Travelstart, Egypt’s leading online travel agency, announced the launch of its Arabic language travel services portal, taking its online travel services to a broader segment of the Egyptian market. The agency was awarded the 'Best Online Travel Agency' for the second consecutive year by Amadeus Egypt this year for its English language online services.
'Our vision has always been to introduce online services in Arabic, making it easier for Egyptians to book and purchase travel services in their native language, and we’re very pleased to now bring this service to market,' says Ahmed Saadeddine, country manager of Travelstart Egypt. 'Travelstart’s focus on tech-savvy, adventurous customers that demand sophisticated online tools has proved very successful for us with almost 300 per cent increase in sales over the past year. We hope that the introduction of our Arabic services will boost sales further.'With nearly 45 million internet users in Egypt and a fast-growing travel services market, Travelstart’s bilungual website is ideally positioned to capitalise on future growth. According to leading online payment service provider PayFort, Egypt’s online ticket purchases in Egypt are expected to grow from $1.9 billion in 2014 to $2.8 billion by 2020. Travelstart Egypt’s Arabic language travel booking website follows the launch of neXt.