Awards - Budget Saudi Arabia

Budget Rent A Car, Saudi Arabia, wins two Stevie Awards 2024 in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Budget Saudi has won awards in team and individual excellence categories.

1. National Sales Team of the Year, and,

2. Sales Director of the Year Award.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service recognized globally as the pinnacle of excellence in customer service, contact center, business development, and sales, has honored Budget Rent A Car, Saudi Arabia. The Stevie Awards, renowned for organizing nine of the world’s leading business awards programs, including the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®, have acknowledged Budget Saudi's outstanding performance.

The winners, including Budget Rent-A Car, were announced during a grand gala event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. This prestigious event was attended by more than 400 professionals from around the world.

This year's competition considered more than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry in 44 nations and territories. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide on seven specialized judging committees. Entries were considered in more than 90 categories for customer service and more than 60 categories for sales and business development achievements.

Budget Saudi wins the best ESG Practices Company in Transportation Sector at The Global Economics Award 2023

Proud to announce Budget Saudi Arabia win at the prestigious Annual Global Economics Awards held in Dubai: Best ESG Practices Company in Transportation Sector. Our President & Group CEO, Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Danish, was also awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Transportation & Logistics Sector.

Budget Saudi wins Stevie Awards for Sales Director of the Year 2023

17th Annual Stevie® Awards For Sales & Customer Service was held on 3rd March 2023 at the Caesars’ Palace Hotel & Resorts in Las Vegas, USA.

Budget Saudi had won the Sales Director of the Year Award represented by Anil Mathew Abraham our Director of Sales & Marketing, during the gala event held at Augustus Ballroom, Caesar’s Palace.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service recognize the achievements of sales professionals worldwide, customer service, business development and contact center.

The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards. They were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. In short order the Stevie has become one of the world's most coveted prizes. Stevie Award judges include many of the world's most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators. More than 1,000 professionals worldwide participate in the Stevie Award judging process each year. All Stevie Awards entrants have access to all judges' comments about their nominations.

Budget Saudi wins the Most Customer Centric Car Rental Service Provider & The Best Vehicle Leasing Company in Saudi Arabia Awards

Budget Saudi wins the Most Customer Centric Car Rental Service Provider & The Best Vehicle Leasing Company in Saudi Arabia Awards at The Global Economics Awards 2022 in Dubai on 26th January 2023.

Fawaz Danish wins the “Franchise Leader of the Year 2022" Award in the Arab world

The vision that our President & Group CEO Mr. Fawaz Danish has of providing incomparable world-class services with a local flavor earned him the award of the “FRANCHISE LEADER OF THE YEAR 2022” from Arab Franchise Awards Dubai. Mr. Fawaz Danish was awarded for his efforts to make Budget Saudi the largest automotive rental and leasing company in the Middle East in terms of network, fleet size, and profitability. Over the past two decades, Mr. Fawaz Danish has helped the company accelerate and expand its operations.

Best CEO – Logistics in Saudi Arabia award for the year 2021 Global Economics Magazine

The prestigious Global Economics Magazine announced the annual leadership awards in January 2022. We are happy to share that Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Danish, our President & Group CEO won the Best CEO – Logistics in Saudi Arabia award for the year 2021. Our company serves our customers for their last mile delivery vehicles, complete logistics & fleet management solutions to bring efficiency and reliability in transport & logistics business.

Forbes Middle East Award 2020

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that our Director of Digital Sales & Marketing – Mr. Anil Mathew Abraham is listed among the prestigious Forbes Middle East top marketing and communications professionals in this region. It’s an honor for Budget Saudi Arabia and the formidable team that supported our marketing campaigns and implemented them effectively to ensure that we achieve these milestones. We take this opportunity to congratulate each member of our Budget family that had been part of this success.

Most Influential CEO Award - 2019

Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Danish, the President & Group CEO of Budget Saudi Arabia, received the ‘Leadership Award’ as the ‘Most Influential CEO’ in the field of car rental. The award is presented by The International Finance Magazine to top industry leaders around the world.

Budget Saudi Arabia wins “Global Leadership Award 2019”

We are extremely happy to announce that Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Danish – President & Group CEO of Budget Rent a Car Saudi Arabia has won the “Global Leadership Award 2019” in the Transport & Logistics Sector at a glittering ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The award is in recognition of Leadership excellence displayed in the field of business over the past year. It is to celebrate “accomplishments of achievers” in their field of expertise.

Budget Saudi Arabia had delivered excellent financial results during a challenging year, 2018, under the versatile leadership of Fawaz. The newly constituted Board of Directors and shareholders bestowed the mantle upon him to lead the company and drive it forward zealously. The socio-economic challenges were many, yet those were turned into opportunities of operational excellence and reliable stewardship delivering better results than previous year. The focus was laid on establishing firm foothold in the changing car rental landscape in Saudi Arabia, thereby increasing market share of profitable business. Effective measures were harnessed to employ national workforce and trained them consistently to perform at highest level to provide customer excitement. Each step was trodden carefully to ensure Budget Saudi vision was aligned with country’s Vision 2030 and focused to deliver stakeholders expectations consistently.

We see major opportunities in 2019 to improve our performance and deliver our commitments to every shareholder, customers, principals, vendors and partners.

Global Leadership Award is organized by the Leaders International Magazine which is well reputed among decision makers and C-Level executives. The award is endorsed by the American Leadership Development Association, a US based NGO which showcases leadership at large.

Budget Long Service Award

Budget Saudi receives the honor of 40 years of successful operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is one of the longest association with Budget Global Group as a franchisee in EMEA. We just won the long service #award at the Budget Global (ABG) Group meetings in Prague. #BudgetSaudi was applauded for having the largest #marketshare in the Middle East among all Global brands. Our President & Group CEO Mr. Fawaz Danish received the award at the global event

World Travel Award 2018

The 5th consecutive World Travel Awards won by Budget Saudi Arabia during the gala event held at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Ras AlKhaimah recently, makes it a unique achievement in the car rental industry in Saudi Arabia.

The prestigious award is given to the best in class based on customers' feedback and experience across the travel and tourism industry. Budget Saudi Arabia had won this award in successive years since 2014. It highlights the commitment of the company to its esteemed customers in ensuring highest levels of customer satisfaction and "Achieving Customer Excitement". Budget Saudi is also the first car rental company in Saudi Arabia to be certified with ISO 9001:2015 for its internal quality systems. The rental outlets spanning 25 cities of the Kingdom makes Budget Saudi Arabia the company with the widest reach for its customers. The state of the art maintenance and service centers, along with 80+ mobile workshop units, owned by the company, ensures the quality of vehicles consistently and thereby reliable services anywhere in the Kingdom.

Moreover, the dedicated team of professionals strives hard to deliver a passionate performance to achieve greater results for all stakeholders. Congrats, formidable Budget Saudi Arabia Team on your excellent achievement.

World Travel Award 2017

The 4th consecutive World Travel Awards won by Budget Saudi Arabia during the gala event held at Armani Hotel Dubai recently, makes it a unique achievement in the car rental industry in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Trade Finance - CFO of the Year 2017

Dr. Ravish Mohammad HusianTatli was awarded “CFO of the Year 2017 - Publicly listed company by the Saudi Trade Finance Summit in its 5th annual. The Saudi Trade Finance Summit is considered the most influential gathering of trade finance professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Tatli is the Chief Financial Officer of Unitrans –Budget Rent A Car and Truck Leasing, a listed joint stock company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He oversees all financing and accounting activities of the company and is actively involved in strategic decision making of the organization. Dr Tatli is responsible for the corporate finance & treasury, reporting, accounts, tax, information technology and risk management of Unitrans and oversees these functions across the Group. He also handles investor relations matters as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is a director on the boards of various Unitrans Group companies.

World Travel Award 2016

Budget Saudi Arabia has won the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) 2016 at the gala event held in Dubai recently. It had been voted again as "Saudi Arabia's Leading Car Rental Company" at the 23rd WTA award for its excellence in Customer service. This is the third successive year Budget Saudi have won the award. The World Travel Award serves to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Budget Saudi is synonymous with exceptional Customer Service with its drive to Achieve Customer Excitement at every touch point. The network of over 100 retail locations coupled with own maintenance facilities in 14 cities across the Kingdom, the service is unmatched among car rental and leasing companies in Saudi Arabia. Inspite of various socio-economic challenges, Budget Saudi has striven to provide quality services without compromising it's commitment to customers. Providing innovative tailor made solutions to meet customer needs is unique to Budget Saudi value proposition. Congratulations to the winning team of Budget Saudi that had made it happen again through their commitment and dedication to excel in customer service and contribute effectively in nation building.

Trends Top CEO Award 2015

Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Ahmed Danish, CEO - United International Transportation Company (Budget Saudi Arabia) was ranked No. 49th at the TRENDS-INSEAD co-presented TOP CEO 2015 awards. .click here to watch the video.