The largest tour operator in the Gulf and the Middle East, Emirates Holidays last year launched its services in Hong Kong, Moscow, Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg, and is all set to launch specialist services in India and China later this year. In India, the tour operator will appoint highly-skilled specialist staff who will operate out of Emirates' offices in Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, to support the travel trade.

Emirates Holidays enjoyed a growth of 22 per cent in sales revenues in the financial year 2006-07, crossing the AED 500 million milestone in sales revenue for the first time in its history. More than 100,000 passengers chose to book their holidays with the tour operator and the business unit is poised for 35 per cent growth in 2007-08.