LAHORE: Swiss International and Unicorn Prestige announced the signing of a Franchise Agreement for the luxury hotel, Royal Swiss Lahore. The hotel Construction work is nearing the completion and is scheduled to open its doors in March of 2019. Strategically located at just 500 meters from the Allam Iqbal International Airport, Royal Swiss Lahore will have 350 rooms and suites. The hotel will be complemented with the Swiss International’s signature concepts; the Swiss Restaurant & Lounge, the Noodles & Rice, the TED & Co – Bar & Lounge, the Moods – Cigar Lounge, the Swiss Select Lounge, the Swiss Café…
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Islamabad: The Islamabad Marriott Hotel is pleased to welcome Mr. Maurizio Romani as the hotel’s new General Manager. Prior to his new post, Mr. Maurizio was the General Manager of Pearl-Continental Hotel, Bhurban. Prior to joining the Hashoo Group, Mr. Maurizio worked for the finest hotels in countries such as Germany, England, Italy, Portugal and Brazil, having worked for international networks such as Forte Hotels (Grosvenor House Hotel, London), Sheraton (Hotel Danieli in Venice), Le Meridien ( Forte Village Resort, Sardinia), Posadas Group In Brazil ( Caesar Park Rio de Janeiro) With his 32 year career in the hospitality industry,…
MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India’s premier full service, international airline, and flynas, Saudi Arabia’s first budget airline, have entered into an extensive codeshare partnership to enhance connectivity between India and Saudi Arabia. As part of the agreement, Jet Airways will place its marketing code ‘9W’ on flynas flights between the gateway cities of Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh, thus providing its guests travelling from India the ability to travel in to Saudi Arabia via one point and depart from another. Jet Airways will also be placing its code via Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh to the Saudi Arabian cities of Medina which is…
LAHORE: Three kilometres from the Indian border, in Narowal district of Punjab in Pakistan is an unassuming sacred shrine: Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib. It’s the final resting place of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), founder of the Sikh faith. On the other side of the river Ravi, about a kilometre inside the border in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab in India, is the bustling holy town of Dera Baba Nanak. Here stands Gurdwara Shri Darbar Sahib, associated with the life and family of the same first Sikh guru. On a clear day, both are visible to each other. But the Radcliffe Line, drawn…
FLORIDA: Celebrity Edge has officially joined the fleet after a moving ceremony that saw the ship’s godmother, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Malala Yousafzai, joined by all on-board to “bless this ship and all those who sail upon her”. [huge_it_slider id=”321″] The naming event brought together more than 3,000 guests, employees, crew members and students to commemorate the debut of Celebrity Cruises’ first new ship in six years, and first new ship series in more than a decade. Yousafzai, who is now a student at Oxford University, is the inspirational co-founder of Malala Fund, which advocates for a world where…
Virgin Galactic said its SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, has entered the next stage of testing which will “expand the envelope for altitude, air speed, loads, and thermal heating”. The rocket motor on the spaceship will burn for a longer period on the next flight which is set to take the pilot and aircraft into space for the first time. Virgin Galactic, founded by Brit billionaire business Sir Richard Branson, said the window for the next phase will begin on this week but the nature of flight testing means it may take longer to get to the milestone. If this test flight…
KARACHI: Avari Towers Hotel in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in Karachi brought the Japanese palate to the food enthusiasts of Karachi. The Japanese Food Festival, organized at Fujiyama Restaurant offered a wide variety of delicious Japanese Cuisine from 7th- 16th December 2018. [huge_it_slider id=”320″] The Japanese Food Festival begun with a press conference where the Japanese Consulate officials together with Avari Towers management briefed the media about the concept behind this Food Festival. Present at the media table were His Excellency Toshikazu Isomura, Consul-General of Japan, Mr. Katsunori Ashida, Deputy Consul-General of Japan, Mr. Grant Raubenheimer VP…
GENEVA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched its Turbulence Aware Data resource to help airlines avoid turbulence when planning routes tactically in flight. Turbulence Aware augments an airline’s ability to forecast and avoid turbulence by pooling and sharing (in real time) turbulence data generated by participating airlines. Today, airlines rely upon pilot reports and weather advisories to mitigate the impact of turbulence on their operations. These tools — while effective — have limitations due to the fragmentation of the data sources, inconsistencies in the level and quality of information available, and the locational imprecision and the subjectivity of…
DUBAI: SereneAir has announced a three-year content distribution agreement with Amadeus which will see the growing airline make available more of its service offerings to global travel partners. [huge_it_slider id=”319″] Having launched in 2017, SereneAir has experienced rapid growth to reach an estimated 750,000 passengers in 2018, with more than 1 million anticipated to travel via the airline in 2019. By choosing distribution services through Amadeus, SereneAir will have the advantage of being able to interline with some of the world’s largest international carriers, increasing its opportunities to carry more passengers across Pakistan and fueling further growth. The partnership sets…
ISLAMABAD: Hashoo Group Chairman, Mr. Saddrudin Hashwani and Deputy Chairman and CEO, Mr. Murtaza Hashwani called upon the Prime Minister Imran Khan at his secretariat yesterday to present a cheque of PKR 60 million toward the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice Bhasha Diamer and Mohmand dam fund. Hashoo Group owns and operates the landmark Pearl-Continental and Marriott Hotels in Pakistan and this donation puts it among the top ten private sector companies contributing toward the national cause. Raising funds for the cause started earlier this year when employees from Hashoo Group voluntarily opted to donate one day’s salary into…