Dairy Queen (DQ) wins many awards at international convention in Hawaii. Four DQ restaurants in Qatar won Gold Certificate Award for achieving year on year sales growth of more than 15 percent. DQ Qatar won Golden Crown Elite Award for achieving milestone sales of $1.5m in a year. Jawad Business Group won Golden Spoon Award in recognition of franchisee’s and franchise organisations who uphold DQ mission, vision and values. The group operates DQ in Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Seen in the picture from left: John Gainor, CEO of DQ International, Ali Mansoor, GM–Costa-QSR division of Jawad Business Group, Kareem Jawad, Assistant Group General Manager of Jawad Business Group, John Champagne, COO of DQ International.