Vassallo Group once again held its annual Shine Awards night, this year at the Sir Temi Zammit Hall, The University of Malta.
At this event awards for excellence in various areas of operation and for overall performance were awarded. These included awards for the best customer focus, green initiatives, project and service quality. Other awards given out for efforts related to health & safety, and training and development. For the first time an award for Diversity and Inclusion was also introduced. Awards were also distributed to the best employee, supervisor and manager.
In a speech during the event Group Chairman Nazzareno Vassallo touched upon the main achievements of the Group throughout the past year. His speech served as an occasion to launch two new schemes for the group's employees - a pension bonus scheme for those who reach pensionable age after years of service with the group as well as a loyalty reward scheme where employees get to share from the group's success in a tangible way.
The event was compered by TV personality and actor Ben Camille.
The night ended on a high note with the announcement of the coveted Chairman's awards for this year given to all those involved in the evacuation of all elderly residents at Casa San Paolo in Bugibba when fire broke out recently in the home's laundry room.
The event included the participation of Janice Mangion, who this year placed 2nd in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest and dancers from the group Street Elements. A number of Indian nurses working in different CareMalta homes staged an excellent performance in typical Indian costumes highlighting the group's belief in promoting cultural diversity.
The Shine Awards 2017 came to an end with a reception catered for by Vassallo Group's Cateressence.