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Veitch ..... thrilled to partner with Almosafer.com

Wego enters into partnership with Saudi OTA Almosafer

, April 8, 2015

Wego, a leading travel search engine across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East, has announced its partnership with Almosafer, a fast growing online travel agency (OTA) based in Saudi Arabia.

Almosafer is the first local OTA partner for Wego, said a statement.

Ross Veitch, chief executive officer and co-founder of Wego, shared the news while at the Middle East’s leading online travel conference ‘Web In Travel’, which started today and will conclude on April 9, in Dubai, UAE, it added.
 
“Online travel planning and booking has been enthusiastically adopted by travellers from Saudi Arabia in recent years and is now one of Wego’s fastest growing markets,” he said.

“We are thrilled to have Almosafer.com, our first Saudi-based OTA partner, going live with Wego today and to be able to offer our users Almosafer’s great range of hotel deals, popular local payment options such as Sadad and “Pay Later” and first class customer service for Saudis by Saudis,” he added.

Farooq Aljeraisy, CEO and founder of Almosafer, said: “We are very excited to participate in Wego’s metasearch and expect to reach new segments of the Saudi Arabian market who are looking for the best prices and best value.”

“Today we are launching with Wego in Saudi Arabia but very soon we expect to expand the partnership into new markets as part of Almosafer’s aggressive expansion plans for 2015/16,” he said.

Wego first entered the Saudi Arabian market with a fully localised metasearch product in 2012 and is now used by over 3 million Saudi travellers each month. The Wego Flights and Hotels mobile apps are consistently ranked first on the Travel app on both iOS and Android platforms in Saudi Arabia.

Other Saudi based partners for Wego include Saudia, the national carrier, Flynas the leading low cost carrier and Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities for whom Wego powers the official tourism website.

The Mena online travel market overall was estimated by Wego to be worth about $29B in 2014 and that Saudi Arabia was the largest individual country based on point of sale. Saudi Arabia has a mobile penetration rate of well over 100 per cent and e-commerce growth in general and online travel specifically is being driven by smartphone users, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service




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