Hotel marketing through SAFA business platform
Safa Provides the first specialized platform of trading business for Hajj and Umrah among tourism companies around the world, hotels and service providers within the Saudi Arabia Kingdom The platform provides Hotel marketing service to all hotels within Saudi Arabia Kingdom to offer their services and special offers to more than 2300 tourism companies around the world from Safa customers To...
Safa Booking platform for marketing of Hajj and Umrah programs
SAFA Set a class in the hands of its clients the first platform to book Umrah trips directly related to the Umrah visa regulations and verify the status and date of issuance It also offers them the widest choice of programs compatible with all periods and budgets required to book flights directly with certified and approved companies to The Ministry of Hajj in Saudi Arabia and the concerned...
Safa launches the first social networking site dedicated to tourism companies around the world
For the first time, Safa Information Technology Company provides the first social networking site dedicated to tourism companies around the world. This service enables tourism companies in different countries to communicate and exchange services, thus contributing to increasing trade, cultural and social exchange among all companies around the world. Platform features: – Direct...
Indonesia Scouts for Investment Targets for $8 Billion Hajj Fund
Indonesia is seeking new avenues to deploy a part of its $8 billion Hajj funds. But there’s a catch — potential suitors need to be Shariah compliant. The government agency managing the Hajj fund in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country has accumulated 111 trillion rupiah ($7.9 billion) as the waiting list to make the holy pilgrimage for applicants stretches to 15 years, according...
Oyo signs tech deal with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
Indian hotel chain Oyo Hotels has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, where the operator will provide access to its technology that will allow the ministry to deliver a better hospitality experience to pilgrims. The MoU was signed in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten, honorable minister of Hajj and Umrah, and Ritesh Agarwal, founder...
Initiatives to promote social responsibility among Haj, Umrah pilgrims launched in Jeddah
JEDDAH: Jeddah College of Technology has launched four initiatives as part of the Makkah Cultural Forum titled “How to set an example,” intended to help pilgrims performing Hajj and Umrah. “These initiatives include a number of goals that serve the Hajj and Umrah sector and contribute to the improvement of the services provided to pilgrims,” Abdulrahman bin Saeed Al-Sarei, dean of the...
2,300 Indian women to do Hajj without male companion
ANKARA Under a new policy, last year 1,300 Indian Muslim women went on pilgrimages to Mecca without a male companion, and in 2019, some 2,300 are expected to do the same, India’s right-wing government said Wednesday. Last year was the first time since 1947 that any regime in India had allowed Muslim women to go on pilgrimages (Hajj) without a male companion. Of India’s population of around...
Saudi authorities agree to increase number of Libyan pilgrims for 2019
The General Authority for Endowments and Islamic Affairs said that the Saudi authorities have agreed to increase the number of Libyan pilgrims this year by about one thousand pilgrims, to the year before. “The increase was based on the recent population statistics provided by the delegation of the Libyan Mission of Pilgrimage Affairs to the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi...
Saudi Arabia bets big on high-speed train service between Mecca-Medina
The newly built railway station, an hour’s drive out of Saudi Arabia’s commercial hub of Jeddah, can rival any world-class airport in terms of modernity and architecture. The station is a link in the Haramain High Speed Railway connecting Mecca and Medina, the two most important holy places for Muslims. The high-speed train service connecting Mecca and Medina, with a stop in...
