Travel Corporation India (TCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of leading holiday company Thomas Cook India, has successfully completed two years in the UAE market in partnership with its franchisee TravTips.

With a strategic focus on the key source markets of Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, in addition to the GCC regions of Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, Thomas Cook India along with its UAE franchisee partner TravTips has been successful in its strong foray via its innovative consumer centric product portfolio. The offerings range from short breaks, escorted tours, and personalised holidays to bespoke luxury programmes for individuals as well as groups.

The company’s exclusive Arabic departures (Imam Tours) have been highly appreciated with special Eid holiday departures, on-tour halal food, centrally located hotels, sufficient prayer timings, pre-departure meetings, relaxed itineraries and the reassurance and expertise of experienced and Arabic speaking Thomas Cook Tour Managers. Thomas Cook’s tours to Asia, Australia, US, Europe and Africa have also seen high demand from GCC travellers.

The company has also targeted new emerging segments via innovative products such as its School Tours, Regional Tours (for the ethnic Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil diaspora), cruise vacations and its recent launch of “Go–Beyond holidays” for discerning individual travellers

Jatinder Paul Singh, senior vice president and head- leisure travel (outbound) Thomas Cook (India) said: “Dubai and the GCC is a high potential source market for us at Thomas Cook India; with its diversity of segments extending to families, professionals, the business community, Gen-Y and NRIs. We have witnessed an impressive growth of over 35 per cent (Y-o-Y) with strong demand for our tours- both groups and personalised holidays. For the rapidly evolving GCC consumer, Thomas Cook India has successfully established services to new destinations such as Nice (France), South America, Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Taiwan & Korea for both short and long haul vacations.”

Suraj Maniat, managing director, TravTips Travel & Tourism, said: I am delighted with our partnership with the highly reputed travel pioneer- Thomas Cook. Our two year stint as Thomas Cook’s franchise in UAE has seen unprecedented successes across a range of traveler segments, from the local market as well as the Indian diaspora. We are very confident of the upcoming travel season and our forward bookings are looking very strong.”

TravTips is the first franchisee partner in UAE for TCI. Through TravTips, travellers can choose from a wide range of travel products such as Group tours, personalized holidays, Luxury Holidays, Sports, Cruises and Mice. – TradeArabia News Service