Lufthansa app for travel fans in the Gulf

From now until August 31, 2011, the public can visit lufthansa.com/virtual-postcard and start sending postcards to their friends and families from travel destinations served by Lufthansa.

Virtual postcards can be sent via social networking sites facebook, twitter and LinkedIn. Recipients of the postcards have to virtually 'stamp' the cards, and the more virtual stamps from friends a sender gets, the better their chances of winning - with the first prize of two Lufthansa Business Class tickets to any destination in Europe up for grabs.

Stefan Loecherbach, Lufthansa's director for Saudi Arabia & Bahrain, said: "Through social media, we get to communicate directly and interact with our customers and their friends. We launched our Virtual Postcard as a fun and entertaining way to engage with customers and allow them to share their love of travelling with friends across their online networks."

As well as the two Business Class flights to Europe, there are second and third prizes of an Economy Class ticket to Europe and an Economy Class ticket Germany for the Virtual Postcard senders who collect the most stamps.

All participants will receive a special code to unlock a fare discount for future Lufthansa flights taken between 1 September and 31 December 2011.

Residents of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman are invited to participate, and friends and families from anywhere around the world can stamp the cards.