SOUTHLAKE-TEXAS: Sabre Corporation, the leading software and technology company that powers the global travel industry, issued a statement regarding its relationship with Air India. The following is for attribution to Kristin Hays, Vice President – global communications for Sabre: “After a successful 20-year relationship, Air India has decided to discontinue distributing its content through the Sabre GDS. Consequently, Air India content is no longer available to Sabre-connected travel agencies, effective today. “We are very disappointed that Air India decided to withdraw from Sabre. We believe that access to Sabre’s global network of travel agencies provides great value to Air India.…
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ABU DHABI: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced that UAE residents can enter the country for a period not exceeding 30 days without a pre-entry visa, reported Emirati news agency Wam. The decision, which will come into effect from January 1, 2020, was announced through a related decree signed by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The decision stipulates that it is necessary to present a residency permit valid for at least 90 days upon entering Uzbekistan, said the Wam report. Uzbekistan had earlier in March exempted UAE citizens holding diplomatic, private, and ordinary passports from requiring…
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…
GUIZHOU: A new mega bridge, part of the Pingtang-Luodian Expressway, has opened in Guizhou province, south-west China. Both the Ziyun-Wangmo and Pingtang-Luodian expressways opened to traffic earlier, reducing travel time between Ziyun and Wangmo to 50 minutes and that between Pingtang and Luodian to an hour. The two expressways are expected to help boost tourism and improve the lives of local residents. The construction of the cable-supported viaduct started in April 2016 with a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan (215 million U.S. dollars). Guizhou used to be one of China’s most isolated regions. Nowadays, it is known as the…
LAHORE: Tourism and Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) on Thursday, January 2, formally inaugurated the All Punjab One Bike Club to promote biking tourism. According to TDCP sources here, the club would provide one platform to young and vintage bikers and this would also help them in visiting beautiful tourist places across the Punjab on bikes to promote these tourist spots. Sources said the TDCP was committed in providing people best tourism opportunities.
KARACHI: In a rare occurrence, fishermen trained by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) have spotted three specimens of blanket octopus from different locations along the Sindh and Balochistan coast this week. According to a statement issued by the WWF-Pakistan, a 0.8-metre-long blanket octopus was spotted by Saeed Badshah from offshore waters of Balochistan on Saturday, December 7. This was the first live authentic report of this octopus species from the Pakistani waters, the statement added. While fishing 45 nautical miles south of Ormara, the fishermen caught the octopus in their gill net. Considering it a new and rare…
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday, December 31 stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik from performing his functions as the airline’s chief executive officer. A petition challenging Malik’s appointment as the CEO by Safdar Anjum, the general secretary of the airline’s Senior Staff Association (SASA) was filed at the high court. The petition stated Malik did not fulfill the educational requirements of the post neither did he have any relevant experience for the job. During proceedings of the case, the two-member bench issued directives to stop the PIA CEO from performing his functions.…
DOHA: Qatar Airways celebrates a successful year of strong network expansion, new aircraft deliveries and the unique achievement as the only airline to win the Skytrax Award for the World’s Best Airline for a fifth time. [huge_it_slider id=”496″] Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “2019 was another year of great achievement for Qatar Airways. There have been many highlights during the last 12 months, in particular receiving the highly prized ‘Best Airline in the World’ award from Skytrax at this year’s Paris Air Show. To have won the accolade for a record fifth time…
LONDON: Iconic British department store Harrods wants to open its first store outside the UK as early as next year. The chosen location is Shanghai’s Pudong district, where the airport is also located and which is known as the home of wealthy millennials. With this move, Harrods aims to serve China’s emerging middle class and specifically target the spending-minded, quality-conscious millennials. [huge_it_slider id=”493″] Harrods has already been investing in China for ten years with events and pop-up stores, but at this time is looking for a more long-term presence in the country as desired by its customers. This was announced…
COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines Group has appointed leading businessman Ashok Pathirage as the new chairman of the group. Pathirage is also the founder and chairman and managing director of Softlogic Holdings, a diversified conglomerate comprising more than 50 companies with over 10,000 employees with an annual turnover of more than LKR75 billion ($409.7 million). He is also chairman and managing director of a number of reputed companies including Asiri Hospital Holdings, Softlogic Capital, Softlogic Life Insurance and Odel, all of which are public companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. Pathirage is also chairman of NDB Capital Holdings Limited and deputy…