MEA Q3 2018

12 MEA MARKETS / Q3 2018 , Hitit is a provider of new generation airline and travel industry software solutions, as well as services that support the most complicated and demanding needs of fast growing industry players. One of the Hitit solutions, Crane IBE (Internet Booking Engine) was awarded as Best Online Airline Passenger Booking System in Turkish Enterprise Awards. Recently, we profiled the firmand spoke to their CMO, Nevra Onursal Karaagac to discover the secrets behind their success. Hitit: Solution- Oriented, Flexible, End to End Solutions & Services Founded in 1994, Hitit is a provider of new generation airline and travel industry software solutions and services that support the most complicated and demanding needs of fast growing industry players. Hitit is the main company behind Crane FF, one of the first loyalty solutions for aviation. Under Hitit’s guidance, Crane FF has grown to be the most widely used airline loyalty system across the world in 2012. In parallel, Hitit has been developing core airline solutions since 2003, and currently offers a comprehensive airline management suite under the Crane brand. Hitit’s overall mission is to provide solution-oriented, flexible and creative services based on a SaaS structure for the travel industry players looking for change, growth and flexibility. Hitit has a strong vision of supporting airline IT industry with its turnkey solutions. When discussing the firm’s recent success in MEA Market’s Turkish Enterprise Awards, where they were awarded the accolade Best Online Airline Passenger Booking System: Crane IBE, Nevra explains what the win means for the team at Hitit. “At Hitit, we are very happy to receive this award. It is a great recognition for our team. The main reason behind our success is that we don’t approach the airlines as customers, they are our partners; we are a part of their team. We work together with a great synergy. WTB18005 Hitit solutions and services have been able to meet the needs of even the most demanding players on the market. Besides their agile, end-to-end and powerful solutions, Hitit has successful, devoted and energetic team of more than two hundred employees who have given their heart to what we do.” Moving forward, Hitit is working constantly to improve new solutions and projects, especially in training and mobile areas and to keep their influencer position in the industry. Also, their engineers are working on a new solution which will be launched in the last quarter of 2018. New solution will be available both for airlines and other industry partners. Last but not least, the firm is expanding to new regions besides Middle East and Africa and working on new investments.