KARACHI: Mohammad Anwar Qureshi, Chairman Ramada Hotels Karachi is appointed as Convener for the Standing Committee on Hotels of FPCCI for the year 2019. Mr. Qureshi is well known and renowned business icon who has years of experience blended with a vision for the future in the trade and economics of Pakistan especially in the hospitality sector. He has rich experience of hotel business in Pakistan & abroad and successfully running of Ramada Hotels in Pakistan. He is also former Chairman of Pakistan Hotels Association and actively engaged in Association activities to promote hotel industry of Pakistan. It is expected…
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COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines, in partnership with immersive entertainment specialist SkyLights, has unveiled a new Virtual Reality (VR) cinema at its Business Class lounge. Installed in the Serendib lounge at Bandaranaike International Airport, SkyLights’ Allosky and Skykids cinematic VR headsets offer passengers the unique opportunity to relax and enjoy the latest films and TV series in 2D, 3D and 360-degree on individual immersive headsets. In offering this innovate new service, the leading national carrier looks to transform passenger-waiting times and set its customer journey apart. If deemed successful, SriLankan Airlines may also look to introduce the service onboard its long-haul flights.…
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways India Ltd, the carrier that is struggling under heavy debt, may get some respite. India’s largest lender State Bank of India is set to swap part of its loans into a stake of at least 15 per cent in Jet Airways. Other creditors to the carrier also plan similar conversions of some debt into equity to help keep the carrier alive, they said. Under a new rescue proposal for India’s biggest full-service airline, founder and chairman Naresh Goyal’s stake would fall below 20 per cent from 51 per cent currently, the people said, asking not to…
DUBAI: Dubai-based airline flydubai has announced the start of flights to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The five-times-weekly service between Dubai and Tashkent will start from March 11 and will become a daily operation from May 31. Flydubai has been flying to Central Asia since November 2010 with the launch of operations to Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, followed by the launch of flights to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan in February 2012, Dushanbe in Tajikistan in April 2013, flights to Almaty in September 2014, Astana in October 2015 and Shymkent in Kazakhstan in 2018. With the launch of the new direct flights to…
ISTANBUL: The new Istanbul airport, which partially opened in October, last year, will begin full passenger operations on March 3, operating company IAG said. The new airport will replace the current Istanbul Atatürk Airport when it becomes fully operational, at which time the old airport will close for scheduled passenger flights. “We are all ready for the occasion,” said Kadri Samsunlu, Chief Executive Officer of İGA Airport Operations. “As a major hub at the intersection of Asia, Europe and the Middle East, we will bring the world closer together,” Samsunlu said. “With an initial capacity to serve 90 million people,…
PESHAWAR: A large number of visitors, tourists and investors thronged the stall of Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) at the tourism trade fair at Feria de Madrid, Spain, and showed keen interest in the KP’s tourism potential. The TCKP team highlighted salient features of the cultural and tourist resorts through video documentaries, pictures, brochures and posters. The visitors were informed that 70 percent of tourist resorts were located in KP and the foreign tourists can now visit any place without any restriction and obtaining Non-Objection Certificate. The KP participation in fair encouraged the international tour operators to bring cultural and…
COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines, in partnership with immersive entertainment specialist SkyLights, has unveiled a new Virtual Reality (VR) cinema at its Business Class lounge. Installed in the Serendib lounge at Bandaranaike International Airport, SkyLights’ Allosky and Skykids cinematic VR headsets offer passengers the unique opportunity to relax and enjoy the latest films and TV series in 2D, 3D and 360-degree on individual immersive headsets. In offering this innovate new service, the leading national carrier looks to transform passenger-waiting times and set its customer journey apart. If deemed successful, SriLankan Airlines may also look to introduce the service onboard its long-haul flights.…
LAHORE: After some dilly dally & back and forth over the Basant issue, the Punjab government has decided against the celebration of mega tourism and cultural event this year, acknowledging that it is not fully prepared to make the event a safe activity in terms of the threat to human life and the damage to civic infrastructure. The government plans to develop well-thought-out legislation to check violations that may cause a threat to lives and property both, so that the event can be marked safely. The Punjab government announced last month that it had decided in principle to revive the…
DUBAI: Boeing has unveiled a digital look at some of the cabin features for the 777X airplane, as the company’s newest airplane gets closer to its first rollout from the factory. With the 777X, Boeing is building on the passenger-preferred cabins of today’s 777 and 787 Dreamliner families to enhance the total flying experience, the company said. All aboard the 777X will arrive feeling refreshed thanks to a spacious, wider cabin, smoother ride technology, more comfortable cabin air, better temperature and sound quality and new lighting. Windows are large and placed higher for more light and a better view for…
TAMPA: Sir Richard Branson is out with a cruise line now, but travelers will have to leave their kids behind. The adult-only cruise ship “Scarlet Lady” plans to set sail next year, the company Virgin Voyages announced. “We’ve taken great care to design a place where you, your friends or your significant other can have the best possible experience, sans the unpredictability of kids. Because of that, you must be at least 18 to sail with us. No kidding. See what we did there?” a message on their website reads. Guests can enjoy “grown-up” on-board amenities like a nightclub, spa,…