Dubai, UAE, 5 May 2009
Illusions Online won the prestigious award of the Middle East’s Leading Travel Technology Provider at the annual 2009 World Travel Awards Middle East ceremony, held on 5th May in Dubai.

The World Travel Awards is the most comprehensive and sought after awards program in the global travel and tourism industry. Established to acknowledge and celebrate excellence, World Travel Awards is recognized as the hallmark of excellence, with the winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire. Leading airlines, hotel operators, hotel developers, tourism boards, travel media, destination marketing campaigns, MICE businesses and several other companies that make a difference in the quality of travel and tourism are distinguished.
Faisal Memon, CEO of Illusions, commented “We are delighted that Illusions has been recognized as the leading travel technology provider in the Middle East. This award underscores our commitment to our customers and our continued investment in our technology to enable them to run their businesses more efficiently. I would like to thank the entire team at Illusions for their dedicated work and commitment over all these years. This trophy truly belongs to them”

Illusions is a global travel technology company providing online enterprise travel solutions for Tour Operators and Destination Management Companies. In less than a decade, Illusions has created the reputation of the world’s finest travel technology provider and is proud to partner with the strongest industry players across 5 continents.
“The travel industry is going through challenging times but the players who are in for the long-run are still investing in technology like Illusions which provides complete automation of their business coupled with strong and robust Internet booking engines. So when things rebound, and they will, these companies will be ready on our platform”, continued Faisal Memon.

The Middle East Ceremony, hosted at the Monarch Dubai, kicks off the World Travel Awards Grand Tour 2009, with seven events across seven continents including Durban, South Africa (Africa Ceremony); Singapore (Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean Ceremony); Riviera Maya, Mexico (North & Central America Ceremony); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (South America Ceremony); Óbidos, Portugal (Europe Ceremony); culminating with the Grand Final in Jamaica.

About Illusions
Illusions is the world's leading travel technology companies, offering browser-based Enterprise applications and services that enable Destination Management Companies and Outbound Tour Operators of all sizes to become best-run businesses. Headquartered in Dubai, it has been providing Enterprise travel solutions for over a decade. With customers in 5 continents, Illusions has been a pioneer in its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) On-Demand model that is very attractive to smaller to medium sized businesses as well.