Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 27 August, 2019 1:28 pm |

Millennium & Copthorne Makkah Al Naseem, the newly opened properties of Millennium Hotels and Resorts MEA, situated in Al Naseem district within the holy city of Makkah, reveals a new partnership with SAPTCO to transfer guests via shuttle buses from doorsteps of the hotel directly to Al Haram through the Kuday Tunnel. This partnership is aimed at saving time and efforts of the guests by reducing their walking distance. It will be only few steps from under Abraj Al Bait to the escalator until the guests find themselves in front of AbdulAziz Gate of Al Haram.

SAPTCO was established in 1979 according to a royal decree to provides a wide and regular network of inter-city lines city connecting mtoore than (385) cities, villages and small villages all over the Kingdom. The company, by entering this partnership, will pick up guests from Copthorne and Millennium Makkah Al Naseem exclusively, and drop them off under the holy mosque of Makkah utilizing 24/7 free shuttle buses. 

During Hajj season this year, Millennium & Copthorne Makkah Al Naseem hosted more than 5,000 pilgrims. Thus, they continue a proactive approach through this partnership to fulfill their sole commitment to provide the utmost comfort during their stay and to elevate their guests’ experience. Both hotels comprise 1324 rooms, suites and apartments, elegantly designed and equipped with the latest amenities to meet the needs of the most demanding guests.

Haitham Effat, Cluster Director of Sales and Marketing, stated, “We are proud of this partnership which will certainly elevate our guests comfort level while visiting the holy city of Makkah to perform Umrah or Hajj. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and to all governmental authorities that work according to his aspiring vision and wise guidance.”