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Gulf Air is
hosting the Worldwide Airlines Customer Relations Association (WACRA) Conference,
this week, in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
WACRA is an international body of airline customer relations’ professionals from the worldwide airline industry. The annual conference of
the body is hosted by one of its member airlines in their respective countries.
“As Bahrain’s flag carrier, we are proud to be given the opportunity to host this global conference in the Kingdom, which is the leading
financial centre in the Middle East," said Gulf Air Board Chairman Mahmood Al
Kooheji.
Gulf Air won the pitch last year to host the global conference in Bahrain amid competition from 50 other airlines. The airline, which is the only
carrier from the region on the Board of Directors of WACRA, hosted the conference in 1998.
The conference will take place from the 22nd to 24th October 2007 at the Gulf Convention Centre.
Representatives from more than 60 global and regional airlines are expected to attend the conference, where industry experts drawn from
governments, international and industry associations, legal firms specialising in air transport issues, regulatory agencies, as well as
consumer rights and issues, will address conference sessions and conduct workshops.
WACRA is a 60-year-old worldwide organisation of air transport professionals dedicated to providing value to respective companies,
partnering with each other to share best practices and discuss industry trends, and offering our customers the very best in service recovery.
It also co-operates with the Air Transport Association (ATA) and the International Air Transport Association
(IATA).
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