Travco provided strong presence at the  International Travel Fair 2006 CITM highlighting two destinations Egypt and Oman.

The company held two separate seminars for both countries. CITM was held in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China. In Shanghai, Travco managed to meet with most of China’s productive 300 travel agencies at its Gala dinner held at the Shanghai Eton Hotel aiming at increasing its tourism influx by a staggering 67% as of February 2007. Furthermore, in Guangzhou, Travco China Manager Iris Du held a work shop at the Cina Marriott Hotel, where the company established a new network with more tour operators promoting Egypt in general and Madinat Makadi, Red Sea and Travcotels, Egypt’s largest fleet of Nile Cruise ships, which were of particular interest for the Chinese tour operators.

Spirit of Adventure, a luxury Bahamas-registered cruise liner carrying 300 mainly British and American passengers and managed by SAGA shipping- an association with SAGA- one of Travco’s top partners in the United Kingdom, arrived at Port Rasheed in Dubai on 25th October 2006. Most passengers took the advantage of the two- day port call to disembark and explore the attractions around the city, where Travco Dubai handled all ground services. They were accommodated at the Arabian Court yard hotel Dubai. Travco Dubai’s Traffic Manager Mr. Ahmed Ashour and his team’s great efforts and efficient coordination rewarded a successful operation, letting clients to carry a lasting impression of Travco Dubai.

Spirit of Adventure is a small size ship, enabling tourists to cruise ports of call more than larger cruise ships as they can not visit some ports due to their size. It only caters for just 352 passengers. Spirit of Adventure features a briefing room, computer and internet facilities and a well-stocked library, as well as a small fitness center; in addition to, a spa, a pool, hair dressing salon and DVD Library along with other facilities such as fine dining restaurant and cocktail bars. The Middle East, especially Dubai, has become one of the top destinations on the world cruise tourism map. In 2005, Dubai handled cruise ships with nearly 13,000 passenger movements. Dubai expects to reach 20,000 cruise passengers by 2006 and 30,000 in 2007.