KARACHI: Last week Beach Luxury Hotel & Event Crafters jointly hosted a two-day ‘Chinese cultural and food festival’ offering Chinese dining on one platform, hosting 30+ food stalls, live music, fun-filled activities and much more! With an amazing vibe and a lot of finger-licking Chinese food varieties, the event was attended by well-known celebrities, socialites and public. The festival delivered diverse tastes and featured well-known Chinese eateries as well as those that offer a variety of food, including Chinese cuisine. Some of the participating stalls were: Tiffin n Co, Mr Veg, Lal Qila, Chop Soye, Kowloon, Dip n dough, Cafe…
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MOSCOW: Irkut Corporation, a Russian aircraft manufacturer, has conducted the maiden flight of the fourth MC-21-300 flight test aircraft at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, an affiliate of Irkut Corporation (a UAC member). The duration of flight was one hour and 40 minutes at an altitude of 3,000 meters at a speed of up to 500 km per hour. The plane was piloted by the crew of Roman Taskaev and Oleg Mutovin test pilots, Heroes of Russia. According to the crew report, the task was performed completely; the flight was in normal mode. The testing results of the first…
MUSCAT: Restaurants and cafés in Oman that are managed through franchise contracts and located in designated tourist areas must now pay a fee to the ministry, a report said. The fee will be calculated on the basis of the amount spent in these establishments by customers who come there. The new ruling will come into effect as of January 1, 2020, said a report in Times of Oman. “According to the Ministerial Resolution No. 56/2019, some provisions of the executive regulations have been amended. Restaurants and cafes will have to pay tourist fees that amount to four per cent of…
PESHAWAR: Mohammad Atif Khan, Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has said that the provincial government has approved projects worth Rs30 billion for the development of schemes for the tourism, culture, sports and youth affairs sectors in the merged districts. He was addressing an event organised in connection with the economic empowerment of the youth of the merged districts on Tuesday. The minister holds the portfolios of tourism, sports, culture and youth affairs in the KP cabinet. Khan told those residents of Swat, Chitral and Hazara who rent their homes to tourists that they would be given a grant of Rs1 million…
TEHRAN: The 13th International Tourism and Related Industries Exhibition is scheduled to open at Tehran’s International Fairground on Feb. 12, 2020. The event will provide a platform for related organizations, unions, institutions and firms operating in the tourism sector to publicize their services. The expo is the only official event in the field of tourism and hotel management that has been registered on the calendar of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Its objectives include: introducing Iran’s tourism capacities, identifying challenges and barriers, creating more jobs, paving the way for more foreigners to visit Iran, introducing related firms, introducing latest…
BANGKOK: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has welcomed the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan as its newest government member. The agency is the executive authority carrying out and regulating the state policy in the field of tourism. “The State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan understands the importance of the tremendous growth and influence of the Asia Pacific region and, through PATA’s various activities, they now enjoy access to our Association’s extensive network of members as well as in-depth research and insights to help them to develop tourism in a responsible and sustainable manner,” said…
KARACHI: Pakistan has made key progress in the aviation sector with the installation of a modern radar system, Mode S, at major airports citing expected rise in flights after doubling its airspace routes. The development came after the formal approval of the Air Navigation Plan 2025 by the executive committee of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), sources told. The aviation authority has started implementing the new plan citing expecting a hike in revenue up to 25 to 30 per cent after increasing its airspace routes from seven to 14 sectors in accordance with the international aviation regulations. Sources said that…
KARACHI: Just like every year, this year as well the Choir from St. Patrick’s Church performed in the main lobby of Karachi Marriott on Christmas eve. [huge_it_slider id=”491″] Mr. Rehan Pirzada, Cluster General Manager of the hotel, thanked the choir leader Ms. Jessica for their wonderful performance that was also highly appreciated by the guests who were there in the lobby and also the in-house guests who got down from their rooms to participate in the carol singing. The guests and the children took pictures with the Santa and posted right then and there on social media. It was a…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood As we dress this fifty-second issue of our Forty third year, we have much to thank for and we bow in most humble thanksgiving to Almighty Allah, that He gave us a discerning readership which has been spreading wider across our country and beyond. Throughout the previous months, we have received compliments for the quality of this Weekly. And that encourages us further in the editorial policy of our Founding Editor and Publisher, the Late Mr. & Mrs. Asghar Ahmed. In dressing our pages, our accent is on news which inform and which trigger thought…
DUBAI: In a memo to employees, Emirates has announced that the company’s president, Tim Clark, will be retiring as of June 2020. While no one person can be given credit for the success of a company, Clark has been at Emirates since the very beginning. He moved to the Middle East in 1975, and was part of the team that started Emirates in 1985. The man has had an incredible vision for the airline, and I truly believe that both Emirates and Dubai wouldn’t be what they are today without him. Unlike some other airline executives, Clark has truly had…