JEDDAH: Saudi travel and tourism company Seera Group has signed a distribution agreement with the Hilton chain, gaining access to the franchise’s extensive portfolio of 6,300 hotels across 118 countries.
For Seera Group, this entails promoting the Hilton chain to visitors coming from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Egypt.
In return, businesses under Seera Group will get direct accessible to Hilton customers. That includes travel brand Al-Mosafer in the Kingdom, destination management firm Discover Saudi and UAE-based travel agency Tajawal.
Seera Group’s partners, including its subsidiary Hajj and Umrah business Mawasim, will be able to cut impressive deals with room rate and availability with Hilton.
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Minotâs Clarion Hotel is among several facilities in the city that have experienced a significant drop in business due to the coronavirus pandemic. Financial recovery for many businesses could take several years.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic couldn’t be more evident than it is for Minot’s hotels. Business has plummeted. People haven’t been traveling. The Canadian border has been closed for months. Social distancing has put an end to hosting events like banquets, wedding receptions and Christmas parties.
While hotels are certainly not the only businesses impacted by COVID-19, their empty parking lots and lobbies are vivid reminders of the ongoing economic effects of the pandemic.
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No weddings, no Christmas parties, no New Year’s Eve bashes and no revenue.
Alberta’s tourism sector is facing the second lockdown of the year. For hotels, food caterers and other businesses in the hard-hit industry, it couldn’t come at a more debilitating time.
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“Everything is wiped out,” Mark Wilson, vice-president and a partner with the Hotel Arts Group and a board member of the Calgary Hotel Association, said of the loss of such events.
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