2006) will be the star attraction.

The line-up also includes British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, as well as a number of leading regional business leaders.

Much attention will be focused on the two very special Middle East business personalities yet to be announced who are to be honoured with outstanding achievement awards at the gala dinner.

The Middle East Business Achievement Awards dinner will be the first major event for The Monarch Dubai. General manager Henning Fries said this is a very prestigious event and it provides The Monarch Dubai with a unique opportunity to demonstrate how it differentiates itself from other luxury five star hotels in the city.- TradeArabia News Service