OK, so Naresh Goyal, one of our favourite airline bosses, is always smiling.
But that smile got even broader the other day when he was honoured with the Business Person of the Year award at the prestigious UK Trade and Investment India Business Awards.
Mr Goyal, the chairman and founder of Jet Airways, received the the gong in a ceremony in Mumbai on Tuesday from the British High Commissioner Sir Richard Stagg (below centre right) before a gathering of senior business leaders from both the UK and India.
"I "I am deeply honoured and humbled to receive this award," said Naresh. "At Jet Airways we are committed to redefining the international travel experience with our acclaimed in-flight product and service standards. The UK was our first long-haul venture and continues to be popular with our international travellers, for both business and leisure."
The Awards are a "recognition and celebration of the UK-Indo business partnership, specifically in terms of inward investment, collaborative business partnership, entreprenuership and innovation".
UK Trade & Investment is the UK government's international business development agency.
Nice one Naresh.
By the way, for our cover interview story from 2005 with Naresh check this out, and see what he made of our questions at the recent IATA annual meeting in Istanbul.
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