{"id":11033,"date":"2021-04-26T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2021-04-26T09:07:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:07:44","slug":"saudi-arabias-umrahme-digitally-transforms-travel-experiences-for-millions-of-umrah-pilgrims-with-salesforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/saudi-arabias-umrahme-digitally-transforms-travel-experiences-for-millions-of-umrah-pilgrims-with-salesforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Umrahme Digitally Transforms Travel Experiences For Millions Of Umrah Pilgrims With Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Umrahme, a leading online travel agency for business and consumer travel packages for Umrah, has digitally transformed travel experiences for millions of Muslim religious pilgrims, thanks to real-time solutions from Salesforce, the global leader in CRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aligned with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s government-led Saudi Vision 2030 goals and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/smarthajj.gov.sa\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smart Hajj initiative<\/a>, the Kingdom expects to host a record-high 30 million pilgrims by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporting innovation in pilgrimages, since 2017, Umrahme, part of Traveazy Group, has been a leading online travel agency for business and consumer travel packages.&nbsp;Umrah is a religious undertaking similar to the Hajj pilgrimage, but Umrah is shorter and can be done any time of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing bookings for millions of pilgrims from more than 40 countries worldwide relies on multiple touchpoints and third-party vendors. Umrahme needed highly responsive service teams, fast access to information, and a unified journey across the whole company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the pandemic, Umrahme handled more than 7 million bookings per month, with Salesforce solutions helping to grow its market share from 25 percent to 80 percent in only a matter of months. Umrahme&#8217;s customer satisfaction score is also an impressive 90 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To prepare for exponential growth of pilgrims, Umrahme needed to replace manual processes with greater automation and find smarter ways of running the business,&#8221; said Bechir Omran, Head of Growth, Holidayme. &#8220;With Salesforce, we can help more agencies manage travel and accommodation bookings for their customers as they complete their pilgrimage to Mecca.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to its digital transformation with Salesforce and channel partner Smaartt Digital Consulting, Umrahme has gained 360-degree visibility across the customer travel journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umrahme has simplified bookings with joined up processes and greater efficiency, and now has a single dashboard that supports around-the-clock customer services. Preparing reports, which used to take hours to collect and analyze the data, is now done in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The pandemic accelerated digital transformation for everybody, but Salesforce made it seamless for Umrahme to onboard new members of the team remotely,&#8221; added Bechir Omran. &#8220;The user-friendly interface meant our staff needed minimal training to use the platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umrahme has adopted Salesforce solutions including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Pardot for B2B marketing automation, and Tableau for data visualization reports. AppExchange apps are also integrating both telephony and real-time chat features. 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