"Omrati" discusses the new commercial contracting system, including service prices and their implementation
Basel El-Sisi, head of the Religious Tourism Committee at the Chamber of Tourism Companies, revealed to Travel Yalla that there is a proposal to prepare contract annexes supplementing the official contract, for which a circular is issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so that the official contract governs dealings between the Egyptian and Saudi agents, while the supplementary annexes cover the commercial and operational aspects, serving as the basis for internal agreements between companies and agents.
El-Sisi stressed the need for companies to pay attention to contracts that specify everything executive and operational, including services and prices, whereas the decree sets out a framework for the relationship rather than details. He noted that the project was first considered two years ago, but this year the aim is to draft it in a unified form and discuss it at the first Egyptian-Saudi forum, "Omrati", currently being held in Sharm El-Sheikh from October 18 to 21, to which all 48 Saudi agents have been invited.
He explained that the aim is to find solutions in the new contracts to address decisions that affect companies' business while preserving the rights of Umrah clients, as happened at the end of the last Umrah season with the Saudi Ministry of Hajj's sudden decision to suspend a number of Saudi agents, which caused great harm to Egyptian tourism companies. Many challenges are set to be addressed during the conference, before the start of the current season.
