RAWALPINDI: Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Ch. Abdul Ghafoor Khan chaired a high-level meeting of PTDC’s Management and Departmental heads where Executive Director of College of Tourism and Hotel management Asif Javed was also present. Ch. Ghafoor said that the organization owns a chain of motels located a prime tourist locations and hotel in Rawalpindi. A little improvement in services and face uplift will result not only in betterment of tourist facilities but also profitable for the organization. He directed that the rooms of motels and Flashman’s hotel should be renovated and upgraded as well as focus on…
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DAMMAM: Tourists may soon be welcomed in Saudi Arabia as the government plans to begin issuing tourist visas for the country, a report said. The decision comes as Saudi Arabia hopes to receive 1.5 million tourists a year by 2020. The initial stage will see visas rolled out only for groups of visitors through authorized tour operators. To support the initiative, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) would help to promote tourism in Saudi Arabia, adding that tourism projects “will further diversify job opportunities” in the kingdom, the report said. Rustam Al-Kubaisi, head of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National…
KARACHI: Sindh Government has entered into a cooperation agreement with St. Petersburg aimed at promoting partnership between the two in the fields of tourism &trade , science & technology, education and research, sports and culture respectively. Provincial Minister for Planning and Development, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and Governor of St Petersburg, Georgie Sergeevich signed Memorandum of Understanding in St. Petersburg on Monday, ushering Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Russian Federation into a new phase of cordiality. The signing ceremony was attended by senior officials of Russian Federation alongwith Chairman, Sindh Planning and Development Board, Muhammad Waseem, Chairperson, Sindh Board of…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Hotel Association has rejected the new S.R.O. No.1035 for imposition of regulatory duty and declared it detrimental for the already overburdened with taxes, Pakistan hotel industry. The association has written a letter to the government, asking for withdrawal of the new SRO. The association has highlighted the repercussion of SRO on the hotel Industry in Pakistan, which is in its very initial stage of development and recovery after a prolong period of slow business activities due to various issues including security problems. Now when things finally started improving and gradually tourists, weather local or international have started…
KARACHI: Silkbank Limited, having a substantial market share of the Credit Cards, signed an agreement with THAI Airways. Silkbank Credit Card holders can now avail attractive discounts when paying for their Thai Airways ticket with their Credit Card. The ceremony was held at Silkbank Head Office in Karachi where Mr. Nouman Butt (Head of Alliances, Loyalty and New Initiatives, Silkbank) along with his team and Mr. Uzman Naveed Choudhary (Company Secretary) met Mr. NatthakornChunhacha (Country Manager Pakistan, THAI Airways) to sign the agreement.
LAHORE: The Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) staged a protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday against new Umrah policies of the Saudi and Pakistani governments. The Travel agents demanded that both governments make the process of Umrah smooth and cheap for pilgrims. They took exception to the visa fee of Rs. 60,000 imposed by the Saudi government for pilgrims performing Umrah more than once in a year and addition of Etimad office where every Umrah pilgrim would be fingerprinted and charged Rs.600 to Rs.700 for the purpose. Instead of making the procedure more easy and simple,…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday, November 1, directed the formation of a committee to conduct a detailed study and “fine-tune” the proposed strategy to make the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) a profitable organization. According to a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office, a detailed briefing was given to the federal cabinet on future business plans and strategy to turn PIA around. The PM directed the formation of a committee to fine-tune the strategy. The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held a detailed discussion on how the national flag carrier can stand on…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has officially launched one of the airline’s most highly anticipated initiatives Gulf Air Holidays, offering travellers a wide range of holiday packages and tailor-made travel solutions to destinations worldwide, across the Gulf Air network available via holidays.gulfair.com. The airline is working in partnership with online travel booking company “Ezeego1.com” who are the “Gulf Air Holidays” back-end service provider. Commenting on this initiative Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Captain Waleed Abdul Hameed Al Alawi, said “By launching “Gulf Air Holidays” we hope to not only spoil our customers with a broad…
DUBAI: Emirates has unveiled the first aircraft in its fleet with a new livery dedicated to Expo 2020 Dubai. The decal was installed on A6-EPK, an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, at the Emirates Engineering hangar. The unique and striking livery is based on the Expo 2020 logo inspired by an ancient gold ring excavated in Dubai and it underlines Emirates’ support for the vision of Expo 2020 Dubai. Emirates is the Official Airline Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai. Emirates will be installing three different decal designs to reflect the different themes of Expo 2020- namely opportunity, mobility and sustainability. The…
COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines took yet another decisive step forward in extending its route network with the launch of daily non-stop services to Melbourne on 29th October 2017, providing global travelers with a convenient option to visit Australia and travelers from Down Under the opportunity to travel the world via rapid connections in Colombo. Ajith Dias, Chairman of Sri Lanka’s National Carrier, said: “We at SriLankan Airlines are delighted to launch this new service, which we have no doubt would be of great convenience to all segments of travelers, including the large number of Sri Lankans domiciled in Australia, the many…