KARACHI: Imperial Builders are restoring the heritage building of Cecil Hotel in Murree, which dates back to the British Era to its past glory, in collaboration with Hashoo Group who will manage the completed hotel Hashoo Group are the owners and operators of Pearl-Continental Hotels, Marriott Hotels, and Hotel One in Pakistan, whereas Imperial Builders are recognised in the construction industry for completing outstanding structures around Pakistan. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Hashoo Group and Imperial Builders at Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi on Monday, 26th October 2020. “In line with the Prime Minister’s vision to promote…
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Royal Caribbean has posted a loss of $1.3 billion in the three months to 30 September as the cruise industry continues to haemorrhage cash. The cruise line said its average monthly cash burn is between $250 million to $290 million as it awaits the resumption of services. It said it expects to re-start global cruise operations in a ‘phased manner’. Quantum of the Seas is expected to resume cruising from Singapore in December with initial voyages operating with reduced occupancy, modified itineraries and ‘enhanced health protocols’. “We continue to aggressively manage our spend and take opportunistic actions to bolster our…
DUBAI: Dubai-based airline flydubai has been steadily increasing its operations since July and now serves 44 destinations across Africa, Europe, Central Asia, the GCC and Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent. flydubai’s first flight to the Maldives touched down in Male’ on 27 October; marking the start of an up to four-times weekly service. Since the airline announced the new route, it has seen growing demand for flights to the Maldives and as a result it will operate daily flights, during the peak seasonal holiday period, from 17 December 2020 until 18 January 2021. In addition, the four-hour flight from…
LAHORE: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday, October 29 reduced the number of countries from where passengers were allowed to enter Pakistan without a coronavirus test. The latest travel advisory divides international travellers into two categories where category A will not need a negative COVID-19 test while those in category B will be required to undergo coronavirus screening 96 hours prior to boarding a flight to Pakistan. Keeping in view a COVID-19 surge across the globe, the number of countries in category A has been reduced from 30 to 22. These include Singapore, China, Cuba, Estonia, Japan, Ghana, Norway, Turkey,…
JAKARTA: The Embassy of Pakistan in collaboration with the Batiq Travel Services Indonesia, held a Tourism Promotion Conference today, in the Embassy’s Compound. The Conference was planned while strictly adhering to the protocols related to Covid-19, by the Governorate of Jakarta. [huge_it_slider id=”587″] The event was attended by over Twenty Travel Agencies and Tour Leaders including a few firms involved in Umra and Religious Tourism. The country head of the Sri Lankan Airlines in Jakarta, also attended the event. The Charge d’Affaires, Mr. Sajjad Haider Khan welcomed the guests and appreciated their participation in the event despite relatively difficult times.…
PARIS: European plane manufacturer Airbus as reported a loss of €641 million for the first nine months of the financial year, down from a profit of €3,593 million in 2019. A statement said the reversal mainly reflected reduced commercial aircraft deliveries and lower cost efficiency in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Consolidated revenues decreased to €30 billion for the nine-month period, down by a third from the €46 billion reported last year. This was by the difficult market environment impacting the commercial aircraft business, Airbus said, with around 40 per cent fewer deliveries year-on-year. A total of 341 commercial…
LONDON: Heathrow Airport announced this morning that it would begin to cut frontline jobs after the government’s 14-day quarantine measures meant traffic numbers were no longer sustainable. Paris has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport following a sharp drop in passenger numbers at the London travel hub. Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye called on the government to introduce pre-departure coronavirus tests and to create an airbridge with the US as the number of travellers using the airport continued to fall. He warned that Frankfurt and Amsterdam airports were “gaining ground” after Paris Charles de Gaulle overtook Heathrow as the continent’s…
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to cut the salaries and benefits of 450 pilots, 400 engineers and 27 finance department officials in a move geared at balancing the airline’s more privileged class allowances and benefits with those of other employees. The head of PIA’s human resources department issued a notification regarding the reduction in benefits on Wednesday. According to the notification, captains will be paid a 50-hour guarantee allowance instead of 75 hours. Previously, pilots were paint the guaranteed 75-hour allowance even if they did not fly. The PIA said the allowance will now only be paid after…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron today announced a new nationwide lockdown, claiming that 400,000 people will die of coronavirus if the country does nothing to control a second wave that will be ‘more deadly than the first. The national measures will take effect from Friday morning, October 30 until December 1 and are considered to be ‘more flexible’ than the country’s first lockdown, with all public services, schools and essential workplaces to remain open. But people on the streets will still have to carry documents justifying their reason for leaving home – that will be subject to police checks -…
Picture: L/R: Alwin Zecha, Founder – Pacific Leisure Group, Thailand; Hiran Cooray Chairman – Jetwing Symphony PLC, Sri Lanka; and Akbar Shareef, Chairman & Chief Executive – Rakaposhi Tours (Pvt) Ltd., Pakistan. BANGKOK: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has presented a series of awards to several individuals in recognition for their contributions to the responsible development of travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region. The following awards were presented during the 69th Annual General Meeting held online on Wednesday, October 14, 2020: PATA Gallery of Legends Award, PATA Life Membership, and PATA Chair’s Award. PATA CEO Dr. Mario…