Sunil Prabhakar - CEO, Sudeep Joseph - Head of Travel & Stanley Varghese - Key Account Manager attended the 5th Regional FCM Middle East and Africa's annual conference in Cairo. This was attended by senior travel trade professionals and business owners from over 15 countries in the region.

#GreenhouseProject & #Connect 2 Collaborate was about sharing, sharing ideas, sharing values, sharing innovations, challenges, achievements and sharing stories!

These sessions were delivered in a bespoke environment and were tailored to meet the specific objectives of our clients and suit the relevant market; Ms. Jo Lloyd from a strategic consulting service of Nina & Pinta gave an insight on Articulating the value of FCM to your customers.

A day visit to the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx was the highlight of the 3 days conference.

Vacations, our Outbound Tours Division, is set and raring to go with a host of new packages just for you! We've got group departures to Africa, Egypt, Greece and Turkey for upto 14 nights/15 days. If you're looking for a particularly fantastic group departure, we've got an educational trip to the Kennedy Space Center for 15 days. If you're looking for more travel options, we've got cruise vacations that you can avail by simply booking online with us and if you're looking for something for your kids, we've got trips to Disney Park and Disney Cruises too.

We also offer winter vacation packages to select destinations starting from as low as OMR 80 that include hotel accommodations, tours and transfers. Come and book with us now at +968 24661800 or email us at  vacations@travelcity-oman.com.  

Tour Oman, Travel Point LLC's Inbound Tours Division welcomes the Lalwani and Wadhwani wedding from between 6th and 8th November, 2016 at Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa. The families, based in Dubai, UAE, will see the arrival of over 200 guests for the joyous celebrations from Dubai, India and several other parts of the world. Tour Oman will handle all ground handling services and the hospitality desk while Mosaic Events will be handling the events for the wedding. We welcome the first wedding this season with fanfare and best wishes to the couple!   

Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC), welcomed the first direct British Airways and SriLankan Airlines flights to Muscat International Airport recently.

The addition of the two new direct flights to the sultanate is a significant step towards OAMC's strategic goal of placing Oman's airports amongst the top 20 airports in the world by 2020, stated a press release.

Travel City LLC has been authorized by the Ministry of Hajj, Saudi Arabia to process Umrah Visas and attestation of Visit visas for the year 1438.

 

New amendments have been introduced to visa fees in Saudi Arabia, the country's cabinet of ministers had announced. Most notably, the changes will see all visa fees completely waived off - and fully paid for by the Saudi government - for all first-time pilgrims coming for either Hajj or Umra.

 

The newly introduced fee structure includes a single-entry visa that will cost travelers 2,000 Saudi Riyals ($533), applicable to all visitors, except first time pilgrims.

 

A six month multiple-entry visa will now cost 3,000 Saudi Riyals (SR), a one year multiple-entry visa will cost SR5000, while a two year multiple-entry visa will cost SR8000. The Saudi Cabinet has also made it clear that these changes will not impact any bilateral deals already signed by Saudi Arabia and other countries.

The handling charges are  €27 (about  OMR 12) per application in addition to the visa fees. Optional Premium Services are also available at an extra cost for those who wish to avail them.

This new system will allow the Embassy of France in Oman, in collaboration with VFS Global, to continue to cater to the needs of the growing number of visa applicants. At the same time the new system also assures Omani nationals less than 48 hours to process their visa application.

Travel Point hosted its tri-monthly T3 Event named "Let's Get Cooking!" on September 22nd, 2016. Six teams comprising of 3 members each made mocktails and salads in a span of 30 minutes and competed over creativity, taste, neatness and presentation.

The team comprising of Sudeep, Benaifer and Susmith won the salad making competition and the team comprising of Aida, Sabra and Fatima won the mocktail-making competition. Winners won vouchers to Grand Hyatt and Al Bustan Hotel. The consolation prize went to the team of Anisha, Athira and Sumaiya.