Vice President, Operations & Sourcing · FlyAkeed
Iqbal Basha. M.Building the operational backbone of travel tech.
Two decades in travel — from Akbar Travels to the Gulf’s fastest-moving travel-tech platform. I write about operations, sourcing, and the automation reshaping how the world books travel.
20+ years across
- FlyAkeed
- Al Tayyar Travel Group
- Tajawal
- Al Musafer
- Akbar Travels
Latest writing
All posts →OperationsTravel Tech
Operations is a product, not a cost center
Why the travel companies winning in the Gulf treat their back office like their booking engine — and what that means for how you staff, measure, and automate.
· 2 min read
AI & AutomationSourcing
What 20 years of sourcing taught me about AI in travel
AI agents are coming for travel operations. The sourcing discipline — knowing what a good deal actually costs — is how you avoid automating the wrong things.
· 1 min read