Gulf Air Holidays platform launched

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, and Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA) announced the launch of Gulf Air Holidays platform.

The project offers Gulf Air’s passengers the opportunity to book a flight, hotel and even concerts and events tickets at a discounted price.

"Gulf Air is transitioning towards airline retailing, creating new opportunities to reach out and connect. This has been made possible through adoption of the latest distribution standards and developing solutions,” Gulf Air Acting CEO Captain Waleed AlAlawi said.

“We have developed our website where our customers can book their flights and hotels in one transaction. The first phase of this project is to welcome passengers from the cities we fly to in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman to book packages for travel to Bahrain supported by the website’s many features, such as a chat support, dedicated 24/7 contact centre and call support for any changes amendments or cancellations.”

“ We are also offering competitive rates to our loyal customers, which is why we trust they will enjoy this new addition to our products and services,” he added.

"The aim of launching these offers is to attract more tourists and visitors to Bahrain, and to offer them a variety of tourism and entertainment activities that they can choose from to suit their tastes, needs and budget,” BTEA CEO Dr Nasser Qaedi said.

“We are pleased to cooperate with Gulf Air in order introduce new and unique offerings that will take advantage of all the events and activities taking place in Bahrain this year to achieve this goal, and to implement this exciting initiative that will further add value to the tourism sector in Bahrain.”

Dr Qaedi said that there are 50 regional and international tourism offices that offer deals promotion in Bahrain, and this comes from the vital cooperation of BTEA with all entities in Bahrain and abroad to promote the tourism sector of the country, stressing that 2022 will be full of events, exhibitions, and programs.

The launch of Gulf Air Holidays is one of the many initiatives that the national carrier launched in cooperation with BTEA in 2018, which aim at achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s new tourism strategy of increasing the number of tourist visitors to 14.1 million in 2026, increasing the average daily visitor spending to 74.8 Bahraini dinars, and raising the average tourist nights to 3.5 days.

This enhances the role of tourism in supporting the national economy and contributes to increasing the competitiveness in attracting more investments to the Kingdom.

Gulf Air reintroduced three exclusive initiatives on its portal for visitors to Bahrain: The Bahrain Stopover in collaboration with BTEA, Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 packages in collaboration with the Bahrain International Circuit and the Al Dana Amphitheatre packages to promote events at the venue hall.