KL SOGO's Business Partners' Appreciation Banquet 2016

Yours truly was thrilled to be invited to attend the KL SOGO's Business Partners' Appreciation Banquet 2016 which was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur. The banquet was held by the single largest departmental store in Malaysia to honour their business partners for their outstanding yearly sales performance while celebrating its 22nd Anniversary...

The theme for the banquet was "East & West... from Istanbul with Love" where all the VIP guests, business partners and some members of the press including yours truly here were invited to experience the cultural diversity of a contiguous transcontinental country...

And you could definitely feel some of the ancient mystical Turkish tradition at the ballroom as some of the guests were dressed to the theme....

Yours truly was mesmerized by the lovely roses and berries display in the middle of the banquet table as well as the velvet sachet containing lovely rose scented potpourri which is now in my car as well as a lovely Turkish Eye charm which also is in my car...heheheh.....

Malaysian host, actress, model and former Miss Universe Malaysia 2003 , the lovely Elaine Daly was the emcee for the event and she was definitely great at making sure everyone was comfortable and entertained as well as making sure the event went on smoothly...

Dinner was a four course affair, however with more oriental flavors then some Turkish flavors I kinda expected from the theme but it was truly a scrumptious fine dining set we had....

Nicole Lai Chung Fan , the champion of ASTRO Star Quest in 2012 made a special appearance to deliver her rendition of some popular songs as well as "Simply The Best" as to congratulate KL SOGO and their business partners for achieving greater heights in their sales performance as well as business relationship....She definitely had some power vocals there....

The event started with an opening speech by KL SOGO's Managing Director Andrew Lim

... as well as a congratulatory speech by YB Dato' Henry Sum Agong, the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Malaysia..

Awards were given under the following categories to KL SOGO's business partners:-

Gold Award (above RM1 Million)

Platinum Award (above RM2 Million)

Diamond Award (above RM3 Million)

Super Diamond Award (above RM5 Million)

Super Blue Diamond Award (new- above RM10 Million

photo credit to Rentak Sejuta

There was also a Fashion Fiesta held at the banquet, where Carven Ong, featured his latest Turkish Couture" collection, followed bu the works of five new young talented designers whose work was also showcased on the runway. Andrew Low, Daniel Tseu Shi Jie, Eddie Cheow Chee Hong, Eemon Chiang Sued Meng and another contestant were scouted by Carven Ong  to take part in the "Turkish Avant-Garde" fashion design contest.

The banquet ended on a high note after guests were entertained by the lovely and forever young Dato Sheila Majid, Malaysia's Queen of Jazz with her famous song, "Sinaran".....

Thank you KL SOGO for the kind invitation and having me at these lovely banquet.....