Skysouq.com Partners with Tune Protect to Offer Travel Insurance

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman - 10 July 2016.

Skysouq.com, Oman's new online travel portal offering flights, hotels, car hire and travel packages, has partnered with Tune Protect, a regional online facilitator of travel insurance, to offer smart travel insurance plans to travellers either visiting Oman or travelling from Oman to anywhere in the world either for leisure, business or adventure travel. Skysouq.com, a Suhail Bahwan Group enterprise, was launched recently and has been witnessing encouraging number of customers buying flights, hotels and travel packages online.

"With the launch of Skysouq.com, Oman has reached out to a vast majority of online shoppers and who are looking for a variety of travel options and value-for-money products. Skysouq.com believes that booking a trip should be as easy as the trip itself and offer a worry-free travel experience. With Tune Protect travel insurance, we have come another step closer by providing an excellent value added service," said Gururaj S A, General Manager of SkySouq.com

Tune Protect offers comprehensive travel-related insurance benefits such as personal accident, 24-hour emergency assistance, medical support, travel inconvenience, baggage delay or loss through a network of Insurance partners.

"We are extremely excited about the partnership with SkySouq.com by offering our travel insurance products so that customers can travel with peace of mind. Tune Protect has similar online projects with other travel management companies based in Qatar, UAE, Jordan and Kuwait. Tune Protect has a geographically diverse presence within the region and maintains business relations with insurance companies in over 50 countries. It facilitates airline travel insurance for the travellers of Air Arabia, AirAsia and Cebu Pacific Air," said Arijit Munshi, General Manager of Tune Protect.

Tune Protect and its affiliate insurance partners are 100% focused on developing and providing travel insurance through various B2B partnerships particularly through online or hybrid travel agency community in the region. In 2015, Tune Protect issued more than 8 million travel insurance policies globally, online.

About Skysouq.com

Skysouq.com, a Suhail Bahwan Group enterprise, is the first Oman based online travel platform that offers potential travelers a wide range of travel products such as flights, hotels, holiday packages and other travel services with the flexibility to pick and choose their travel plans according to their preferences and budget from over a million inventories. Skysouq.com is a completely responsive portal and hence can be operated on any mobile device, tab or desktop with the most user-friendly and easy-to-use interface. For more information on Skysouq.com and its services, please visit the official website at http://www.skysouq.com/

About Tune Protect

Established in 2014, Tune Protect Commercial Brokerage LLC (Tune Protect) is part of Tune Protect Group Berhad headquartered in Malaysia. Tune Protect is a facilitator of online Insurance via its strategic partnership with Tune GenRe Ltd and its affiliated Insurance Partners. Tune Protect provides insurance through its Insurance Partners digitally to airline, hospitality, Telecom, Banks and travel management companies.

For more information on Tune Protect and its services, please visit the official website at tuneprotect.com/emeia or media.me@tuneprotect.com