DUBAI, 8 May — Travel industry professionals from all over the Middle East have presented the Emirates Group with a new clutch of “Oscars” — awards for industry excellence, on the eve of the opening of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), according to the airline’s Corporate Communications based in Dubai. Readers of Travel Intelligence Middle East magazines best business and best economy class airline selected the airline. The publishers of the magazine presented Hamad Obaidallah, Emirates’ GM, UAE, GCC, IRAN and Yemen, and Nasser ibn Kerbash, its GM for the Middle East and Africa, with the trophies. John Felix, Emirates Holidays’ GM, carried off the trophy for the Middle East’s best tour operator. Rashid Al Noory, GM of DNATA, and many members of his organization were there to take home two awards, for best leisure travel agency (Holidays by DNATA), and best business travel agency (BTI UAE). Maurice Flanagan, Emirates’ group managing director, said: “We’ve set out to redefine world class air travel, and it’s very heartening for every Emirates employee to learn of this tribute from the discriminating corporate traveler.”