Amal Suhail Bahwan managing director and board member Suhail Bahwan Group unveiled the new travel portal SkySouq.com's logo and made the first online booking in the presence of Daniel Naoumovitch chief executive officer of Sabre Travel Network Middle East senior government officials and members of the media.

The new online travel platform SkySouq.com offers potential travelers a wide range of travel products such as flights hotels holiday packages and other travel services with the flexibility to pick and choose their travel plans according to their preferences and budget from over a million inventories.

Amal said 'In today's technology-driven marketplace increasing number of people particularly the younger generation are shifting from the traditional brick-and-mortar travel agencies to online shopping as they can get plenty of travel options value-for-money packages and choose what they want when they want it with minimal manual interference. SkySouq.com serves exactly that purpose.'

She added 'SkySouq.com is mindful of the government's efforts to promote Oman as a loved tourism destination; with this intent we are aggressively promoting the 'Visit Oman' brand on our website which offers a range of local tour itineraries sightseeing and other activities.
'What makes SkySouq.com unique is that it is the first bi-lingual portal in Oman giving our valuable Omani travelers the choice to browse in Arabic or English and purchase their travel products round the clock.'

Gururaj general manager said 'SkySouq.com is a completely responsive portal and hence can be operated on any mobile device tab or desktop with the most user-friendly and easy-to-use interface. In addition a dedicated call centre will provide customer assistance in English and Arabic 24 hours seven days a week. The portal is integrated with encrypted online payment gateway and a fraud management system is in place the website is completely secure. Payments can be made either in Omani rials or US dollars.

Daniel Naoumovitch CEO Sabre Travel Network Middle East said 'Adoption of mobile and online travel is growing enormously in Oman and the Middle East where travelers want to search shop and book travel at anytime anywhere on the device they prefer.We are delighted to be part of the launch of SkySouq.com.'