LONDON: Travelport, the leading travel commerce platform, announced today that it has won a competitive tender process undertaken by Air India for the sole provision of distribution of its domestic flight content in the airline’s home market. The contract awarded to Travelport came after a comprehensive bidding process. It will begin to come into effect from November 2018 and be fully implemented by the end of 2019. The agreement confirms Air India’s continued deployment of Travelport Rich Content and Branding, now used by over 270 airlines. This displays airlines’ graphical content, their fares families and a full range of ancillary…
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LONDON: British citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia will soon be eligible for multiple-entry visit visas valid for up to five years, says a statement from Fragomen, a global immigration practice. This comes as a result of an approved memorandum of understanding between the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom that aims at facilitating the issuance of visit visas to citizens of both countries travelling for tourism, business, family visit or medical treatment it said. The new law will come into force once all necessary legal procedures have been completed by the contracting parties, the advisory said.
MARYLAND: Marriott International has launched new media campaign designed to showcase the power of its independent hotel platform across the company’s three collection brands: The Luxury Collection, Autograph Collection Hotels and Tribute Portfolio. Rolling out globally through the end of the year, the creative campaign reinforces the growing demand among today’s consumers for the unique travel experiences found at Marriott International’s global portfolio of 300 independent properties. “Travel has become an important conduit for the way people experience the world; and with the depth and diversity of Marriott International’s independent hotel portfolio, we have the unique opportunity to create one-of-a-kind,…
MADRID: International tourist numbers grew 6.0 per cent in the first half of 2018, with southern Europe and Southeast Asia posting the biggest growth, due to the upturn in the global economy, the UN World Tourism Organization said on Wednesday (Oct 10). The number of international tourists surged to around 641 million between January and June, some 37 million more than during the same period last year, the Madrid-based United Nations body said in a statement. “Today’s release of international tourism data for the first half of 2018 serves as further proof of the sector’s resilience and relentless growth trajectory,”…
GILGIT: A seven-member Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) expert team arrived here on Tuesday and started initial work on the reconstruction and renovation of the long neglected and dilapidated Chilas airfield as the airstrip was crucial for construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam. The airstrip would facilitate logistical movement, casualty evacuation and visits of different local and foreign delegations during construction of the dam. The seven-member team, formed by the CAA to initiate the project and headed by Ubaidur Rehman Abbasi, the Chief Operating Officer of the CAA, arrived here and started the initial work. The team visited Chilas on Wednesday and had…
DUBAI: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority has announced that the emirate will be hosting the PATA Annual Summit 2020. The four-day event, to be hosted by the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, will bring together international thought leaders, industry shapers and senior decision-makers who are professionally engaged with the Asia Pacific region. PATA Chief Executive, Mario Hardy, said: “Ras Al Khaimah has committed to supporting cultural, natural heritage and environmental preservation across the Emirate, activities which are aligned with PATA’s mission in acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines intends to dry lease two more Airbus A320s in the first quarter of 2019. The carrier states that the aircraft “are already under the evaluation phase” and that the decision was taken after “an executive meeting” was called by PIA’s Ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Saqib Aziz to discuss the airline’s performance. “It was discussed that due to increasing demand in market, the enhancement of our fleet has become unavoidable as the present fleet is not sufficient to cater to the demand”, adds PIA. The aircraft will be used on domestic and regional routes to the…
ISLAMABAD: To preserve the cultural heritage and to prevent illicit trafficking of the archaeological objects, the Department of Archeology and Museums has completed digitalisation of around 3500 artifacts through its Digitalisation Centre. This electronic database will also be very helpful for scholars to conduct research. Archeology Director Abdul Azeem said that the department working under the National History and Literary Heritage Division was given task to digitalise 5000 selected artifacts in the initial phase which will be fully accomplished before the end of the year. Abdul Azeem said that preservation and documentation has always been a matter of concern for…
KARACHI: Mr. Abdul Hakeem Amur Naseer Al-Habsi, The newly designated Country Manager-Pakistan, Oman Air and Mr. Muhammad Zakir, Senior Sales Executive Oman Air visited Bukhari Group head office to meet Group Chairman Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Khan & his Team. They are seen here in the picture exchanging pleasantries.
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MAHMOOD As we mentioned earlier also that the basic principle underlying the worldwide elevation of Tourism to its policy status of Visitor Economy is that local assets – whether physical or abstract – should be activated to sustain community pride and to generate income and thereby ensure its socio-economic wellbeing. Other countries, which were part of the Mughal and British Raj like ours, have glorified even the smallest physical evidence of that part of their history; not only palaces but even roadside monuments and animal feed-troughs of that period are taken care of and added to…