MONTERAL: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2019 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.2% compared to the full year of 2018. The 2019 result is a slowdown compared to 2018’s annual growth of 7.3% and marked the first year since the global financial crisis in 2009 with passenger demand below the long-term trend of around 5.5% annual growth. Full-year 2019 capacity climbed 3.4%, and the load factor rose 0.7 percentage point to a record high of 82.6%. The previous high was 81.9% set in 2018. “Airlines did…
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ISLAMABAD: Hashoo Foundation and Hashoo Hunar in collaboration with UNHCR arranged an “Employer meet up 2020”. The event was arranged at the Pearl Continental Hotel Rawalpindi. The main purpose of this event is to build a relationship with employers and enhance the opportunity for their trainees in the hospitality sector within Pakistan. The event further discussed resources, expertise, and career pathways, the challenges, the business opportunities, and expansion. The event exchanged ideas, brainstormed on how employers, training providers, and trainees can better connect to improve & strengthen both supply & demand-side components. How to engage industry expectations from employers in…
KARACHI: Last week SereneAir celebrated its 3rd anniversary and serving of Pakistani nation with professionalism, punctuality and high-class services on the ground and in the Air. [huge_it_slider id=”511″] The senior management led by Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Safdar Khan, CEO, Serene Air and the staff of the airline attended the dinner reception organized to celebrate three years of outstanding performance and successes. Similar celebration events were organized at all stations for motivated and hardworking staff and officers of the airline. Addressing the house full gathering Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Safdar Khan, CEO, SereneAir Said,” First of all I would like…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood The snowfall marks the Beginning of the winter tourism season in the country. Tourism-related concerns are expecting to do some good business, especially those in northern area and Kashmir including Swat, as they had some bad years in the past business-wise; if not to list up other damages of terrorism in the heavenly snowcapped, our Northern Areas. Now once again, with the grace of Almighty Allah the region is fully peaceful and safe and is open for tourists. It would be much better for the region if domestic tourists give extra importance to visit our…
JAKARTA: Indonesia stands to lose $4 billion in earnings from tourism if its worst-case scenario materializes and travel from China is disrupted for the whole year by a virus epidemic, the tourism minister said on Thursday. The main tourist destination, the holiday island of Bali, had already seen around 10,000 cancellations by the end of last month, according to the Bali Tourism Board. “We had two million (Chinese) visitors last year with an average spend of $1,400 per arrival,” Wishnutama Kusubandio told a news conference. “With the negative trend seen in tourists from other countries, the loss would be even…
ISLAMABAD: The United States has eased travel advisory for Pakistan while acknowledging that the security environment in the country has significantly improved. “Pakistan has noted the update in the US Travel Advisory, which has acknowledged that Pakistan’s security environment has improved,” said the Foreign Office in a statement. “This is a step in the right direction,” it added. According to the statement, Pakistan has made resolute efforts to enhance security throughout the country. Significant improvement in the security environment has led the United Nations to re-designate Islamabad as a family station for its personnel, it added. Recently, the United Kingdom,…
LONDON: A senior VisitBritain director says she fears for the future of its multi-million-pound GREAT marketing campaign, which has been running since 2011. Director of strategy and communication Patricia Yates says she is concerned the campaign, which is jointly funded by the Government and the private sector, will be seen as a legacy project by the current Conservative government and ‘quietly dismantled’. Speaking at this week’s UKinbound conference, Yates said: “I am really nervous about the future of GREAT. We have funding from the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), we are hugely dependent on it, but if you…
KARACHI: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has urged the people and investors to give value to the tourist spots in the country, especially the not-so-explored beautiful tourism wonders and historical places in Balochistan. [huge_it_slider id=”510″] He was the chief guest at the seminar,‘Promotion of Tourism in Balochistan’organized by Culture, Tourism and Archives Department government of Balochistanat Karachi Marriott Hotel on Monday, February 3. While addressing the house full gathering, he spoke at length about cultural and tourism diversity in the province whereas other speakers from the private and public sectors spoke about vast potential and richness Balochistan offers in…
PESHAWAR: The three-day Galiyat Snow Festival 2020 concluded on Monday with thrilling activities including jeep and bike rallies in the scenic Nathiagali and other serene spots in Galiyat. [huge_it_slider id=”509″] Organized by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) and Galiyat Development Authority (GDA), the festival showcased skiing, snow-tubing, trekking, biking, snow hiking, bonfire, tug-of-war, snow football, camping, Vlog, archery competitions, food stalls, snow cartoons, jeep and bike rallies, and other activities. Over 30 jeep racers and 25 motorcyclists took part in the rallies from Church Park in Nathiagali to Dongagali and enjoyed the race on the white snow. The racers…
KARACHI: Hashoo Group at Karachi Marriott Hotel organized a live demonstration of Chocolate making. Chef Mark, who came from Istanbul, illustrated the fine art of hand-crafted Lartisan Belgian chocolates making. He was given a warm welcome by Hashoo Group as well as the guests of the event. Chef Mark stole the show with his amazing skills in Chocolate making. [huge_it_slider id=”507″] Chef Mark has rich experience of working with leading Belgian chocolate brands, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and chocolate suppliers to the best hotels and pastry shops in the world. The guests and media, tasted the premium…