Kanoo Travel to Host Inaugural ‘The Power of Partnership’ Conference in Dubai

Oct. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Kanoo Travel, the middle east travel management partner of American Express Global Business Travel, will hold an inaugural Conference titled’ The Power of Partnership’  from October 24th – 25th, 2011 in Dubai. Travel agencies within the Kanoo and American Express partner network will attend to collaborate on ways to further deliver world-class business travel service in the region.

Mr. Nabeel Kanoo, Director, Kanoo Travel, will host the conference along with senior representatives from Kanoo Travel and American Express Business Travel, including Ms. Stephanie Chadwick, Vice President and General Manager, Travel Partner Network, American Express, Global Business Travel.

“Over the last year, Kanoo Travel and the American Express Travel Partner Network have been working on a range of initiatives designed to build on the foundation created with strategic partners in the region. The objective of this conference is to collaborate with our partners and prepare for future growth and accelerated business performance, ensuring that together we continue to offer a “best in class” travel experience to our clients,” says Mr. Nabeel Kanoo, Director, Kanoo Travel.

The Kanoo Travel - American Express Global Business Travel Middle East Travel Partner Network covers all of North Africa, the Levant, GCC including Iraq and the CIS countries. Representatives from Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, UAE, Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are expected to attend the event.

Kanoo Travel has been the pioneer of the Gulf's travel industry as it set up its first travel office in the region in 1935. The company has the unique distinction of serving customers throughout the Middle East through its own servicing network. With over 180 IATA locations in the region, Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialized services in the travel industry, placing special emphasis on servicing and managing relationships with its large customer base in the region for which it has won numerous service-quality Awards in both the leisure and business travel sectors. Over the last few years, Kanoo Travel has been able to offer clients the very best in corporate travel management solutions and international coverage because of its solid partnership with American Express Travel Services.

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:
•   Kanoo Corporate - Business Travel Services
•   Kanoo Retail- Travel Services for the individual travelers.
•   Kanoo Holidays - For all type Leisure Travel
•   Kanoo Marine - Marine and Offshore Travel Services.
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For further information, please visit www.kanootravel.com

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