Operating Businesses
Overview
Launched in the late 1930s, Kanoo Travel emerged alongside the burgeoning aviation industry in Bahrain. As the pioneering IATA member agency in the GCC, the company has evolved into the largest travel corporation in the Middle East, offering unparalleled, comprehensive solutions in the industry.
With a widespread presence across the region, Kanoo Travel now boasts a team of over 1,445 travel specialists, operating from 146 IATA locations. The company has forged exceptional partnerships in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, and France. Notably, Kanoo Travel achieved a milestone in 1997 by becoming the first travel company in the Middle East region to receive ISO certification.
Specialising in corporate travel, Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE), leisure and holiday travel, airline representation, and marine travel, Kanoo Travel consistently garners acclaim for its premium solutions and commitment to service excellence, earning numerous regional industry awards.
2.5
Seats Booked in 2018/19
190
Countries Traveled To in 2018/19
5000
Vacations
15
Air Miles Gained
500,000
Hotel Stays Booked in 2018/19
350
Contracts
Services
Corporate Travel
Kanoo Travel manages and develops innovative solutions to deliver superior corporate travel management services, ensuring that companies get maximum value for their budgets. Kanoo Travel supports multinational corporations wishing to optimise their travel needs on a regional/global scale.
Leisure Travel
Kanoo Travel offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all types of holidays, from family fun and relaxation to honeymoon and adventure packages. Kanoo Travel’s customers have access to an exciting choice of holiday packages and destinations with the best value for travel, accommodation and other related services.
Airline GSA
Kanoo Travel acts as General Sales Agents (GSA) for many leading airlines across key markets, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt, providing a range of services to support the distribution, sales and marketing activities of over 30 principal international carriers.
Kanoo Travel acts as General Sales Agents (GSA) for many leading airlines across key markets, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt, providing a range of services to support the distribution, sales and marketing activities of over 30 principal international carriers.
Kanoo Travel’s Airline Affairs division is specifically tailored to complement individual airline requirements, and is supported by a multilingual team of highly trained and experienced staff. It provides airline principals the ‘legal entity’ to establish a commercial presence and the right to trade. This includes market distribution, financial set-up, licensing, hassle-free sponsorship, search and assistance with office or retail space, and full employee resourcing services such as recruitment, payroll and accommodations.
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events (MICE)
Kanoo Travel’s MICE divisions are located in KSA, UAE and Bahrain, where teams of specialised staff assist with customers’ MICE requirements internationally. Our team comprises dedicated, well-travelled and experienced managers; a product and research team that keeps abreast of new trends, venues and destinations; fares specialists and a creative and design team that manage all customised documentation.
Marine Travel Services
YBA Kanoo Group’s shipping and port agency background gives Kanoo Marine Travel (a specialised business division of Kanoo Travel) a first-hand understanding of the requirements of travel in today’s busy and demanding marine industry.
YBA Kanoo Group’s shipping and port agency background gives Kanoo Marine Travel (a specialised business division of Kanoo Travel) a first-hand understanding of the requirements of travel in today’s busy and demanding marine industry. With associate global partners and superior technology tools, the company is able to meet the global needs of its shipping clients, providing one-way refundable and changeable airfares to move ship crews, marine contractors and offshore oil rig workers to and from their homes and their vessels, anywhere across the globe.
Services
Corporate Travel
Kanoo Travel manages and develops innovative solutions to deliver superior corporate travel management services, ensuring that companies get maximum value for their budgets. Kanoo Travel supports multinational corporations wishing to optimise their travel needs on a regional/global scale.
Leisure Travel
Kanoo Travel also offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all types of holidays, from family fun and relaxation to honeymoon and adventure packages. Kanoo Travel’s customers have access to an exciting choice of holiday packages and destinations with the best value for travel, accommodation and other related services.
Airline GSA
Kanoo Travel acts as General Sales Agents (GSA) for many leading airlines across key markets, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt, providing a range of services to support the distribution, sales and marketing activities of over 30 principal international carriers.
Our Airline Affairs division is specifically tailored to complement individual airline requirements, and is supported by a multilingual team of highly trained and experienced staff. It provides airline principals the ‘legal entity’ to establish a commercial presence and the right to trade. This includes market distribution, financial set-up, licensing, hassle-free sponsorship, search and assistance with office or retail space, and full employee resourcing services such as recruitment, payroll and accommodations.
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events (MICE)
Kanoo Travel’s MICE divisions are located in KSA, UAE and Bahrain, where teams of specialised staff assist with customers’ MICE requirements internationally. Our team comprises dedicated, well-travelled and experienced managers; a product and research team that keeps abreast of new trends, venues and destinations; fares specialists and a creative and design team that manage all customised documentation.
Marine Travel Services
YBA Kanoo Group’s shipping and port agency background gives Kanoo Marine Travel (a specialised business division of Kanoo Travel) a first-hand understanding of the requirements of travel in today’s busy and demanding marine industry. With associate global partners and superior technology tools, the company is able to meet the global needs of its shipping clients, providing one-way refundable and changeable airfares to move ship crews, marine contractors and offshore oil rig workers to and from their homes and their vessels, anywhere across the globe.
