Kanoo Travel opens office at Dubai Investment Park

Dubai, November 23rd, 2005: Kanoo Travel, the largest travel company in the Middle East, today announced the opening of their newest office at the Green Community Mall in Dubai Investment Park. The new office will cater to the travel requirements of residents and businesses in and around Dubai Investment Park.
“Kanoo Travel has been the pioneer of the Arabian Gulf’s travel industry as we set up the first travel office in this region in 1935. We have a unique distinction of serving our customers throughout the Middle East through our own servicing network. As part of our strategy to expand our network and to be closer to our customers, we decided to open the first travel management office in Dubai Investment Park, which will cater to the travel needs of residents and businesses in the area,� says
Mr. Mishal Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of The Kanoo Group.

“Kanoo Travel operates an extensive network of more than 170 travel offices throughout the region. By opening travel outlets in developments such as Dubai Investment Park, we want to offer our customers convenience and a high level of customer service whenever they have a travel requirement,� Mr. Kanoo adds.

Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialised 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. Kanoo Travel is the First and only Travel Management Company to win the Prestigous Dubai Quality Award in 2001 and the Sheikh Khalia Excellence Appreciation Award in 2004 and 2005. In order to provide service support to customers for any type of travel-related services, Kanoo Travel established a 24-hour Regional Call Centre. Kanoo Travel has a strong Global presence through its Network Partner - American Express Travel Services. The opening of the new office in Dubai Investment Park is an example of Kanoo’s committment towards its ever increasing base of customers.


About Kanoo Travel: (www.kanoo.com )
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 â€" For all type Leisure Travel
 Kanoo Marine - Marine and Offshore Travel Services.
 GSA's- General Sales Agents for international airlines.