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MULTAN: Ramada is a brand of Wyndham Hotel Group and Ramada by Wyndham Multan has a unique and exceptional hospitality value in Southern Punjab. The Ramada by Wyndham Multan completed the 25 years of excellence being serving to their guest with exceptional services. The Ramada By Wyndham Multan celebrated a Silver Jubilee event with their associates. The event was started with recitation of Holy Quran and Naat e Rasool Maqbool (PBUH). The event was hosted by Mr. Faisal Khakwani (Human Resources Manager). The honorable CEO Mr. Faisal Hameed recalled the early years of Ramada By Wyndham Multan with golden words…

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KARACHI: Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi with great zeal and enthusiasm organizes various cultural and literary festivities all year round, providing its guests with pleasant, fun-filled and memorable experiences. The Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi has planned the Chinese Barbeque Food Festival at the Tai Pan Restaurant from 21st November to 30th November 2019; the festival offers a great variety of Chinese BBQ delicacies. Chinese BBQ Festival offers delicious meats, prepared with a special blend of flavorful Chinese ingredients, slow-smoked to perfection! The menu comprises of a great range of BBQ delicacies including Roasted Crispy Chicken, Roasted Crispy Duck, Assorted Skewers and a…

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DUBAI: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low cost carrier, has signed a firm order for 120 Airbus aircraft comprising 73 A320neos, 27 A321neos and 20 A321XLRs. The agreement was signed at the 2019 Dubai Airshow in the presence of Air Arabia’s chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani; Adel Ali, Chief Executive Officer Air Arabia; and Guillaume Faury, Airbus Chief Executive Officer. Al Ali said: “Air Arabia’s fleet growth strategy has always been driven by commercial demand and we are glad to announce today one of the region’s largest single-aisle orders with Airbus to…

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KARACHI: Avari Towers, Karachi brought yet another delectable Food Festival. After French Food Festival, Italian Food Festival, Australian Food Festival and German Food Festival this festival featured food from Denmark for the people of Pakistan. The festival took place at Asia Live from 14th to 23rd November, 2019. Food festivals of Avari Towers are the most amazing ones if one want to try food from different cultures and regions. Festival started with an excellent performance by Danish Rock Band “Rocqawali” on 13th November, 2019. The lead Danish guitarist Jonas Stampe came to Pakistan years back to seek his Pakistani roots and became student of…

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ISLAMABAD: Honorable President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi says government is committed to promote religious tourism in which Buddhism has niche due to presence of a lot of Buddhist historic sites in Pakistan. He was talking to a Korean delegation led by President of Jogye Order, Wonhaeng in Islamabad on Wednesday, November 20. The President expressed the hope that the visit of Buddhist delegation from South Korea would promote people to people contacts by highlighting the historic, cultural and religious linkages between the two countries. He said Pakistan and Korean cultural and religious linkages go back to the Buddhist Gandhara…

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DUBAI: Saudi budget carrier flynas has signed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321XLRs at the 2019 Dubai Airshow. The agreement was signed by Bandar Almohanna, flynas Chief Executive Officer and Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. Almohanna said: “Flynas is pleased to announce a firm order of 10 A321XLR, which will increase the total number of its firm order of A320 family aircraft type to 90 aircraft at list price worth $10 billion.” “These 10 XLRs will expand the reach of flynas network to much farther destinations with support of significantly longer flying range compared to the existing A320neo…

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ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Tourism Coordination Board Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said that Pakistan will host the Developing-8’s 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation in 2021, to foster collaboration of D-8 members in tourism sector. He said the decision was taken during the ongoing 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where Pakistani delegation, led by Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari. The session was focused on developing a new tourism development agenda for D-8 countries and contemplating over new methods to promote Halal, eco-friendly and sustainable tourism in D-8 countries. The delegates underlined the need for enhanced collaboration…

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KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has added one more Airbus A320 to its fleet, the national flag-carrier confirmed on Thursday, November 21. The announcement was made through PIA’s official Twitter handle. A picture of the aircraft, grounded at the Karachi airport, was also attached to the tweet. According to the reports, the airplane departed from Istanbul and reached Karachi at 7:00 AM, Thursday morning, November 21 . An official told media that the airbus has been bought on a dry lease, leasing arrangement whereby an aircraft financing entity provides an aircraft without crew for a period of six years. He…

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DUBAI: Emirates today announced a firm order for 50 A350-900 XWB aircraft worth $16 billion (Dh58.7 billion) at list prices at the Dubai Airshow 2019. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, delivery of the first Emirates A350 XWB is expected in May 2023, and will continue until 2028. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive, signed the deal with Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer from Airbus. This purchase agreement replaces the heads of agreement signed in February where Emirates announced its intent to purchase 30 A350s and 40 A330Neos. HH Sheikh Ahmed said: “Today, we…

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SILIGURI: Travel trade operators in eastern India are apprehending strong impact on their business following change in the tourism entry fee policy of Himalayan country Bhutan. “Introduction of mandatory Government fee for every incoming tourist, including those from India, will cut down the number of Bhutan bound Indian tourists. As the common practice, almost all of them spend at least two nights in eastern Himalayan region that includes Sikkim or West Bengal hills,” said veteran tour. Currently, Bhutan charges every foreign visitor $ 250 per day including $65 ‘Sustainable Development Fee (SDF)’ and $40 visa charge. But ‘Regional Tourists’ from…

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