Online travel service ‘Musafir
Plus’ introduced for companies

DUBAI - UAE’s travel website Musafir.com has introduced Musafir Plus, an online travel service for companies, aimed at making corporate travel easy and convenient.

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By (Staff Report)

Published: Tue 11 May 2010, 11:14 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 5:06 PM

Musafir Plus offers clients a Musafir QuickSearch desktop widget which can be used to search for trips from the comfort of a desktop at the click of a mouse.

Musafir Plus is presently active for companies and will soon be available to travel agents. Musafir (pronounced moo-saa-fir) means ‘traveller’ in several regional languages, including Arabic, Farsi, Hindi and Urdu.

Albert Dias, Technology Director, Musafir.com said, “Booking a trip through a typical travel agent can take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few days, during which time customers often lose deals as they sort out paperwork, choices and approvals.”

The service is designed to intelligently track and maintain records of a company’s negotiated rates and highlight them enabling travel managers to make quicker and better choices, in addition to savings on the travel budgets. Additionally, it allows companies to review travel plans online at any time making it highly convenient to adjust last minute changes or plan new travel.

Dias said, “Musafir Plus allows different departments in a company to collaborate online when it comes to travel, saving paper, middlemen and most importantly, time. In fact, booking a conventional trip takes less than two minutes using Musafir Plus, while still meeting company policies.”

Musafir Plus allows companies to empower different departments and individual staff members to plan their own travel from the first step, avoiding disappointments, lengthy phone conversations and email exchanges about the trips they would have preferred.

abdulbasit@khaleejtimes.com

(Staff Report)

Published: Tue 11 May 2010, 11:14 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 5:06 PM

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