Kanoo Travel Partners with Yatra Online to Revolutionize Corporate Travel Across the Middle East.
Manama, Bahrain(News Desk)::: Kanoo Travel, one of the Middle East and North Africa’s leading travel management companies and a division of the Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, has announced a strategic partnership with India’s leading corporate travel and expense management company, Yatra Online Limited, to transform enterprise travel services across the Middle East.
The collaboration combines Kanoo Travel’s extensive regional presence with Yatra’s advanced enterprise travel and expense management platform, marking Yatra’s first major international expansion and strengthening Kanoo Travel’s digital transformation strategy.
Under the agreement, Kanoo Travel will implement Yatra’s integrated technology platform, enabling corporate customers to manage travel bookings, policy compliance, expense reporting, automation, and business analytics through a single digital solution. The initiative is expected to improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and provide greater visibility into corporate travel spending.
As part of the partnership, Yatra will also establish a dedicated Kanoo Travel Global Operations Centre to provide 24/7 multilingual operational support. The centre will work alongside Kanoo Travel’s customer-facing teams across the Middle East to deliver seamless travel management services for businesses of all sizes.
Yatra’s enterprise platform has been developed over more than a decade and currently supports the travel and expense management requirements of over 1,300 large and mid-sized enterprises across India. The partnership will bring these proven capabilities to businesses throughout the Middle East while laying the foundation for Yatra’s continued international expansion.
Commenting on the partnership, Mohamed Abdulelah Al Kooheji, Group Chief Executive Officer of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, said businesses are increasingly seeking intelligent technology solutions that simplify travel management, improve policy compliance, and provide better control over travel expenditure without compromising the personalized service expected from Kanoo Travel.
He said the partnership with Yatra enables Kanoo Travel to deliver a comprehensive digital solution that strengthens its corporate travel offering and supports the evolving needs of enterprises across the region.
Siddhartha Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of Yatra Online Limited, described the agreement as a landmark step in the company’s global growth strategy. He said Yatra has built one of India’s leading enterprise travel and expense management platforms by addressing the complex requirements of large organizations, and the collaboration with Kanoo Travel presents an opportunity to redefine enterprise travel across the Middle East.
He added that the partnership demonstrates how world-class enterprise technology developed in India can successfully serve international markets while creating new opportunities for future global expansion.
The strategic alliance is expected to accelerate the digital transformation of the corporate travel sector in the Middle East by combining Kanoo Travel’s market leadership and customer relationships with Yatra’s innovative technology, creating a smarter, more efficient, and scalable travel management ecosystem for enterprises across the region.
