ISLAMABAD: A two days consultative workshop has been arranged in the Federal Capital on 27 and 28 August, 2019 to bring members of National Tourism Coordination Board, PTDC Board of Directors and experts of tourism sector at one platform to develop strategies and action plans for the promotion of tourism in the country. The workshop is arranged by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in collaboration with United Nation Development Programme (UNDP). Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis; Human Resource Development who is also the Chairman of National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB) and Board of Directors of PTDC inaugurated the event. He said…
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KARACHI: The Independence Day was celebrated at Karachi Marriott with all zeal and zest. The flag hoisting took place outside the building of KMH and all the Associates and the guests participated. The cake cutting took place in the main lobby and then all the Associates had special breakfast in the cafeteria.
MULTAN: Pakistan Independence Day was celebrated with passion and patriotism which was organized by Ramada by Wyndham Multan.It’s important to inculcate the love for our country through such celebration. The monumental efforts exerted and the sacrifices made by great Muslim personalities in liberating Pakistan. The hotel building was decorated with green and white lights.The celebrations were started with flag hoisting by Mr. Umar Israr, Front Office Manager and National Anthem was also played. Mr. Umar Israr Front Office Manager also performed the cake cutting ceremony along with children and hotel associates. Mr. Faisal Khakwani, Human Resources Manager led the national…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has increased fares up to six thousand for two sectors of Middle East, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. After the revision of fares, a round trip from Lahore to Dubai will cost Rs 61,000 and while Lahore to Abu Dhabi will be Rs 61,200. PIA increased the fares owing to a large number of people traveling to these two sectors, in which most of the passengers are labors and Iqama visa holders.PIA administration has informed agents about the decision. In July, the national flag-carrier, PIA, announced to give discounts up to 10 percent to the passengers…
PESHAWAR: The foreign and domestic tourists and the local people enjoyed the three-day Uchal festival in the scenic Kalash valley in Chitral district. Kicked off on August 20, this year a great number of foreign and domestic tourists visited the Kalash valley to enjoy the Uchal festival. The tourists besides enjoying the cultural and religious rites in Rambur and Bamburet valleys also visited the historic museum in Kalash. The mega event of Uchal festival was held in Rambur, Bamburet besides Anish, Broon Karakul and other small villages in Kalash valley. On the first day, the young boys and girls gathered…
BOSTON: Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today to mark the grand opening of its Boston Innovation Lab. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was among the guests who shared remarks during the event led by Sabre CEO Sean Menke and Sabre Labs President and former Google Executive, Sundar Narasimhan. “Sabre has a long history of technology leadership in retailing, distribution and fulfillment of the $1.7 trillion travel marketplace,” said CEO Sean Menke. “Over the past two years, we have focused on reinvigorating and transforming Sabre to continue to accelerate innovation to…
ISLAMABAD: A British Backpacker Society team has successfully completed a two-week expedition to Concordia and K-2, fuelling hopes that the world Pakistan’s adventure travel pedigree will once again be recognised in the society’s influential end-of-year international adventure travel rankings. Samuel Joynson, the President of the British Backpacker Society told APP that he set off from Skardu in early August along with Johannes Polkonen, another member of the society, and supporting team from Skardu-based company “Vertical Explorers”. Samuel said the team trekked for over 200 kilometres at an average altitude of 4000 metres to the base of the world’s second highest…
KARACHI: Revenues of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) increased 30% in first six months of 2019, the Aviation Division said in its report. “From January to June of the current calendar year, the national flag carrier achieved a breakthrough,” the Aviation Division remarked. During the first year of the current government, the Aviation Division devised a business model to drag PIA out of the depths of accumulated losses worth Rs450 billion, according to the report. The improvement in revenues came from the introduction of new profitable routes including Sialkot-Sharjah, Islamabad-Doha, Lahore-Muscat, Sialkot-Paris, Sialkot-Barcelona, Multan-Sharjah, Peshawar-Sharjah and Peshawar-Al-Ain, said the report. The…
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was named the most punctual Middle Eastern carrier during the first seven months of 2019. New figures released by aviation data company OAG show that Etihad was the only Middle Eastern carrier whose punctuality averaged more than 80 per cent for flights across this period. The data also showed that of the airlines monitored by OAG, Etihad was ranked 24th globally for on-time performance in July, the peak summer month for air travel in the Middle East. John Wright, Etihad Airways’ Vice President Global Airports and Network Operations, said: “Etihad…
DUBAI: Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has announced a partnership with House of ARY, one of the leading South Asian broadcast networks, to further strengthen travel demand to the emirate from Pakistan with the recent launch of the ‘Chalo Dubai’ (Let’s Go to Dubai) campaign. Reaffirming the Department’s ongoing commitment to extend the growth potential of one of its top ten source markets, the campaign aims to provide Pakistani visitors with specially curated, Dubai-centric holiday packages that showcase the city’s world-class destination propositions. The bespoke, four-days-three-nights packages will be available as part of the ‘Wow Dubai…