Airline offers discounts on accommodation, services - Bahrain

Air Arabia yesterday announced a tie-up with discount accommodation broker OctopusTravel.com.

The airline Website, airarabia.com, signed the deal with the broker Website, benefitting thousands of passengers this summer, the airline's Bahrain and Eastern Province general manager, Mohammed Jaffer Mahmood, said.
"Hotels are available immediately offering Air Arabia customers the opportunity to book discount accommodation and services including, villas, apartments, sightseeing and private transfers."

He said OctopusTravel provides links to a co-branded Website with special rates and promotions for the carrier which offers a portfolio of over 20,000 hotels discounted by up to 70 per cent off rack rates in more than 3,300 cities in 112 countries, from budget to five-star deluxe with a detailed, independent report on every one."

Mahmood said travellers can also choose from 3,000 apartments and villas with real-time availability, instant confirmation and a printable voucher and location map.

The site also features a facility to search and book all kinds of hotel rooms and multiple bookings in one transaction. "Private transfers and tailor-made private sightseeing bookings are available in more than 2,000 sightseeing tours and excursions."

He said Air Arabia now offers a complete holiday product for the benefit of leisure and business travellers in the region.

"We decided to partner with Octopus Travel because of its industry-leading technical platform which can present information in over 20 languages including Arabic, its vast selection of accommodation, its competitive prices and its strong focus on customer service," he said.

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