MUSCAT: Oman Air and Air Italy have entered into a codeshare partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between the sultanate of Oman and seven major destinations in Italy. Under the agreement, Air Italy’s “IG” code will be placed on Oman Air’s flights between Milan Malpensa and Muscat. At the same time Oman Air will put its “WY” code on Air Italy flights between Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, Naples, Cagliari (Sardinia), Palermo and Catania (Sicily), and Lamezia Terme (Calabria). Additionally, as a next step Oman Air’s code will also be added to Air Italy’s Milan-New York and Milan-Miami flights, subject…
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KARACHI: To celebrate the victory of our Chefs as Gold Medalists in the Food Champions competition organized by COTHAM on the third day of Pakistan Hospitality Show at the Expo, a cake cutting ceremony was organized by the Management Mr. Rehan Faiz Pirzada, Cluster General Manager, Karachi Marriott Hotel appreciated the talented Chefs and Syed Ali Hussain, Executive Chef Karachi Marriott Hotel for their achievement. The Chefs of Karachi Marriott were exceptional in their talent and expertise and won Gold Medals.in the Category of “Pakistani Modern Cuisine” Chef Burney, Chef Adeel and Chef Mairaj won the gold medals in the…
KARACHI: Jazz and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have signed a MoU to facilitate the employees and passengers of Pakistan’s national carrier. The partnership is another stepping stone towards the extension of Jazz’s digital services to an important segment of the economy. Under this partnership, Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company is seeking to provide the services of an e-ticketing solution for seamless travel, a salary disbursement solution for contractual/daily wage employees, a pension disbursement solution for pensioners and JazzCash Wallets for employees and pensioners. The purpose is to provide ease in the lives of those who work with and travel…
LONDON: Who hasn’t struggled to sleep on an airplane economy seat, forced to improvise a makeshift pillow out of a rolled up sweater or scarf? A new seat design comes with an innovative solution to this inflight issue, using “padded wings” that fold out from behind both sides of the seat back, allowing both for additional privacy and a cushioned spot to rest heads for some shut-eye. This new idea from Universal Movement, a spin-off from London-based design company New Territory, is called “Interspace.” It premiered in London this week as part of the Aircraft Cabin Innovation summit 2019. Interspace…
MUSCAT: Oman budget carrier SalamAir has announced plans to launch direct flights from Muscat to Phuket, one of the world’s finest tourist destinations. Scheduled to commence from December 24, the new link will initially operate three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, departing Muscat at 4:00 local time and arriving in Phuket at 13:00 local time. The flight will depart Phuket at 13:45 local time arriving in Muscat at 17:15 local time. With the launch of Phuket direct services, SalamAir has entered Thailand, a popular destination among passengers from the sultanate of Oman. Captain Mohamed Ahmed, CEO of…
PESHAWAR: The musical band, Khumariyaan, mesmerized the audience with traditional rabab and instrumental music at Musical Night on Friday. Organised by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) at the Peshawar Services Club for womenfolk, over 2,000 women turned up to the musical show and enjoyed the event to the fullest. The audience welcomed the holding of musical night for women and urged the organizers to arrange such events in future too so they do not go to other cities for entertainment. Besides traditional music, Khumariyaan, also played other styles and received applause from the audience. Khumariyaan is a Pashto music…
PESHAWAR: A large number of visitors, including locals and foreigners, on Monday thronged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pavilion to have a glimpse of cultural and traditional handicrafts displayed at the Dawn Lifestyle Expo in Islamabad. The visitors evinced keen interest in the tourism potential including scenic places, archaeological and heritage sites and cultural and traditional handicrafts. Visiting the KP Pavilion, the foreigners laid down their views about the traditional foods, cultural and traditional handicrafts and music in the visitors’ book. They lauded the KP Tourism Department for its strenuous endeavours for promoting tourism, local culture and soft image of the province.…
PESHAWAR: The Kalasha winter festival, Chawmoss is being celebrated with religious zeal and zest as the children collected twigs and branches of pine trees and made bonfire to participate in the high flame and smoke competitions on Tuesday. Began on December 7 and to be continued till 22th of the current month, the phase of bonfire competitions in the Chawmoss festival completed in which a number of children participated. The children gathered at their sacred place, collected twigs and branches of pine trees and made bonfire to show skills in making high flames and smoke. Making high flames and smoke…
MUSCAT: Oman Air and Air Italy have entered into a codeshare partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between the sultanate of Oman and seven major destinations in Italy. Under the agreement, Air Italy’s “IG” code will be placed on Oman Air’s flights between Milan Malpensa and Muscat. At the same time Oman Air will put its “WY” code on Air Italy flights between Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, Naples, Cagliari (Sardinia), Palermo and Catania (Sicily), and Lamezia Terme (Calabria). Additionally, as a next step Oman Air’s code will also be added to Air Italy’s Milan-New York and Milan-Miami flights, subject…
ISLAMABAD: A study commissioned by the World Bank has identified 23 selected tourist sites across the province of Punjab to delineate the engagement of youth and women in the tourism sector who remain under-represented in most economic activities and policy thinking. The World Bank has been engaged by the Punjab government to provide technical and financial assistance in catalysing tourism’s growth multiplier in the province. This support has been launched through the bank-assisted Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth project. The identified sites were: Derawar Fort (Bahawalpur), shrine of Hazrat Syed Ahmed Sultan Sakhi Sarwar (Dera Ghazi Khan), Fort Munro (D.G.…