Times of Oman

Zubair SEC member launches new adventure tourism season

Rove Adventures was founded by Hassan Ali Al Lawati, the winner of Zubair SEC’s Direct Support Programme for the year 2018 and his two partners, Hamed Al Saadi and Moutassim Al Balushi

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MUSCAT: Zubair Small Enterprise­s Centre (Zubair SEC) member Rove Adventures launched the new adventure tourism season at an event held in Bait Al Zubair under the patronage of Maitha Saif Majid Al Mahrouqi, Undersecre­tary for the Ministry of Tourism.

The event was attended by Hani Muhammad Al Zubair, Board Member of The Zubair Corporatio­n and Chairman of the Zubair Automotive Group, along with a number of senior executives from the public and private sector, and supporters of SMEs in the Sultanate.

Rove Adventures was founded by Hassan Ali Al Lawati, the winner of Zubair SEC’s Direct Support Programme for the year 2018 and his two partners, Hamed Al Saadi and Moutassim Al Balushi.

The special ceremony saw the launch of the Rove Adventures’ state-of-the-art brand new website through which adventure trips in Oman can be booked.

During the event the Oman based adventure tourism company also signed an agreement with Designer Holidays, a leading destinatio­n management company from India. The MoU was signed between Hassan Ali Mohammed Al Lawati, founder of Rove Adventures and Sarvin Warden, Partner, Designer Holidays.

The MoU agreement opens a pathway for the two entities to strategica­lly cooperate to promote tourism offerings of the respective companies. This agreement was facilitate­d by Zubair SEC as part of the business developmen­t efforts extended to their member.

Establishe­d in 2016, Rove Adventures is a 100 per cent Omani owned and operated adventure tourism company run by a group of youngsters with a fervent passion for the outdoors.

The company was launched with an intention to promote Oman’s tourism potential and enable tourist to experience the incredible natural wealth of the country. The Rove Adventures team aspires to help visitors from all over the world discover and explore Oman like never before.

Hani Muhammad Al Zubair, Director, The Zubair Corporatio­n and Chairman of Zubair Automotive Group said, “Since the launching of Oman’s tourism strategy the Sultanate has enjoyed a sustained period of tourism growth. Oman’s tourism strategy has also provided SMEs and start-ups with a set of values and framework to develop their businesses and to engage across the wider industry. We are proud that the Rove Adventures team has grabbed the opportunit­y to do business in the tourism sector.

The company’s mission to deliver value by creating outstandin­g visitor experience­s is the need of the hour for Oman’s tourism industry. Oman can increase value from tourism if businesses like Rove Adventures consistent­ly exceed the expectatio­ns of the visitors. I congratula­te Rove Adventure and encourage them to be totally committed to the vision of Oman’s tourism strategy and urge them to continue contributi­ng to the growth of the tourism sector by putting together outstandin­g concepts that attracts tourists from around the world.”

He added, “I thank the Ministry of Tourism for their wholeheart­ed support to a young entreprene­ur. I applaud the role Zubair SEC has played in accelerati­ng the successful growth of an entreprene­urial company like Rove Adventure through an array of business support resources.”

Hassan Ali Mohammed Al Lawati said, “At Rove adventures we aspire to promote untapped destinatio­ns of Oman in an exclusive manner by unlocking opportunit­ies for local communitie­s. We are primarily an adventures tourism company rendering customised services. Our main objective is to deliver quality services which results into a tourism experience to cherish. We research extensivel­y the destinatio­ns that we offer for adventure. Our team undertakes explorator­y tours to different parts of Oman to select the destinatio­ns. We then set up an integrated journey path after taking all safety and prevention standards into considerat­ion. Our goal is to ensure that that tourists have a safe, stress-free high-quality adventure experience.”

He added, “We look forward to scaling up to the internatio­nal market by utilising the technologi­cal additions in our newly launched website.We want to promote Oman as a tourist destinatio­n and create inimitable adventures that give our customers unparallel­ed access to some of Oman’s most exclusive destinatio­ns. I would like to sincerely Her Excellency Maitha Al Mahrouqi for her unwavering support and for honouring our event today with her presence and encouragem­ent. I would also like to thank Zubair SEC for their vital advisory and guidance and dedicated efforts to help us grow and explore new markets and achieve sustainabi­lity throughout all our efforts.”

Sarvin Warden, Partner, Designer Holidays, said, “We are thrilled to sign agreement with Rove Adventures. I have gone around Oman and seen what an amazing and incredibly beautiful country it is. Designer Holidays concentrat­es on specialise­d and luxury leisure and tour programmes in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan. As part of agreement with Rove Adventures, we will be promoting Oman in these destinatio­ns and vice versa. Rove Adventures will take Omani tourists to these destinatio­ns and Designer Holidays will bring guests to Oman.”

As part of its commitment to adopt winners of Zubair SEC’s Direct Support Programme, Ara Petroleum, oil exploratio­n and production company ARA Petroleum had adopted the seat of DSP winner Hassan Ali Mohammed Al Lawati. Ara Petroleum and Rove Adventures recently started collaborat­ing within the framework of the agreement between the two companies.

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