DUBAI: Amadeus, a leading provider of technology solutions for the global travel industry, has expanded its airline business unit capabilities at its Dubai Regional Hub covering Middle East, Turkey and Africa region. Following the regionalization of all business units to get closer to customers, teams in the Dubai Regional Hub now include those of airlines, travel agencies, airport IT, payments, mobile and legal. Sabine Hansen Peck, SVP, People & Culture, Communication and Brand at Amadeus, opened the new office of the Dubai-based Amadeus Regional Hub today. “The Middle East, Turkey and Africa region is relevant and growing markets for Amadeus.…
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KARACHI: Beach Luxury Hotel as part of its sustainability initiatives towards environmentally-friendly practices for a Greener Society invited Team Cycologists to execute a dedicated cycling ride as part of the hotel’s ‘Go Green’ drive. [huge_it_slider id=”300″] Beach Luxury Hotel being the only resort hotel in city of Karachi was established on March 21, 1948. This four star hotel also holds the honor for being the first internationally-acclaimed hotel established at Karachi after the independence of Pakistan. It is nestled adjacent to the city’s financial & business hub I.I. Chundrigar Road, set amongst lush tropical gardens and palm trees, offering panoramic…
LONDON: Parking a car at Heathrow for a week will cost you around $244, compared to approximately $28 at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok and roughly $33 at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany. Heathrow, London Gatwick, and London Stansted were all home to some of the costliest airport car parks in the world, according to a report from the UK based discounting company MyVoucherCodes. Parking for a week at Gatwick costs around $186, while a parking space at Stansted costs about $211, according to the report. Abu Dhabi, Zurich, Oslo, Boston, Singapore, San Francisco, and Brussels were among the other cities…
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday unveiled Istanbul’s new international airport, which his government claims will be the world’s largest. [huge_it_slider id=”299″] Handling 90 million passengers each year at launch, capacity will increase to 200 million if demand justifies it. Built to replace the city’s overcrowded Atatürk Airport, the USD$12 billion Istanbul New Airport will see only limited commercial flights until January. Largest customer airline Turkish Airlines will move all its flights to the new airport over the next few months, with the first destinations, Ankara and Ercan launched today, October 31. Turkish will add Antalya and Izmir…
NEW DELHI: It is four times as tall as the Statue of Liberty. So big, in fact, that it will give India bragging rights to the world’s tallest statue, a nearly 600-foot creation that says as much about India’s global aspirations as it does about the political ego of its leader. India’s new Statue of Unity, which will be formally unveiled today, depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, an independence-era leader credited with uniting the fledgling nation in the 1940s when he served as India’s first home minister. But the homage to Patel has far deeper symbolism. Patel, known as India’s “Iron…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Switzerland has agreed on cooperation in the exhibition, research and training segments of the archaeology and museum sector. Under the agreement, the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, will help secure scholarships for young Pakistani professionals and students for higher education in the field of cultural heritage in Swiss Universities. Also, there will be an exchange of experts, scholars, and trainings in all areas of museum activities, while joint research projects will be carried out for studying and documenting museum collections. The Rietberg Museum will provide short term courses, internships and residencies to Pakistani professionals in the field of archaeology,…
KARACHI: Women on Board PK, the non for profit trust that works for creating and expanding the leadership opportunities for women in corporate, social, public and philanthropic sectors, presented the “BoardTalks” Women Leadership Development Program in the city of Pakistan’s premier industrial and financial centre, Karachi, this Wednesday 24th October at Ball Hall of Hotel PC. With the vision to promote gender mainstreaming in leadership positions and build a diverse pipeline of board-ready and board-certified women professionals in Pakistan, WOB invited women professionals working in different corporate, business, entrepreneurial, social, public and other professional sector entities for an interactive lecture/talk…
NEW YORK: American Airlines Group has reported pre-tax earnings for the third quarter, excluding net special items, of $688 million.The figure is a $485 million decrease from the third quarter of 2017, driven by higher fuel prices. Net profit totalled $341 million, or $523 million excluding net special items.Revenue was $11.6 billion for the period, up 5.4 per cent.Third-quarter 2018 earnings were $0.74 per diluted share, or $1.13 per diluted share excluding net special items. “Strong demand for American’s service led to record revenue in the third quarter and our eighth consecutive quarter of unit revenue growth. “Our team continues…
ISLAMABAD: Following the recent increase in oil prices and depreciation of rupees against the US dollar, monthly operational losses of the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have recorded phenomenal increase of about two billion rupees, sources said on Thursday. “These factors are contributing to monthly losses, in addition to PIA’s liabilities to the tune of Rs400 billion, making it nearly impossible for the management to bring a turnaround in its business plans,” the sources in the Aviation Division said. They were of the view that the current losses on account of increased fuel prices and depreciation of rupee…
ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan, His Execellency Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, inaugurated the Turkish Food Festival at the Islamabad Serena Hotel with a press conference, where guests had the opportunity to meet the renowned chefs from Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul. Serena Hotels as part of its Cultural Diplomacy initiatives has invited Serdar Ongel, Sous Chef, Davut Kutlugun, Chef de Partie, Servet Kanat, Pastry Chef de Partie, from Ciragan Palace to bring the flavours of Istanbul to Islamabad. The eight-day festival will be held in the Zamana Restaurant and there would be a lucky draw held on November 2, 2018,…