Etihad launches EYHolidaysConnect

Etihad Airways has unveiled its new travel agent booking system called EYHolidaysConnect at an event in Saudi Arabia.
More than 60 local travel trade executives and holiday managers, whose roles are to provide Etihad Airways’ guests with complete holiday packages, attended the event.
The Saudi launch is part of an overall roll out of the new EYHolidaysConnect system across the entire Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
Working as a one-stop shop, the EYHolidaysConnect system allows travel agents to offer guests complete tailored packages, including flights, accommodation in more than 30,000 hotels across the globe, and a range of other services such as tours, excursions, transfers and cruises.
Fareed Alalawi, Etihad Airways’ regional general manager in Saudi Arabia, said: “The launch of the new EYHolidaysConnect is a big step forward for the airline here in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC. It makes the job of the travel agent easier in that they are better able to match the holidaymaker to their ideal holiday package.
He added: “Etihad Holidays offers an incredibly diverse range of packages, including honeymoons, family summer getaways, holidays for adventurers and extreme sports lovers, Formula 1 packages, fun-filled excursions to Disneyland Paris, and other specially tailored packages on demand.”
The system also offers “The Luxury Collection,” which features exclusive five-star hotels located across five continents, along with complimentary chauffeur-driven services for the most discerning traveler.
Alalawi added: “It was good to see the Saudi travel industry so well represented at the launch and we are delighted with the enthusiastic response we received from those in attendance.”
“In working with travel agents, our goal is to give our guests the holiday they desire, and to make it as easy as possible for travel agents to make this happen,” said Alalawi.