Viva Bahrain Offers Its Customers the Opportunity to ‘Doubles Chances of Winning’ During Shop Bahrain

Press release
Published January 23rd, 2019 - 11:59 GMT
During the event
During the event

VIVA Bahrain, the leading telecom operator in Bahrain, launched a series of promotions and benefits for its customers coinciding with its strategic partnership with the fifth-edition of Shop Bahrain, the largest event in the Kingdom.

During the month-long partnership, VIVA Bahrain customers will receive six points for every BD1 spent at all participating malls and hotels. This is the maximum number of points that shoppers can collect through the festival’s Loyalty System; increasing their chances of winning valuable prizes.

Also, VIVA Cash application users will be able to shop VAT free during this period and receive a 5% cash back in their e-wallet. Visitors of Festival City will get a free ticket for every ticket purchased using the VIVA Cash app.

“We thank VIVA Bahrain for their continuous support of Shop Bahrain, one of the largest events held under BTEA’s calendar. Shop Bahrain aims to position the Kingdom as a leading tourist destination and to support the Economic Vision 2030. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration,” said the Chief Executive Officer of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA), Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa.

Further commenting on the strategic partnership with ‘Shop Bahrain’, VIVA Bahrain’s Acting CEO Mr. Mohammed Al Khushail said: “This partnership stems from our efforts to give our customers the best experience during the event and to offer them a fun-filled and rewarding shopping experience coupled with thousands of prizes.”

“On this occasion, we would like to congratulate BTEA and Tamkeen on the launch of the latest edition of Bahrain’s largest shopping festival aimed at strengthening the Public and Private sector partnership and promoting the Kingdom as a tourist attraction further developing the national economy,” he added.

The Shop Bahrain Festival aims to revitalize the tourism and retail sectors by providing a unique shopping experience with endless fun, valuable prizes, and a delicious dining experience. Furthermore, the Festival seeks to demonstrate the Kingdom’s status as a close and welcoming destination for families in the Gulf region. The Festival is scheduled to run from until the 2nd of February 2019.

Shoppers and visitors can learn more about "Shop Bahrain" through the Festival’s website: www.shopbahrain.com or through the account @shopbahrain on the social networking channels Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube and Whatsapp: 973 +33480480. Recent updates and news about the Festival are also available on the Shop Bahrain Application released for iOS and Android.

Background Information

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BETA)

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority was established in 2015 under the Royal Decree number (76) for the year 2015 issued by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain. Whereas the first clause of the Decree number (10) stated that an authority should be established under the supervision of the Council of Ministers

In 2015, BTEA started its operations under the Decree number (9) for the year 2015 to append the Tourism Affairs to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce based on the recommendation of HRH Prime Minister and under the law number (62) of the year 2016 to establish and regulate the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA) and the Decree number (1) for the year 1985 to establish a Supreme Council for Tourism, and the law number (15) for the year 1986 to regulate the Tourism sector amended by a Law by Decree number (12) for the year 1994.

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