Alshamel Travel has been awarded and honored by the “World Travel Awards” to be the “Kuwait’s Leading Travel Agency, for 2015”. Alshamel had competed in Four (4) different categories and we are very inspired to be recognized in these endeavors.
Alshamel Travel Wins ‘Corporate Travel Management Company of the Year’ Award from The European Magazine – MENA Awards 2013
Highly respected international publication recognizes excellence of Alshamel’s travel management services
Kuwait – 2013: Alshamel Travel, the region’s fastest growing travel management company, today announced that it has won the ‘Corporate Travel Management Company of the Year’ award at The European Magazine 2013 MENA Awards.
The ‘Corporate Travel Management Company of the year’ award from The European Magazine underlines the company’s success in providing excellent travel management services locally, regionally, and internationally, through multiple travel solutions and individual counseling. The award also endorses Alshamel Travel’s reputation as one of the region’s leading travel management companies, and one that is committed to providing the very best for corporate and individual customers.
Yousef Al Essa, Chairman of Alshamel Travel said: “We are very proud to have won this award and honored that our commitment to the industry has been recognized in this way. This award represents the third major award for Alshamel Travel this year and the second regional award involving travel management leadership. Our success is the result of the dedication and hard work of the whole Alshamel Travel team, and of course, the support of all our customers.
“Winning The European Magazine’s award will act as a spur for us to continue to improve our value proposition to our customers, and promote best international practice principles in the travel sector. We operate in a very competitive service orientated industry and we firmly believe that our high level of service quality and unwavering commitment to individual business travel requirements are what make the difference.”
Since its formation in 1996, Alshamel Travel has consistently positioned itself as an industry innovator and leader, being actively involved in every aspect of the travel industry across the Gulf and MENA region, including corporate and retail travel, human capital and technological development.
To find out more about Alshamel Travel’s broad and exciting range of services and travel solutions, please visit the company’s website alshamel.com/alshamel74, or contact the 24-hour service center on +965 24396111. This is open seven days a week and is linked to all Alshamel Travel’s regional office systems, providing full out-of-hours service assistance, including information about holidays, bookings and many other enquiries.
Alshamel Travel Enhances its Local and Regional Corporate Travel Services
New people and services to meet the growing demand from its corporate customers across the region
Alshamel Travel, one of the region’s leading travel management companies, announced that it is enhancing its local and regional corporate business services to meet the growing demand for Local Corporate Travel by its clients.
As part of the company’s enhancements to the local corporate travel unit, Alshamel Travel appointed Fazal Baig – Regional Country Manager based in Dubai to head the Local and Regional Corporate Travel services, which will be supported by two newly created divisions; Supplier Management Unit, headed by Sanjiv Gandhi as Supplier Management Director and Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) Division, headed by Alaa Fouad as Regional Manager – MICE services. Moreover, a 24-hour Regional Contact Center was established in Kuwait to provide after-hours services to all local and regional offices, Emergency Travel Services (EST), air, hotel, car bookings, Leisure Travel services and other enquiries. This will be headed by Charles Pinho, Senior Operations Manager.
Yousef Al-Essa, Chairman of Alshamel Travel said: “I am pleased to welcome Fazal, Alaa and Sanjiv as new members of Alshamel Travel family, and Charles to his new responsibilities. I am sure they will elevate our service offering to corporate clients. At Alshamel, we understand that travel is one of the three largest expenses on most company balance sheets, and our job is to manage their travel expenses and optimize their travel plans. We are committed to developing our Local Corporate Travel business in the region and are committed to raise our travel service standards to international levels by implementing cutting edge technology and processes that will enable us to do so.”
Commenting about his new appointment, Baig said: “I look forward to be part of the Alshamel Travel team, and working hand in hand with Sanjiv, Alaa and Charles in providing efficient services at the highest standards to our Local Corporate Travel clients. Alshamel Travel has entrusted me with the responsibility of enhancing our travel service standards across the region and I aim to bring my long experience in the business to do just that.”
Alshamel’s Local Corporate Travel team is focused on providing premium customer services ranging from booking flights, hotels, cars, charter flights, to meeting and assisting, meeting and incentive (MICE) programs, visa services, travel insurance and many more services.
To find out more about Alshamel Travel’s Local Corporate Business services, please visit the company’s website alshamel.com/alshamel74, or contact the 24-hour Service Center on +965 24396111.
Alshamel Travel Launches ‘Leisure’, its First Digital Leisure Brochure
Alshamel Travel, one of the region’s leading travel management companies, today announced the launch of its first ever digital brochure, ‘Leisure’. The all new brochure features leisure packages for summer 2013 and marks the inauguration of Alshamel Travel’s leisure offering, which complements the company’s wide range of travel management services.
Yousef Al-Essa, Chairman of Alshamel Travel said: “We are very proud to introduce our first digital leisure brochure to our corporate and individual customers. This also marks a new era for Alshamel Travel as we expand our services into the leisure sector. The brochure is the first of a number of seasonal brochures we intend to launch in the future and features exclusive leisure packages to cater to a full spectrum of leisure travel needs, from budget travel to luxury vacations, and from a dream honeymoon to a fun family vacation. Alshamel Travel’s global partner network means that wherever our customers travel in the world, Alshamel Travel can make absolutely sure that their vacation is a truly memorable experience.
“We particularly wanted to showcase the breadth of our leisure services and take our customers on a ‘journey around the world’. Through this new digital brochure, we have presented our customers with a range of holiday packages from across the globe that will suit every taste. We want to show that we are more than just another travel agency; we are a company which understands customers’ needs for flexible options, excellent customer service and competitive prices.
“Today’s travelers need useful information, the security of reliable customer support, and control over the details that make a trip smooth, efficient and enjoyable and these are all services which Alshamel Travel is there to deliver.”
Alshamel Travel’s new leisure brochure can be accessed through the company’s website alshamel.com/alshamel74. The company also operates a 24-hour service centre that can be contacted on +965 2439 6111. This is open seven days a week and is linked to all Alshamel Travel’s regional office systems, providing full out-of-hours assistance, information about holidays, bookings and other leisure enquiries.
Alshamel Travel Awarded
“Best Travel Management Company – Middle East” 2013
The prestigious Business Destinations Awards committee has announced that Alshamel Travel, the region’s fastest growing travel management company, has been awarded the category of “Best Travel Management Company – Middle East” in the 2013 Business Destinations Awards.
“I am very excited by the fact that Alshamel Travel has been awarded such a prestigious award. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, shareholders, partners, suppliers, and above all our people that made this possible”, commented Yousif Al-Essa, Chairman of Alshamel Travel. “This was the outcome of hard work, dedication and the business values embraced by Alshamel. The award is another testament of our leadership position in the region,” added Al-Essa.
About the Business Destinations Travel Awards:
The Business Destinations Travel Awards are designed to showcase those companies whose products and services represent the pinnacle of the business travel industry. Unique in travel accolade platforms, the Business Destinations Travel Awards are chosen not by a select, elite panel of judges but rather by a vast and diverse cross section of primary users and purchasers of corporate travel.
The makeup of voters includes corporate travel executives and company travel buyers from Fortune 500 companies, Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events (MICE) solution providers, members of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), as well as other influential members of the business travel community. Voting is solicited from the entirety of this audience through an international email campaign, garnering participation through the Business Destinations website with strict criteria enlisted to assess those who are nominated.
The following criteria were used to generate the nominees and more specific controls were applied to particular categories.
– Quality and range of services
– Online presence, website design, ease of use
– Customer service
– Business acumen