Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 1, 2009: Kanoo Travel, the largest travel company in the Middle East, today announced that it has partnered with American Express Vacations to launch a new luxury travel brochure for its customers in the Middle East. The first Kanoo Travel – American Express brochure will feature a wide selection of first class cities and resorts throughout the world, where every property has been handpicked and represents high quality combined with excellent value for money.
“Kanoo Travel is delighted to partner with American Express Vacations and recognizes that both organizations are super brands in their own marketplace. The American Express Vacations name worldwide is synonymous with consistent service quality and a truly exclusive experience. The Kanoo brand is recognized and trusted throughout the Middle East and a growing number of countries around the world for delivering ‘world class’ service. I believe that this partnership will definitely benefit our customers,” says Mr. Julian Knott, Divisional General Manager, Kanoo Travel.
“American Express Vacations offers an experience that will be thoroughly enjoyed. Kanoo Travel provides quick, safe and reliable access to our expanding portfolio of services and destinations around the world from our retail offices or through our on-line website”, adds Mr. Knott.
The new brochure covers exclusive benefits that have been negotiated with all featured hotels and include complimentary upgrades, early check-in and late check-out. In addition, there is a selection of offers for free nights, spa treatments, excursions and dinners to name a few. All complimentary benefits are clearly displayed in the brochure and listed under each hotel.
The city section of the brochure focuses heavily on Europe with a balanced selection of luxury chain hotels and small and trendy boutique hotels that will appeal to a young crowd. Other city destinations include the Far East and the USA.
The resort section features some of the best resorts in Europe to beautiful beaches in Florida and the Indian Ocean and exotic destinations such as Bali and South Africa. The new travel brochure caters to both families and honeymooners where they can easily find their dream holiday from a wide selection.
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About Kanoo Travel:
The Kanoo family’s involvement in air travel goes back to 1937 when the company provided refueling facilities in Bahrain for Imperial Airways seaplanes on route to India and Australia. In 1947 Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Gulf and in 1997 they became the very first Travel Company in the Middle East to receive the ISO certification.
Today, Kanoo Travel is the largest travel company in the Middle East, with a team of travel specialists operating a network of over 170 offices in the region and through a global network of world-class travel partners. Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialised services in the travel industry with unmatched quality awards and achievements that guarantees the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Kanoo Travel provides its services in five main specialised areas:
o Kanoo Corporate – Business Travel Services.
o Kanoo Retail- Travel Services for the individual travelers.
o Kanoo Holidays – For all type Leisure Travel
o Kanoo Marine – Marine and Offshore Travel Services.
o GSA’s- General Sales Agents for international airlines.
For further information, please visit http://www.kanootravel.com
