KARACHI: In keeping up with the tradition to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Mr. Rehan Faiz Pirzada, Cluster General Manager, Karachi Marriott Hotel organized an event at the hotel’s popular ‘The Suzie Wong’. The Chinese New Consul General His Excellency Li Bijian was the chief guest on the occasion. Mr. Rehan Faiz Pirzada, Cluster General Manager of the hotel warmly greeted the chief guest upon his arrival. H.E. Li Bijian performed the ribbon cutting ceremony along with Mr. Rehan Faiz Pirzada.
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KARACHI: Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi celebrated Chinese New Year on 25th January 2020 at Tai Pan Restaurant which is known for offering authentic Chinese food. [huge_it_slider id=”506″] The people of Karachi visited Tai Pan Restaurant to enjoy the Chinese Food Festival. The event did not only focus on serving authentic Chinese food but the aim was to provide a memorable experience with perfect ambiance. The Chinese New Year animal this year is Rat and that was incorporated in the decoration theme. Chinese Consulate General Li Bijian and Mr. Tariq Deen (General Manager, Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi) inaugurated the dinner. Selected Press &…
BEIJING: China said on Tuesday that 106 people had died from the coronavirus that is believed to have originated in the central city of Wuhan and is spreading across the country. The previous death toll, on Monday, was 81. The number of confirmed cases increased from 2,835 on Monday to 4,515 on Tuesday, according to the National Health Commission. The youngest confirmed case is a 9-month-old girl in Beijing. Most of the cases have been confirmed in the central Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, where several cities, including Wuhan, have been placed under what amounts to…
KARACHI: China airlines on Wednesday, January 29, announced that it is partially suspending its flights between Beijing and Karachi in the light of the Wuhan virus. All flights between Karachi, Beijing, and Beijing to Karachi will remain suspended till February 2 due to deadly coronavirus that has killed 132 people so far, according to airport sources. British Airways on Wednesday also suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China, one of the biggest names in aviation to do so, as worries grow about the impact of a spreading coronavirus on global travel. BA.com, the airline’s website, shows no direct…
PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) participated at the ‘FITUR Spain’ show to boost tourism and promote the soft image of Pakistan. FITUR, being one of the main events for the tourism industry worldwide and the leading trade show, is already working on configuring a top-level business space, with the best tools, to allow professionals from the world of tourism to successfully confront the challenges the industry presents at this time. This event showcases products like tour operators, travel agencies, carrier companies, representatives of hotels and other forms of lodging facilities, leisure and culture contractors, residential tourism firms, travel…
LONDON: The coronavirus outbreak in China could have a damaging and lasting economic impact on the global tourism sector unless lessons are learned from previous viral epidemics. That is according to a statement from Gloria Guevara, Chief Executive of the World Travel & Tourism Council, and comes as the coronavirus crisis escalates. Guevara was formerly tourism minister for Mexico and was closely involved in 2010 with the aftermath, and then recovery, of the Mexican outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus in 2009.The incident led to thousands of fatalities. While action is being taken, in relation to the coronavirus, by the…
Destination and tourism marketers will need to play a critical role in correcting the vast amount of misinformation surrounding the ongoing Novel Coronavirus outbreak that is hurting travel and tourism businesses across Asia, urged Mario Hardy, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). While speaking to a leading travel trade magazine, Hardy said the spread of falsehoods about the virus was his “biggest concern”, more than the outbreak itself as the former has the ability to trigger panic and cause more people than necessary to halt travel. Hardy: Tourism marketers ought to work to stem the spread of misinformation…
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) decided on Thursday, January 30, to suspend all flights to Beijing until Feb 2. Other airlines began suspending flights to and from China on Wednesday due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Aviation Senior Joint Secretary Abdul Sattar Khokhar told media that PIA had been operating two flights between Pakistan and China but it has been decided to suspend flight operations. PIA had started two flights a week to Tokyo and Beijing in May 2019 after a gap of three months. The flights between Beijing and Tokyo were restricted to Beijing due to low passenger and…
NEW DELHI: Just to Boost domestic tourism the India govt has decided to reward travelers who visit 15 domestic tourist spots in a year. This comes after Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said that the government will sponsor their travel expenses as an incentive. The Union Tourism Minister made the announcement at the concluding ceremony of the two-day National Tourism Conference, organized by the Odisha government in association with FICCI at Konark. It won’t be a cash prize since the Union Minister has clearly mentioned that the move is purely an incentive. He said, “The Tourism Ministry will fund the…
LONDON: British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China because of a coronavirus outbreak. The decision comes as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has begun to advise “against all but essential travel” to mainland China as the outbreak continues to spread. The warning comes in addition to earlier alerts urging British travellers to avoid all travel to the Hubei province. The virus has so far caused more than 100 deaths, spreading across China and to at least 16 other countries. Hundreds of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the city of Wuhan, the centre of the…