Gulf Air and Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA) has announced the launch of Gulf Air Holidays.
The national carrier of Bahrain said the standalone product offers Gulf Air’s passengers the opportunity to book a hotel and flight for travel to Bahrain and GCC countries.
The event was attended by Gulf Air’s acting CEO Waleed AlAlawi and Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority CEO Dr Nasser Qaedi.
AlAlawi said: “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.
“We have developed our website where our customers can book their flights and hotels in one transaction.”
He added that the first phase of the project will benefit passengers from the cities the airline flies to in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Oman.
Features on the website – holidays.gulfair.com – include chat support, a dedicated 24/7 contact centre and call support for any changes amendments or cancellations.
Qaedi said: “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.
“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”
The kingdom’s new tourism strategy aims to increase the number of tourists to 14.1 million by 2026, increasing the average daily visitor spending to BD74.8, and raising the average tourist nights to 3.5 days.
Recently, Gulf Air reintroduced three exclusive initiatives 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.
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