International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) announced today the names of the two lucky winners of the IBQ - MasterCard FIFA World Cup 2006 Promotion. The prize offered is a once in a lifetime chance to watch France play Togo live at the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Cologne, Germany on 23rd June. This is one of the key deciding matches and IBQ MasterCard holders Ronan John Byrne and Ligendra S. were the two lucky winners selected at a draw at the bank in June.
The IBQ MasterCard promotion prize includes a full dream package, as winners enjoy return flights to Germany and a minimum of two nights stay at top hotels. They will also have the chance to experience full football hospitality on arrival and during their stay and to be part of arguably the most widely watched major sporting events.
IBQ ensures that it continuously provides its customers with new, innovative and exciting opportunities with the simplest of banking services. "With the World Cup well under way in Germany we're very pleased to be offering two of our football supporting customers an exciting reward for their support of IBQ, our innovative products and first class service." said Michael H. Williams General Manager of IBQ.
As it continues to grow and expand, IBQ adopts an innovative approach by providing its customers with distinctive products & services that have been specifically tailored to suit their needs. The bank's exclusive "Relationship Packages" are structured to provide customers with a variety of financial solutions designed around the way the customer wishes to bank with IBQ. These are complemented by an array of consumer and retail banking products including loyalty programmes, money manager service, credit cards, personal and vehicle loans, in addition to three new branches to be opened soon.
The IBQ-MasterCard FIFA World Cup 2006 promotion which was launched in affiliation with MasterCard International, an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2006. IBQ offered its MasterCard customers the chance to win a trip to watch the world’s best football teams compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The promotion allowed every IBQ cardholder multiple entries to the draw depending on how often they used their IBQ Mastercards.
One of the winners, an eager football fan and IBQ customer for almost a decade, received the exciting news on his 10th employment anniversary. "It was a complete shock, it took me a while to accept it, but it certainly was a pleasant surprise that arrived just in time as I complete my 10 year employment anniversary." said Ligendra S. a Programmer Analyst with Al-Tayseer Company.
"I would like to specifically thank IBQ and MasterCard for allowing me this lifetime opportunity and for my company for facilitating all the necessary travel requirements." He added.
Among the millions watching the world cup this summer on televisions across the world, the two extremely fortunate IBQ customers will be in a German stadium among the cheering crowd experiencing sports history in the making.
IBQ, previously known as the Grindlays Qatar Bank is one of the oldest Bank's in Qatar and celebrates 50 years of banking in 2006. Previously, it was a member of the ANZ Grindlays banking group. The Standard Chartered group acquired the bank in 2000 and in 2003 sold its stake to local shareholders, which made the bank fully locally owned and independently managed.
In 2004, National Bank of Kuwait acquired 20% stake in the Grindlays Qatar Bank, and assumed management responsibility. At the same time the name was changed to the International Bank of Qatar.
