MADRID: The World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage (WTACH) has been formed to protect local cultures, heritage and historical sites that are in peril from overtourism. The new association will promote ethical practices and better management relating to culture and heritage destinations that are now buckling due to unrestricted visitor growth. WTACH will also encourage the implementation of sustainable practices at locations that are still in a “honeymoon phase” of tourism development. The creation of WTACH comes as the UNWTO reports that international tourism arrivals hit 1.4 billion in 2018, two years ahead of its previous forecast of 2020.…
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DUBAI: A 2019 Rolls-Royce Ghost has been added to the aircraft transfer fleet at Dubai International’s (DXB) Al Majlis VIP Service at Terminal 3. The car was delivered by AGMC, the authorised dealer of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates. The Al Majlis VIP service offers guests connecting to commercial or private flights at DXB the most comfortable travel experience with personalised, top class service and the most luxurious lounge spaces. The Rolls-Royce Ghost is an inspiration to fashionable and highly successful individuals in the Middle East and around the world. The car will be used…
FAISALABAD: College of Tourism & Hotel Management (COTHM) is no less than a gift for the citizens of Faisalabad. In order to save the future, COTHM Faisalabad has played a significant role in introducing practical and skilled education for the boys and girls students. While distributing diplomas and cheques among the passing out students, Shaikh Ijaz Ahmad, Director COTHM College Faisalabad, expressed these views to the participants of the inaugural ceremony of the training program of National Vocational Training and Technical Commission Pakistan. Director Shaikh Ijaz Ahmad Advocate said that a hefty amount of Rs. two lac and seventy nine…
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…
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.…