Travelport hosts welcome bash in Bahrain

More than 250 travel agents attended Travelport’s official Bahrain launch in Manama.

More than 250 travel agents attended a special ceremony in Manama last month to mark the official launch of Travelport’s entry into Bahrain. The GDS provider has established new Galileo operations to provide support to the local travel trade, with a full-service team in place to meet the needs of Galileo travel agents and partners.

Overseeing the new operation is Travelport’s newly-appointed director for the Lower Gulf Region, Ghulam Saleh Al Balooshi, a Bahraini national and highly-experienced GDS veteran with more than 35 years experience within the travel industry.

Al Balooshi said at the launch: “As a result of this new distribution structure, we are well positioned to respond to the growing needs of the travel trade and nurture our long-term presence in Bahrain. We look forward to having a direct relationship with local travel agents and injecting innovation, competition and value to the local landscape.”