Dubai: Dnata Travel and the Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the region's leading experts in corporate, business and leisure travel, opened a new outlet in Bahrain yesterday, its second in the kingdom.
The new outlet, located on Palace Avenue, offers an extensive range of travel products and services for business and leisure travellers alike.
These include a choice of over 100 airlines, tailor-made holidays, Haj and Umrah packages, tours, excursions and cruises, travel insurance and international car rental services.
The new outlet, like the current office — which opened in September 2008 in Bahrain City Centre — has a team of dedicated consultants who provide corporate clients with a total travel management service tailored to their individual business needs.
Services include: VAT reclaim, aircraft charters, visa processing and preferential hotel and car rental rates. Clients will also benefit from Dnata/HRG's advanced tracking and reporting tools, which are designed to offer increased control of travel policies as well as significant savings.
Greater need
Attending the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new outlet, Abdullah Tawakul, senior vice -president — Corporate and Regional Network, Dnata Travel Services, said: "In the current economic climate Dnata Travel Services and HRG believe there is even greater need than ever for companies to seek our expertise to help them manage their travel spend as cost-effectively as possible.
"We have access to an unrivalled breadth of local and international networks and so are able to offer our corporate and leisure customers an outstanding, consistent level of service and an unbeatable range of products.
"Our commitment to investing in the latest technology means that we can offer customers the most cutting-edge tools and systems available, helping them to save both time and money."
The opening of this new Dnata Travel/HRG outlet follows launches last year in Afghanistan, Qatar and Al Ain.
The new Bahrain Dnata Travel/HRG outlet is located on Palace Avenue.
The second, existing outlet can be found in Bahrain City Centre Mall (opposite Carrefour).
