Awards

Rewarding trade partners at ATA

Arabian Travel Awards (ATA): In an industry that works tirelessly to ensure that people get their well-deserved breaks, industry partners being recognised for their efforts is the perfect way to complement their work. Once again, Arabian Travel Awards will return to bestow on the industry the recognition it deserves. Surviving …

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Decoding trends with Travelport

The past few weeks have seen an upward trend in terms of bookings for hotels and flights. Travelport has been developing a confidence index to help travel agents, airlines and other stakeholders to understand the trends. Kathryn Wallington, Head of Account Management, Middle East & Africa for Travelport shares some …

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Shifting gears in car rentals

Lumi is a reputed car rental and leasing brand with 12,000 vehicles in their fleet with 24 branches that cater to corporate and government to suit their needs with a wide range of solutions. However, the past few months had many new revelations and TRAVTALK spoke with Azfar Shakeel, Vice …

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Technology to reshape the industry

Technology started playing a pivotal role over the past few years across the globe and the processes in the travel and tourism sector changed rapidly. Today, during the time of the pandemic, it has been put to test like never before by all industries. Mamoun Hmedan, Managing Director, MENA and …

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KSA post COVID-19

Over almost three months, lockdown ensured to a certain extent the reduction of the pandemic spreading but the travel industry has been at the forefront managing the many issues that arose during the period. Muzzammil Ahussain, EVP Consumer Travel, Seera Group shares the challenges, strategies and future after the pandemic …

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Maya to cast its spell again

Dubai will be bedazzled again with the 3rd edition of the most coveted Arabian Travel Awards on October 22, 2019, at the Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina. The awards recognise the stalwarts in the industry for their dedication and hard work. TT Bureau According to World Travel and …

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Get set for Arabian Travel Awards 2019

This year, Arabian Travel Awards will be held on October 22, at the Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina, with leading travel commerce company Travelport as its technology partner. TT Bureau As the countdown begins for the third edition of the coveted Arabian Travel Awards, nominations are still open …

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