December 2019 5 Welcome to the jam-packed final issue of the year in which, I must confess, we’ve gone a bit overboard on all things festive. In the Happenings section you will find more than 15 Christmas Tree lightings. Take your pick to kick off the holiday season – our photographers will be showing up at many of them, so say hello if you happen to spot them and get your picture snapped. We’ve also got two pages of New Year’s Eve parties, to make sure you bid farewell to 2019 in style. And in between there are loads of great events, including the fabulous National Day Festival at Bahrain International Circuit, to keep you busy throughout the month. Our online events pages at www.bahrainthismonth.com are the most read of all calendar portals in the Kingdom and are regularly updated throughout the month. There are even instructions on how to load your own events and pictures too. Sticking with the Yuletide theme, five, yes five, pages of festive dining – from Christmas Eve dinners to great family-friendly options for the big day – mean there’s absolutely no excuse to go hungry. And, of course, we have our regular Table Hopping pages to keep you abreast of happenings and offers across the Kingdom’s F&B sector. While we’re on the subject of food, Liz and Behnaz have been checking out the offerings at two new venues (well, one’s a refurb but it might as well be brand new). They do seem to get all the best jobs! Our interview section this month brings back celebrity chef, Wolfgang Puck, who explains what drew him to launch his restaurants here in the Kingdom. And Dimitris Manikis, President and Managing Director (EMEA) for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, tells a similar story. We’ve also chatted with Mariam Jumaan, the first woman to head up the Bahrain Council for Regulating the Practice of Engineering Professions. And Bahraini-British jazz trumpeter, Yazz Ahmed, talks memories, inspirations and getting back to her island roots. This month sees the initial inclusion of Woman This Month within your BTM. This time around, it’s just a few pages to give you a taster of what’s to come. In the future we will be adding in some more of the regular WTM features while at the same time giving our female fans lots more to read with extra new content online at www. womanthismonth.com — let me know what you think. Last but not least, I wish all of you a Happy National Day and a Very Merry Christmas, see you on the other side. THE TEAM Publisher and Chairman George F. Middleton Editorial Director Liz O’Reilly Contributors Behnaz Sanjana, Zilia Monteiro, Dick Potter, Bill Grieve, Razan Al Arabi Print Production Manager Sabu Sebastian Layout and Graphics Romeo San Miguel, Hatem Monem Photography Editor Muna Yousef Staff Photographers Subeesh Kumar N S, Ranjith Mohan Administration and Finance Samson Vaz, Marlyn Ragasa Corporate Affairs Director Bassem A. Al Khabbaz Distribution Team CM Abdul Rahman, Gopal Arul Kumar Distributor Al Hilal Group (Hilal Direct Services) Media Sales ANURADHA MANHAS [email protected] SARAH AMIN [email protected] DIGITAL & CONTENT MARKETING TEAM Digital Strategy Director Lini Reghunath Content Editor Liz O’Reilly Digital Marketing & Social Media Executive Michelle D’Souza Art & Animation Director Hatem Monem Printing Press Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej W.L.L., Bahrain Published monthly by RED HOUSE MARKETING P.O. Box 20461, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: (+973) 17 813-777, Fax: (+973) 17 813-700 Email: [email protected] www.bahrainthismonth.com © Copyright Reserved 2005-2019 The concept, content, style and design of this publication remain the exclusive property of Red House Marketing (Jersey) Ltd. and must not be reproduced in any form whatsoever without prior written permission. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication. However, Red House Marketing cannot accept legal responsibility for any error or omission. • Views expressed in this magazine by journalists and writers are not necessarily those of the publishers of Bahrain This Month. Licensed by the Ministry of Information Publication Code: TA001 ISBN 1 899 348 09 3 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION Bahrain: BD24 Gulf and international subscriptions available on request. December 2019 Bahrain This Month George F. Middleton Publisher and Chairman COVER Cover Picture: Festive Special The only Lifestyle Magazine distributed with the GDN www.bahrainthismonth.com Scan this QR Code to subscribe to the digital edition of the magazine.
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