KARACHI: Professional Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management (POHTM) was pleased to have a formal gathering of senior chefs and media chefs on December 26, 2018. Mr. Mansoor Iqbal Siddique, Director POHTM and Chef Ghulam Muhammad, Executive Chef POHTM welcomed the honorable guest and appreciated their presence. It was a pleasing sight to see all super food heroes gathered in POHTM premises. The significant purpose of this meet up was to take a formal step towards forming a Professional Culinary Association of Pakistan. The program catered the brief exchange of experiences and highlighted the concerns that professional and budding chefs…
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ISLAMABAD: The first of three tourism corridors in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has been opened. The new Azad Pattan-Rawalakot Highway links Poonch, Haveli and Kotli and serves as a direct link between 10 districts of the state. “With the construction of the road, the AJK government expects an increase in the number of tourists in 2019. The number of tourists coming to AJK has seen tremendous growth already,” AJK Planning and Development Department Additional Chief Secretary Dr Syed Asif Hussain told media persons in Islamabad. He said the major tourism corridor starts from Muzaffarabad up to Devi Gali in…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, recently arranged a trip for the Bahraini press to experience its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on a flight to one of its newest destinations, Casablanca, Morocco. The journalists had the opportunity to experience the comfort of flying Gulf Air’s new Dreamliner and the facilities of its Falcon Gold lounge in Bahrain International Airport prior to the flight. In Casablanca, the guests visited notable touristic sights and landmarks and enjoyed staying in a key five-star hotel, Sheraton Casablanca Hotel. Gulf Air operates five weekly direct flights between Bahrain and Casablanca on its B787-9…
SIALKOT: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to start international passenger flights from Sialkot International Airport to Europe from January 20, 2019. Chairman Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Mr. Nadeem Anwar Qureshi disclosed this while presiding over an important meeting of the SIAL’s Board of Directors held on Thursday, 3 January. He said that both PIA and SIAL have already made all the necessary arrangements for starting PIA’s direct international flights between Sialkot-Pakistan and Europe as well. SIAL Chairman added that PIA will start its direct international passenger flight from Sialkot international airport to Paris-France and Barcelona-Spain and other…
RIYADH: Saudi low-cost carrier flynas carried a total of 6.6 million passengers on 60,000 domestic and international flights during 2018. The increase in the number of passengers was a result of the increasing number of flights and destinations in line with flynas’ expansion plans, noted Bander Al-Mohanna, chief executive officer of flynas. The growth rate in passenger numbers is an extension of flynas’ previous successes and expansion plans in the domestic and international market, as it had launched 11 new destinations in 2018, he stressed. “This year’s results confirm that flynas continues to be the best travel choice in the…
PESHAWAR: The two-day thrilling Snow Cross Jeep Rally concluded at the snow-capped mountains of scenic Naran valley on Monday, 31st December. The Frontier 4×4 Club, Mansehra district government, Mountain Dew and Pak Wheels had jointly organised the event to provide the people with an opportunity of entertainment and adventure tourism. Mansehra Deputy Commissioner Ziaul Haq was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony. Frontier 4×4 Club president Babar Khan and others were present at the ceremony. Over 50 jeeps from across the country participated in the spectacular race. The racers had arrive Naran on December 29 where a three kilometers…
BANGKOK: Dusit International, one of Thailand’s foremost hotel and property development companies, is ending the year in style after being selected as the official hotel partner of the Miss Universe pageant in Thailand for the third time. Now in its 67th year, Miss Universe took place on December 17 in Bangkok with nearly 100 representatives from all over the world participating. The global event was previously hosted in Thailand in 1992 and 2005, with Dusit Thani Bangkok the official pageant residence on each occasion. During their time in Thailand, contestants took part in activities at the Dusit Thani Bangkok hotel.…
KARACHI: Mr. Jahangir Siddiqui , Chairman Endowment Fund Trust (AFT) Sindh has suggested formation of a committee comprising representatives from AFT, Karachi Press Club, civil society and the architects of Karachi to prevent the encroachment on Karachi’s cultural and heritage buildings and to restore them to their original glory. “We need to strengthen our heritage laws to protect our cultural and architectural heritage and to remove loopholes in the existing laws to safeguard our heritage”, Jahangir Siddiqui said while speaking as a chief guest at a ceremony to handover the heritage building of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) after restoration…
PESHAWAR: The grand gala of Kalash winter festival – Chitirmas – was celebrated on Saturday with much funfair and splendour. Foreign tourists, who had come from different countries to the Kalash valley to have a glimpse of unique culture, traditions and religious rites, enjoyed various events during the 15-day gala in the scenic valley. Member provincial Assembly from Chitral, Wazirzada, attended the concluding ceremony. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Naveed Kamran Baloch and Malakand Division Commissioner Zaheer ul Islam and others accompanied the lawmaker. The MPA praised the provincial government for the facilities provided to the tourists and the local Kalash…
MADRID: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement to start official negotiations towards an “ambitious tourism deal which will benefit the whole country” as part of the wider Industrial Strategy. WTTC represents the global private sector of Travel & Tourism and recently led a delegation of global CEOs to meet with Michael Ellis MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism to discuss the future of the Travel & Tourism in the UK at No.10 Downing Street. WTTC has encouraged the UK Government to collaborate with the private sector to develop…