MARRIOTT BUZZ NO. 14 - 2018

14 الآن بالعربية. صار بإمكانك الآن الحجز في فنادقنا بلغتك المفضلة. حان الوقت لتكتشف وجهتك التالية مع موقع ماريوت الجديد بالعربية. للتعرف على المزيد. arabic.marriott.com تفضّل بزيارة MRT092MarriottArabicWebsite Launch_A1Poster_FA.indd 1 5/8/18 5:49PM I n a concerted bid to improve the user experience and facilitation of online booking for prospective travellers in the Middle East region, Marriott International announced in early June the revamp and re-launch of its Arabic website. Arabic- speaking customers constitute a huge portion of nearly 400 million people spread across 22 nations, and Marriott International is now pleased to announce the provision of a seamless end-to-end booking experience for those who want to complete the process in Arabic. Marriott International is currently in the midst of an ambitious growth project planned for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in which it is aiming to enhance its current portfolio by 50%. Doing so will effectively add approximately 30,000 new jobs, and with MEA being one of the key geographical focus regions currently, the re-launching of our Arabic website was but another crucial step in the direction of achieving our ambitious growth benchmarks for the Arabic-speaking world. To highlight the promise of this initiative, Marriott International hosted a Majlis panel this previous Ramadan that was headlined by; Aida Al Busaidy, Director for C2C Marketing & Campaigns at DTCM, Talal Al Rashed, Co-founder of Contourage and Hospitality Consultant, and Vladimir Dabbah, Vice President of Global Sales (MEA) at Marriott International. This esteemed panel was convened to discuss the specifics and significance of catering to the Arab traveller, for whom maintaining cultural integrity is an important source of pride. Understandably therefore, the availability of an exclusively Arabic online platform was one of several essential components Marriott International has sought to implement. Re-launch of Arabic website initiates seamless end-to-end experience for Middle Eastern guests MA R R I O T T I N T E R N AT I ON A L