Kanoo Travel Website Offers Booking.Com Rates

Press release

Published May 2nd, 2019 - 10:12 GMT

Nabeel Kanoo, President of Kanoo Travel

Highlights

Kanoo Travel a fully owned business of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo) announced a strategic partnership, with Booking.com

Kanoo Travel a fully owned business of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo) announced a strategic partnership, with Booking.com that will expand its digital services and will allow it to offer competitive accommodation rates for its customers during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019 which was held in Dubai. Visitors of Kanoo Travel website will be having the same room rates as Booking.com, without any extra fees as well as the last room availability feature.

“We continue to invest in the latest technological advancements to satisfy our customers and to make sure we offer them a comfortable travel experience.” Nabeel Kanoo, President of Kanoo Travel commented. “Partnering with Booking.com; one of the most recognized online names in the Travel Industry in this era, shows the commitment of Kanoo Travel towards providing the best services and prices to its customers. This partnership will allow Kanoo Travel website to offer the same rates and packages available on Booking.com.”

Kanoo Travel, is one of the largest travel management companies in the MENA region. Specializing in corporate, marine, and leisure travel, as well as airline representation and Meetings Incentives Conferences and Events (MICE), it offers a wide range of compliance-driven, cost-effective travel management services and solutions. Kanoo Travel operates a network of more than 70 IATA locations and has longstanding affiliations with some of the largest institutions in the world.

Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch startup to one of the largest travel e-commerce companies in the world. Part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), Booking.com now employs more than 17,000 employees in 198 offices, in 70 countries worldwide.

Background Information

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 in route to India and Australia. In 1947 Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Gulf. Today, Kanoo Travel is the largest Travel Company in the Middle East.

With a team of over 1000 travel specialists spread across the region, operating a network of over 100 IATA locations, and established partnerships with global travel partners; Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialized services in the travel industry with unmatched quality.

Company Profile

Booking.com

Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch start-up to one of the largest travel e-commerce companies in the world. Part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), Booking.com now employs more than 17,000 employees in 198 offices in 70 countries worldwide.

With a mission to empower people to experience the world, Booking.com invests in digital technology that helps take the friction out of travel. At Booking.com, we connect travellers with the world’s largest selection of incredible places to stay, including everything from apartments, vacation homes, and family-run B&Bs to 5-star luxury resorts, tree houses and even igloos. The Booking.com website and mobile apps are available in over 40 languages, offer 28,410,956 total reported listings, and cover 148,585 destinations in 229 countries and territories worldwide.