MIAMI: Carnival Corporation has announced a series of layoffs, furloughs, reduced work weeks and salary reductions as the company seeks to boost liquidity during the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise giant did not provide specific number for total job losses, but said the moves would contribute “hundreds of millions of dollars” in cash conservation on an annualized basis. However, to provide some context, in Florida there are 820 positions being eliminated out of a workforce of roughly 3,000 employees, with another 537 employees being placed on furlough. Carnival Corporation is largest cruise operator in the world as parent to Carnival Cruise…
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has neither taken a decision nor it is under its consideration to reopen the tourism industry in the prevailing coronavirus emergency situation in the province, said a senior official. A communique quoting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretary Tourism Khushal Khan as saying that the Tourism Department was closely monitoring various developments in the Covid-19 emergency situation. It said that the hospitality industry would remain closed to prevent the spread of outbreak of fast-travelling viral infection in the province. It said that the provincial government had drafted new standard operating procedures (SOPs), however, the same would be approved…
ISTANBOL: Turkey’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines announced late Wednesday, May 20, it was extending the cancellation of its flights amid the coronavirus pandemic. Domestic flights will be grounded until June 4 and international flights until June 10, the carrier said in a statement. The company, which carried more than 74 million passengers last year, had previously suspended all domestic and international flights until May 28 as a public safety measure against the pandemic. Budget carrier Pegasus, which had already canceled international flights until June 14, said it would also cancel domestic flights until June 3. As part of measures,…
He learned to play the drums from his community marching band and has been playing for the past four years. They played the snare drums for the school’s assembly. Essanii had stage freight, so he feared to perform in front of large crowds. Instead he would go to watch and listen to other drummers perform. One day, he met an exceptional drummer who later becomes his teacher and a good friend. His name was Nafees Khalfan. He inspired Essanii to learn the drums and overcome his fear. Essanii was extremely lucky. He got the opportunity to learn how to play…
LONDON: Global job losses from the Covid-19 crisis could far exceed 100 million, with China, India, and the US expected to be the hardest hit as these countries stand to lose almost 40 million jobs, according to new data. [huge_it_slider id=”545″] With governments and health officials warning people to stay at home, for the first time in history, the global travel and tourism industry completely stopped. Companies operating in these markets have taken a huge financial hit, forcing them to cut expenses and workers. As the most-affected region in the world, Asia could lose up to 63.4 million jobs in…
Written By Moazzam Ali Khan Former Chairman Pakistan Hotels Association The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill, and tourism has been the worst affected of all major economic sectors. This is a very sensitive situation of uncertainty. In Pakistan, this has affected even more as this sector has never been taken seriously ever since the inception, fortunately, since the new government took over, the people associated with this Industry started getting virtuous vibes from the leadership that perhaps due recognition will be granted to this multi-million dollars Industry. Now that the combat against COVID –…
NEW YORK: Hertz CEO Kathryn Marinello has resigned from her US$1.5 million a year position following a report that the company is preparing for a possible bankruptcy. She has been replaced by Paul Stone, who was Hertz executive vice president and chief retail operations officer for North America. The company announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Marinello will remain with Hertz for up to a year, during which she will work as a consultant. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the car rental giant, which was estimated to be worth US$2.2 billion at the end…
LAHORE: The Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on tourism, recently visited Shalimar Garden with Director General Archaeology, Managing Director TDCP, General Manager TDCP, AC Shalimar Town and representative of other departments were also present. The Advisor directed the concern authorities to take all the possible measures to restore and renovate Shalimar Garden in its real art and style of Mughal era. The Advisor was very concern about the encroachment around the Shalimar Garden. He also directed the concern department to take immediate action to remove all encroachments. It was decided that garden would be restored according to Mughal art and…
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government is poised to push beleaguered Thai Airways International into bankruptcy protection in a move that would mark one more failure of a national flag carrier since the outbreak of Covid-19. The cabinet of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha will on Tuesday, May 19, be asked to consider a proposal from the transport ministry for a rehabilitation plan that would result in the restructuring of the lossmaking state-owned carrier after a bankruptcy filing in court, two senior government officials told. “Today there was a meeting of the State Enterprise Policy Committee, which approved the transport ministry’s proposal to submit…
KARACHI: SereneAir has commenced Domestic flight operations in Pakistan from Saturday, 16th May on a limited scale. SereneAir under complete COVID-19 guidelines and strict SOP’s issued by CAA was the first to operate the domestic flight ER502 from Karachi to Islamabad. The sectors approved for SereneAir to operate are KHI, LHE, ISB, PEW & UET. [huge_it_slider id=”544″] Earlier the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday, May 15, announced that domestic flights will resume operations from May 16. In view of the difficulties being faced by in travelling between major cities in Pakistan, the Federal Government has allowed limited domestic flight…