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Akbar Travels opens branch in Kuwait - Kuwait Times
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Akbar Travels opens branch in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Akbar Travels, the leading travel services company in India, is further widening its footprints by opening its branch in Kuwait today. The new branch located at Al-Qatami/Maryam complex, Grand Hypermarket, Fahaheel, will offer “every aspect of travel and tourism industry services to its customers with a special focus on holiday travel and leisure market”. Announcing the company’s entry into Kuwait at a press conference on Monday evening, Akbar Travels of India General Manager R Kannan said, “We are here not to compete, but to co-exist and cooperate with the local travel industry fraternity.” The company began its journey of expansion in the GCC with opening of its branch in the UAE. “Today, we have 14 branches outside India, including outlets in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and the USA and now in Kuwait. Soon we will open our branch in the UK,” he said. Akbar Travels is the only agency with 59 IATA branches and 30 non-IATA outlets in India with turnover worth billions of dollar every year. It has approximately 5,000 well-trained employees. As per IATA data, Akbar is the highest ticket issuing agency in South Asian subcontinent.