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· Special offer gives travellers AED 200 off on flight bookings until 31 December 2016
· To push travel e-commerce in the Middle East
· Launch of dedicated websites in Qatar and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sharjah, UAE - Musafir.com, the UAE’s first premium-experience travel website, today announced a partnership with Visa across the UAE, Qatar and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) & and launch of dedicated websites for Qatar and KSA. The move is a breakthrough in Musafir.com’s regional expansion and to the continuous increase in online travel bookings in the region.
“At Musafir.com we like to exceed our traveler’s expectation,” commented Sachin Gadoya, Managing Director and Co-founder of Musafir.com.
“The travel marketplace is very competitive. Our partnership with VISA. Visa is a significant step for the rapidly growing travel industry in the UAE and GCC. We anticipate this to make an even more scalable business with the expertise to change the booking experience for travelers. The idea is to focus on getting people to move from offline booking to online booking. This association will be our next chapter of high-growth in this dynamic industry, ” added Sachin Gadoya.
Musafir.com also announced a special offer for all the travellers. A traveller will be able to save AED 200 on ticket booking using Visa debit or credit card until 31st December 2016. Travellers can save up to AED 1200 (for up to six people), using a Visa card only.
Customers across the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, can receive their discounted air tickets in three easy steps. Once the destination is booked, customers will be redirected to the GOVISA page where the service will SMS a security code. After typing the code into checkout section, AED 200 will automatically be deducted from the original price.
“With online travel bookings on the rise, we are very pleased to join hands with Musafir.com,” said Karim Beg, Vice President, MENA Marketing, VISA International.
“Online travel bookings are likely to be 31% of total travel and tourism revenues in the Middle East in 2016, and by the end of 2017, this number is expected to reach 36% of all bookings. Through this partnership with Musafir.com, we look forward to provide even more benefits to our cardholders in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, whilst offering the security or transacting through our robust electronic payments platform,” he added.
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Contacts:
Halima Islam Saad Aqueel
Four Communications Musafir
Mobile: +971 55 985 3382 Email : saad@musafir.com
Email: halima.islam@fourcommunications.com
For more information on travel deals on Musafir please visit:
www.Musafir.com
About Musafir.com
Musafir.com is part of Universal Travels and Tourism in the UAE. The word Musafir means ‘traveller’ in both Arabic and Urdu. Established in 2007, the site is the brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani, Sachin Gadoya, and Albert Dias. The company provides travel management solutions to corporate customers and leisure travel solutions to retail customers including flights, hotels, and holidays. Musafir.com currently offers flights to 3000 destinations on over 270 airlines and 85,000 domestic and international hotel properties and now operates from 12 offices across UAE and India with 8 new locations in the pipeline.
© Press Release 2016
