09 Sharaf Travel Services
Staff: 270 Offices: 12 Managing director: V Jayaram

Sharaf Travel employs 270 staff across four divisions of its travel consortium. Sharaf Travel is directly represented in the UAE, with eight offices in Dubai, two in Abu Dhabi, one in Sharjah as well as one in Oman; and it also has associate offices in Bahrain and Qatar. The company also recently opened a new office in Mumbai, India.

This year saw Sharaf Travel successfully obtain ISO 9001-2008 certification awarded by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the world’s leading body offering management systems certification. Sharaf Travel achieved the certificate following an extensive audit of its processes conforming to stringent quality management system parameters.

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Sharaf has also initiated a company-wide ‘Achieving Excellence’ programme, adopting a policy of quality management in all areas of the business.

Expansion has been on the cards this year too with new travel kiosks at Times Square Mall, Dubai; and Musaffah, Abu Dhabi; and further expansion across the UAE is planned for 2012.

Sharaf Travel is also standing above the crowd with its CSR initiatives which involve enabling customers to keep track of and manage their carbon footprint whilst they travel.

Sharaf Travel is led by managing director V.Jayaram who has an extensive 30 years experience in the travel industry and whose goal is for Sharaf Travel to become “one of the top Travel Management companies in the Middle East by 2015.”