As head of Elaf Group, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading travel and tourism companies, Bin Mahfouz deserves a place on our Power 50 for the vital contribution made by Elaf Group to the development of the Kingdom’s tourism industry. Over the past 25 years, Elaf Group has mushroomed to become a leading player in the industry, with offices in Jeddah, Makkah and Madina and international branches in Cairo, Casablanca, Jakarta and London.
Elaf Group now offers comprehensive tourism, travel, hospitality, transportation and pilgrimage services and has also branched out into the hotel sector with four Elaf Hotels currently under construction to be ready by 2012. Bin Mahfouz has been actively developing religious tourism fromkey markets, recently meeting with high-level delegations from Turkey and Bahrain to showcase the company’s Hajj and Umrah travel services, as well as highlighting Saudi’s rich cultural heritage as a way to develop tourism to Saudi.
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