BOSTON: The Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) is committed to further improving passenger experience and comfort on board. The upcoming APEX EXPO, the world’s largest event on the passenger experience in the aviation industry, will be held from 24 to 27 September in Boston. This year, for the first time in the history of the event, the kick-off will take place above the clouds. On 22 September, Lufthansa will treat guests to the Lufthansa FlyingLab APEX EXPO on an Airbus A350, an exclusive pre-conference on board Flight LH424 from Munich to Boston. A special gate event in Munich will set…
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PARIS/LONDON: Air France and British Airways (BA) will be suspending flights to Tehran next month, carriers citing low profitability as the US reimposed sanctions on Iran, a report said. According to a report, Air France, which had run connections to the Iranian capital via its low-cost operator Joon, will be axing the route on September 18 and BA would be scrapping the route on September 22. The last outbound flight to Tehran will be on September 22, and the last inbound flight from Tehran will be on September 23, the British flag carrier added. British Airways said its decision was…
MADID: Promoting innovation, job creation and sustainability are key considerations for the 15thWorld Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Awards. UNWTO invites submissions until 31 October 2018. The UNWTO Awards recognize the contribution of public and private institutions and NGOs to development of a more competitive, responsible and sustainable tourism sector that works towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda of the United Nations. Initiatives at local, national, regional and international levels are all considered. Applications are now open for the UNWTO Awards in Public Policy and Governance, in Enterprises, and in Non-Governmental Organizations. Interested parties are encouraged to apply before 31 October…
CAIRO: Egypt’s tourism revenue jumped 77 percent in the first half of 2018 to around $4.8 billion compared with the same period last year, a government official told. Egyptian tourism has been gradually recovering from a 2011 downturn triggered by the uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, helped by a currency float in late 2016 that halved the pound’s value and made the country a relatively cheap bet for foreign visitors. The tourism sector is a pillar of the country’s economy and a key earner of foreign currency. The official, who declined the be named, said visitor numbers during the…
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tourism and Development Cooperation (PTDC) Wednesday said Gandhara Art is losing its charisma and attraction due to the stone crushing plants located in the vicinity of the site. The PDDC Spokesperson said that another reason for the descending beauty of the site is that Gandhara’s land is being illegally occupied by the local residents. “Rawalpindi has numerous of heritage buildings, however, not a single one of them is being protected by the authorities,” he claimed. Giving a solution to the problem, he said the government must purchase all land of Gandhara and must deploy full time security guards to…
NEW DEHLI: India Tourism Mart is the first national-level B2B exercise to bring buyers from the world face-to-face with the Indian tourism industry. First ever national ITM will be held from September 16-18 in the capital and is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. More than half of the Indian states will showcase their offerings and over 175 stalls will be used by domestic operators to display the destinations and products at the India Tourism Mart Almost three hundred leading tour operators from across the globe will land in the capital city next month, with flight tickets…
PESHAWAR: Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan has said that concerted efforts would be made to introduce Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a tourism brand to the world to attract moretourists and visitors to the province. During his maiden visit to the Tourism Department on Thursday, the senior minister said that tourism activities would be promoted at international level to apprise foreigners of the tourism potentialand beautiful places in the province. “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has abundant tourist spots and tourism potential but they needed to be explored, developed and introduced at global level to lure more visitors,” Atif Khan said. Earlier, the senior minister,…
GERMANY: First aver LNG-powered cruise ship was floated at Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. It will now be positioned at the shipyard’s dock for final hotel outfitting ahead of a delivery this autumn. The AIDAnova LNG-powered 5,200-guest cruise ship, which features a ‘green cruising’ design, has been built in compliance with the rules of classification society RINA. It has a length of 337 meters (1,106ft), a width of 42 meters and a maximum draught of 8.8 meters. The ship has 2,600 staterooms, which include 31 suites, 312 interior cabins, 198 ocean-view cabins and 1,655 balcony cabins. Passengers will have access…
KARACHI: The ceremony was organized to award certificates and to appreciate students for their achievement. A Chief gust of the event was Mr. Abdur Rahim Shaikh (D.G NAVTTC Karachi) and other honorable guests Mr. Iqbal Ahmed Siddiqui, Mr. Athar Bhutto (Embassy Inn Hotel Consultant), Mr. Nadeem Shaikh Advocate (President of Justice Help Line) and visiting Instructor Mr. Shahid Akbery and Mr. Imran Asif. [huge_it_slider id=”280″] The event was started with the recitation of Holy Quran and National Anthem and Mr. Mansoor Iqbal Siddiqui(Director of POHTM) welcomed the chief guest and other respectable guest and audience. Chief Guest awarded the certificates…
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…