KARACHI: Atlasglobal, which was recently awarded 4-star status by the prestigious airline-rating organisation, Skytrax, and is Turkey’s second largest airline, has decided to open its inventory for sales from Pakistan. To this end Atlasglobal has formed a partnership with Karachi based GMG Travel (Private) Limited, the company is engaged in travel, aviation and tourism sector in order to cater for the ever-growing market for outbound travel from Pakistan The appointment of GMG Travel (Private) Limited as a GSA will ensure easy access for Pakistani customers to Atlasglobal’s outstanding products and services, together with the airline’s highly competitive fares. It also signals the carrier’s commitment…
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MADRID: In International border crossing, the implementation of biometric technology to facilitate secure borders is the single biggest opportunity for the Travel & Tourism sector in 2018, according to Gloria Guevara Manzo, President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Ms Guevara also highlighted the importance of developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual and augmented reality and changing demographics, particularly the ‘coming of age’ of millennial and growth of Generation Z, for Travel & Tourism. Speaking at the 9th Executur Tourism Leadership Forum in Madrid, Spain, during the ongoing FITUR trade show, Ms Guevara said,…
MAKLI: The first International Conference on Makli was hosted by Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department government of Sindh in collaboration with Endowment Fund Trust. The conference was attended by Archaeologists, anthropologists, architectures, heritage and monument experts across the globe on Sunday, 14 January at Makli Necropolis. Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, the guest of honor at the conference said that, whatever comes out from such international conference his government will adopt each and every single recommendation and suggestion to make it more effective and result oriented. He stated that Makli is not just a graveyard, these are thousands…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MEHMOOD 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…
KARACHI: TPL Insurance Limited – An insurance company with the heritage of providing innovative insurance solutions and the only insurance company offering ‘direct settlement’ to its’ Travel Insurance customers along flexible coverage packages, entered into a strategic agreement with Global e-Commerce, a company providing technology solutions for the global travel industry. Global e-Commerce is a subsidiary of TSL (Pvt) Ltd., the Company was established in 2005. The principal business of the Company is to engage and deliver E-commerce services to the Travel Industry. The technical cooperation of TPL Insurance with Global e-Commerce will further reinforce the consumption of travel insurance…
KARACHI: From the 17th to 21st of January, 2018 Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi hosted a Barbecue Food Festival. The festival was held at Chandni restaurant which is known around the nation for serving succulent traditional and authentic Pakistani dishes,instrumental music and a backdrop of the breath taking roof-top city view providing their customers with an impeccable ambiance. [huge_it_slider id=”166″] The evening started off with an official ribbon cutting ceremony, by Ms. Asma Ahmad – Chief Editor Holiday Weekly. The senior management officials of PC Hotel including Aslam Khan – Hotel Manager and Laila Farah Naz – PR Manager were also…
PARIS: France welcomed 89 million visitors in 2017 to retain its crown as the world’s favourite tourist destination, nearly seven million more than nearest rivals Spain, which leapfrogged the USA into second place, according to UN figures. [huge_it_slider id=”165″] That figure is up from 2016, when tourism was hit by terror attacks, and puts the country back on track to reach an ambitious target of welcoming 100 million tourists by 2020. The report from the UN’s World Tourism Organisation, which shows that global tourism jumped 7%, shows that France is well ahead of second-placed Spain, which overtook the USA as…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation, Ch. Daniyal Aziz has said that the government is determined to finalise the privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines’ “core business” by April 15. Earlier in an interview to an international news agency, he said that the federal government would try to privatise the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) before general elections due this year. In a press conference in the capital, the minister said that the private sector runs airlines in several countries of the world, adding that the state-owned airlines are generally in loss everywhere in the world. Ch. Aziz said that the privatisation of the…
LAHORE: Marriott International has announced an agreement with Maverick International Private Limited, an associate of Maverick Hotels of USA to open a 300-room Marriott Hotel in Lahore, Pakistan. Scheduled to open in 2023, Lahore Marriott Hotel will be built on a 46,000-sqf site in the new downtown area of Gulberg in Lahore. Commenting on the signing, Alex Kyriakidis, President and Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, said: “We are delighted to work with Maverick International to open the Lahore Marriott Hotel. We continue to see a demand for our brands in Pakistan and are excited to announce our…
DOHA: Qatar Airways is continuing its expansion in Asia by adding an extra flight to Bangkok, providing its passengers even more flexibility in visiting the Thai capital. The new service to Bangkok, which commences on March 25, is part of the award-winning airline’s continued expansion in Southeast Asia, following its launch of direct service to Thailand’s Chiang Mai late last year. The airline is also preparing to launch direct service to the Thai city of Pattaya later this month, as well as service to Penang, Malaysia in February. “With our recent inauguration of direct service to Chiang Mai, and our…