Kanoo Thunders defends its Cricket success against Travel challengers
Dubai, UAE: Kanoo Thunders, Kanoo Travel’s Cricket team once again won the top award in the recent Atlantic Joint Venture Agents League 2015 which was held at the United Pro Sports, Dubai on 28th August 2015.
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| Kanoo Thunders at The Atlantic Joint Venture Agents League 2015 |
The cricket match, The Atlantic Joint Venture Agents League 2015 was sponsored by Munich Airport, in conjunction with Star Alliance Members: Air Canada, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, Swiss Airlines and United Airlines, and participated by industry partners in the UAE which includes the Kanoo Travel.
Just recently, Kanoo Thunders also raked the 1st prize award in the 2015 Sabre EmQuest Indoor Cricket Tournament which was held at Insportz Indoor Cricket facility in Dubai, beating Sharaf Travels in the finals.
One
of the game highlights involved the first match between Kanoo Thunders and its
old rivalry, Dnata Travel, with Kanoo Thunders’ stunning lead, scoring 86 runs
in 8 overs against its opponent, scoring only 26 runs on board.
After
series of play-offs, Kanoo Thunders overthrew its main contenders Dnata Travel,
Sharaf Travel and BCD Travel in the final round; taking home the main trophy
with pride and cheerfulness.
Captain
Kaish Mujawar & Vice-Captain Asim commended the players for their outstanding
performance and for defending their top title in the previous tournaments. Equally,
Team Mentor Mohammad Imran also congratulated the entire group for their
unity and collaboration and expressed his admiration to the athletes for their team spirit,
sportsmanship and courage in the games.
Naseer
Khan and Irfan Zaka
were also present at the event and showed their support to the
team.
About Kanoo Travel
The Kanoo family's involvement in air travel goes back to 1937 when the company provided refueling facilities in Bahrain for Imperial Airways seaplanes on route to India and Australia. In 1947 Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Gulf.
About Kanoo Travel
Today, Kanoo Travel is the largest travel company in the Middle East, with a team of travel specialists, operating a network of over 140 offices in the region, and through a global network of world class travel partners. Kanoo Travel provides the most comprehensive and specialized services in the travel industry with unmatched quality awards and achievements that guarantees the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
Customers can utilize Kanoo Travel’s direct booking facility which is accessible in all their retail travel shops, online channels and corporate customer portfolios.
For more information, visit: www.kanootravel.com
About The Kanoo Group
‘The Kanoo Group’ is one of the largest, independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region established in 1890. It has diversified business industries in shipping, travel, machinery, engineering, logistics, property, oil & gas, power, industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail and commercial activities, among others, and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar.
Our Vision
The Leading Family Business in the Region and Beyond
Our Mission
Delivering Sustainable Excellence
Our Values
Customer Focused, Ethical, Innovative, Agile, Competent & Intelligent, Collaborative, Accountable
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