BERLIN: Oman’s Ministry of Tourism and ITB Berlin have announced that the sultanate will be the Official Partner Country of the world’s leading travel trade show in 2020. Tourism Minister Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrizi said: “ITB Berlin is the leading platform for the global travel industry. With this partnership, we will be able to draw major attention to our country as a travel destination. We are greatly looking forward to presenting Oman as a destination to such a wide audience in 2020.” The minister and Dr Martin Buck, senior vice president travel & logistics, Messe Berlin, cemented relations at…
Author: holidayweekly
KARACHI: Mr. Aslam Khan, Manager Pearl continental Hotel along with associates warmly welcomed Pakistan Cricket Team upon their arrival at the hotel for the first T20 cricket match being played at National Stadium Karachi between Pakistan and West Indies. [huge_it_slider id=”208″] Ms. Laila Farah Naz, Marcom Manager, and Mr. Tanveer Malik, Assistant Director Sales were also present at the occasion.
KARACHI: Pakistan International Film Festival (PiFF) reveals the lineup for the festival scheduled to take place in Karachi from 29th March to 1st of April 2018. The four-day festival will feature prominent film makers from different countries including India, Italy, Germany, Nepal and US to name a few. The festival will screen different categories of films ranging from documentaries, short films and feature films submitted from 93 countries across the globe. For the entire festival a total of 210 films have been selected from the categories of documentaries, short films and feature length films. Detailed events information pertaining to the…
ISLAMABAD: On the 28th of March 2018 Hashoo Group announced the signing of a management contract between its subsidiary, Pakistan Services Limited and Samsons Group of Companies (Pvt.) Limited. This contract brings the Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts brand to Malam Jabba Ski Resort. [huge_it_slider id=”206″] Mr. Murtaza Hashwani, CEO & Deputy Chairman of Hashoo Group, added, “We are pleased to partner with Samsons Group to revive one of Pakistan’s top tourist destinations. Today marks an important milestone as we expand our hotels to more of the top destinations in the country over the next few years. We look forward to…
KARACHI: SKAL International Karachi, the prestigious club of Travel and Tourism Professionals, hosted a networking lunch in honor of Aviation, Travel and Tourism professionals at Maxim’s Restaurant Karachi, last week. [huge_it_slider id=”204″] The President SKAL Syed Javaid Hasan welcomed the guests. In his opening noteshe gave a short brief on the SKAL International working, aims and objectives. He focused that SKAL International Karachi aims to promote sustainable travel and tourism activities aimed at constructive relationship and business connections with stakeholders. He hoped that the SKAL would play its imperative role to provide leadership and a vibrant forum for connecting the…
MOSCOW: Qatar Airways has today revealed that it will further strengthen its ties with Russia through a five-year partnership with the forthcoming Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, which commences from September this year, during the widely celebrated Year of Culture between Russia and the State of Qatar. At largely attended press conference by international media at the St. Regis Hotel, Moscow, on 26 March, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, highlighted the many benefits that the five year partnership will bring. A letter of intention between Cosmoscow and Qatar Airways was signed by H.E. Mr.…
DUBAI: Starting immediately, services of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) can be paid in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The GNTB wants to test the underlying blockchain technology of cryptocurrencies in their finance department and in the medium term aims to use it for their international payment traffic, said a statement. Petra Hedorfer, chair of the board of GNTB, explains: “Within our digitalisation strategy we continuously test newest technologies and trends to see if they could be useful for our company. Through accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method and the possible medium-term implementation of the blockchain technology in our finance…
People in Eastern Europe have been wondering at the appearance of orange-tinted snow. Pictures of the snow have been posted on social media from Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova and other eastern European countries. According to the researchers and leading meteorologists of this region, sand flying occurs from Sahara desert storms mixing with snow and rain. This is not the first time, the phenomenon occurs roughly once every five years but concentrations of sand this time is for more higher than previous occurrences. People of the areas have felt of sand in their mouths. The skiers and snowboarders who have…
KARACHI: On the 16th of March 2018, His Excellency Suwat Kaewsook, Consul General of Thailand and his wife inaugurated the World famous ice-cream franchise ‘Swensens’in Pakistan. Mr. Joey Reyes, General Manager, International Franchise-Thailand flew out to Pakistan especially, to be the part of opening ceremony of the very first Swensens icecream parlour here in the town. [huge_it_slider id=”203″] Mr. Imran Shaikh, CEO greeted all the guests upon their arrival at the parlor. Mr. Kanaporn Apinonkul, General Manager-Pakistan Thai Airways International, staff of the Thai consulate Karachi and a large number of ice-cream lovers and dessert enthusiasts from all around town…
KARACHI: Turkish Airlines brought its ever-growing Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup 2018 to Karachi, held at DHA Golf Club last week. [huge_it_slider id=”202″] Flying to 121 countries through more than 300 destinations worldwide, the airline prides itself on its award-winning Business Class service and its commitment to the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup, which has more than 8,000 invited guests competing in more than 100 tournaments around the world, together with many other innovative and distinguished services, performed for offering its passengers an unparalleled flight experience. The Karachi event was well supported by the local Golfers and was very well…