Dubai: Emirates on Tuesday renewed marketing agreements with Mauritius and Seychelles by extending the memorandums of understanding it has with the tourism board of each country.
In a statement, the Dubai-based carrier said various joint activities will be developed under the agreements, such as the attendance of tourism trade shows and fairs, trade familiarisation trips, product presentations and workshops.
“Our relationships with Mauritius and Seychelles is very important to us. Our joint activities have been fruitful, and this can be demonstrated by the fact that we operate a double-daily service to both destinations — the Mauritius route being served by an Emirates A380,” said Orhan Abbass, Emirates’ senior vice-president of commercial operations for Africa.
The memoranda were signed on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the hospitality and aviation event currently taking place in Dubai.
Emirates started operations to Mauritius in September 2002 with three weekly flights, which were then upgraded to a daily A380 service in December 2013, and a double-daily service in October 2014.
In June 2015, Emirates increased its capacity to the Seychelles when it switched from the Airbus 330-200 to a larger Boeing 777-300ER.
