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Travelstart Egypt's new Arabic-English travel booking portal will allow customers to browse their travel options in Arabic, make bookings and receive electronic tickets
Cairo - Travelstart, Egypt's leading online travel agency, today announced the launch of its Arabic language travel services portal, bringing its award-winning online travel services to a broader segment of the Egyptian market. The agency was awarded the "Best Online Travel Agency" for the second consecutive year by Amadeus Egypt this year for its English language online services. Now, Travelstart removes all language barriers by providing Egyptian customers a choice of languages to access its services portal.
"Our vision has always been to introduce online services in Arabic, making it easier for Egyptians to book and purchase travel services in their native language, and we're very pleased to now bring this service to market," said Ahmed Saadeddine, Country Manager of Travelstart Egypt. "Travelstart's focus on tech-savvy, adventurous customers that demand sophisticated online tools has proved very successful for us with almost 300 percent increase in sales over the past year. We hope that the introduction of our Arabic services will boost sales further."
With nearly 45 million Internet users in Egypt and a fast-growing travel services market, Travelstart's Arabic / English website is ideally positioned to capitalize on future growth. According to leading online payment service provider PayFort, Egypt's online ticket purchases in Egypt are expected to grow from US$1.9 billion in 2014 to US$2.8 billion by 2020.
"Our efficient and user-friendly online travel services are supported by our Egyptian customer service team 7 days per week, making it easy for business and leisure customers to book and complete payment transactions at a time convenient to them," said Saadeddine. "The new Arabic portal enhances the customer experience further, giving us the opportunity to expand our customer base. Egyptian customers have already booked more than 40,000 flights via Travelstart this year."
With 2014 sales totaling over 30 million Egyptian Pounds, ticket purchases increasing by 263 percent and unique website visitors surpassing 1.2 million, Travelstart Egypt has demonstrated that Egyptian customers respond very positively to innovative online services and high levels of customer service.
Travelstart Egypt's Arabic language travel booking website follows the launch of neXt - an Internet booking management programme for Independent Travel Consultants.
Travelstart Egypt, a subsidiary of Travelstart.co.za, provides modern travelers with what they crave: a robust, integrated platform that comes with the tools and interface to make researching, planning, and booking travel easy.
The Travelstart platform is increasingly recognized as the industry standard. Customers looking for flights, hotels or car rentals can seamlessly compare rates of a wide range of carriers and providers.
Travelstart's Egyptian operations team is available 7 days per week from 09:00 AM to 10:00 PM during weekdays, and 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM during weekends
For more information visit: www.travelstart.com.eg
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About Travelstart
Travelstart is Africa's leading online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book, and experience travel. Travelstart also provides online travel solutions to third party websites through its extensive Affiliate network. Travelstart's international websites include South Africa, Nigeria, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey where it trades as Geziko.
Travelstart Contact:
Ahmed Saadeddine
Country Manager
Email: ahmed@travelstart.com
Phone: +202 2525 7576
Website: www.travelstart.com.eg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravelstartEG
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravelstartEgypt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/travelstart
Instagram: instagram.com/travelstarteg/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/travelstarteg/
Press contact:
Adel Elbendary
Fourth Dimension Public Relations
14 Syria St., Mohandseen, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (+202) 3760 9988
Mobile : (+20122) 212 3462
Email : adel@fdpr.net
May AbdelHamid
Fourth Dimension Public Relations
14 Syria St., Mohandseen, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (+202) 3 760 9988
Mobile : (+2) 0122 133 0222
Email : may@fdpr.net
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