dnata travel managers’ promotion sends lucky ten to brussels

Published February 17th, 2007 - 08:38 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Ten lucky winners of Dnata Corporate Travel Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) Travel Managers’ promotion are packing their holiday bags after winning all-expenses-paid trips to Brussels.

The lucky ten were drawn from 400 entries submitted by leading corporate companies who ticketed and made hotel bookings during the two-month promotion conducted by Dnata Corporate Travel HRG-U.A.E., in partnership with Lufthansa German Airlines, Swiss International Airlines and Marriott International.

These lucky winners will be flown to Brussels in late February on Swiss International Airlines, spend three nights and four days at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, and return to Dubai on Lufthansa German Airlines.

Abdulla Tawakul, Vice President Dnata Government and Corporate Travel, said: “This was an extremely successful promotion which generated a great deal of enthusiasm from corporate travel bookers, and has helped strengthened Dnata’s partnerships with leading corporate companies, as well as travel and trade partners who benefited from the promotion.”

Travel managers who had participated in the promotion were invited to a celebration lunch at The Courtyard by Marriott, Green Community, where the draw was conducted by senior representatives of Dnata and its promotion partners: Fahim Jalali, Regional Sales & Support Manager Dnata HRG-MEWA; Uwe Wriedt, Lufthansa's General Manager Passenger Sales UAE & Director Gulf & Pakistan; Hazel Saldanha, Swiss International Airline's Manager Marketing Communications & Customer Relations; and Deborah Braggs D’souza, Field Marketing & PR Manager - Marriott International Sales.

Dnata Corporate Travel, the leading provider of retail and corporate travel services in the U.A.E., represents HRG’s corporate travel management division in the U.A.E. and MEWA (Middle East and West Asia) region. It has access to a comprehensive range of HRG products and services including worldwide 24-hour travel reservations service; a global hotel programme; technology solutions; value-added products such as traveller assist; and on-site consulting for events and meetings management, corporate and sports travel management, expense management and leisure services.