Rahlat.com has launched its free travel metasearch engine that allows Arab travellers to find the best flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse.

The Arabic search engine enables users to compare prices from hundreds of travel and airline websites, and almost one million hotels located across the globe, said a statement.

Saving time and money is a mission that Rahlat.com is working on achieving in an attempt to enrich the Middle East and Gulf travellers with an exclusive search experience in their own local language, Arabic. The search engine combines technology, usability and a user-friendly interface to facilitate the search, making it a true breakthrough in serving Arab travellers everywhere.

Rahlat.com search engine website attracts more than 100,000 visitors from various countries in the Middle East and Gulf regions; such as Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait. The search engine enables Arab travellers as well as expats living in the Arab world to use the service in Arabic and English languages, and introduces all possible currencies for a smooth payment process.

Company CEO Elie Messo said: ''We saw that travellers in the Middle East still bought their tickets from small offline agencies around the corner. Prices they paid were mostly 50 per cent higher compared to what is paid online via travel search engines in Europe. We decided to solve this problem in the Middle East by launching Rahlat.com in Arabic with the vision of providing the same low prices as elsewhere in the world."

"Furthermore, airline companies and travel agencies want customers to believe they offer you the best prices. In most cases, that is difficult to achieve. To get the best deals, you need to compare all available prices in the market. Having to search many travel websites separately chasing the best prices is definitely time consuming. Rahlat.com does this work for their Arabic speaking customers just in seconds," Messo said. - TradeArabia News Service