KARACHI: Beach Luxury Hotel, with great zeal and pride celebrated 70th Independence Day of Pakistan with the Squad of Special Olympics athletes. The hotel management along with special athletes did the Flag-Hoisting as well as cake cutting ceremony. On that very special occasion General Manager of the Hotel, Mr. Azeem Qureshi stated that it was an honour and pleasure to celebrate the event of such great importance with such wonderful and great Special Olympians. The main purpose of this invitation to the Special Olympics Athletes of Pakistan was to notify and highlight their special efforts and devotion towards Sports and…
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CAIRO: Egypt’s tourism revival looks very positive and encouraging as its receipts almost tripled and worker remittances rose in the last three months of its fiscal year, marking another step in the country’s economic recovery from a crippling dollar shortage. Tourism revenue of Egypt rose to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter that ended June 30, from $510 million in the same period a year ago, according to the central bank of Egypt. Full-year receipts rose 16 per cent to $4.4 billion. Remittances grew 9 per cent to $4.8 billion in the fourth quarter, and rose 2 per cent to…
DUBROVNIK: Slowly but surely the overtourism debate is heating up in Europe, where cities like Barcelona, and now Dubrovnik, are looking at ways of reducing the number of tourists that flock to the destinations on a daily basis, sometimes outnumbering locals. Dubrovnik is drastically cutting the number of visitors allowed into its historical town centre, as well as looking at stripping back cruise allowances to help lighten the load. The Croatian city is going beyond UNESCO’s recommendation of permitting 8000 people per day inside the mediaeval walls, instead dropping it to just 4000. “We don’t want to go with the…
DUBAI: Etihad Airways said on Tuesday, it is withdrawing financial support for German budget carrier airberlin and will not offer further funding to the struggling carrier, which filed for insolvency on Tuesday, August 15. Filing for administration is similar to bankruptcy, and effectively means a company’s management is passed on to a different party, usually a court-appointed administrator. In a statement, Etihad said that as a minority shareholder in airberlin it could not offer funding that would further increase its financial exposure. The Abu Dhabi-based airline described airberlin’s move to file for administration as “extremely disappointing for all parties.” Meanwhile,…
SAUDI ARABIA: The ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the construction of a luxury resort on the Red Sea where women will be allowed to wear bikinis instead of having to fully cover their bodies. Experts believe the ambitious move initiated by the new heir to the Saudi throne, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is another attempt to modernize the oil and religious tourism dependent economy. The Red Sea project will unlock the potential of 125 miles of spectacular coastline and 50 reef-fringed islands with the development of hotels and luxury residences in a designated tourist zone.Construction, including a new…
JEDDAH: Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, recently welcomed key travel trade industry representatives from Jeddah to a dinner event hosted by Gulf Air’s country manager in Jeddah Zubair Ahmed Muhammed. At the event, Gulf Air’s longstanding commitment to the Saudi market was reiterated while guests learned of the airline’s latest developments and customer-focused initiatives. Most recently, Gulf Air launched passenger facilities including: prepaid seat selection, excess baggage and lounge access – all aimed at making travel even more comfortable for passengers while giving them greater control to manage various add-ons pre-travel. Additionally, the airline recently rolled out online flight status…
KARACHI: Planning a trip for the remaining summer to Turkey? Turkish Airlines has an offer that will make traveling on the airline a little more appealing than other available options as the airline is offering special promotional fares to the people of Pakistan. Boosting outbound tourism for Turkey from Pakistan is the ultimate target of Turkish airlines which the airline achieves by offering both matchless services and fares to Pakistan. Turkish airline’s new promotion is bound to attract more visitors to enjoy their holidays in Turkey,which is traditionally and culturally known to be one of the most popular travel destination…
DUBAI: India and UAE are working on a new agreement and policy for the bilateral air services by virtue of that agreement travel between the both countries may become more affordable and accessible. As the Indian tourists in Dubai and Abu Dhabi reaches record numbers, both the counties are looking to negotiate new quotas between air carriers as capacity is now running at 100 per cent of the approximately 130,000 seats allowed per week, said a report. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Banna, UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, has held extensive discussions with India’s Minister of State for Civil…
Air France announced it will be the Official Airline of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. This is the first time the airline partners as a sponsor of the Festival, whose 42nd edition runs from September 7 to 17. Air France will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Platform programme, which embodies the next generation of masters of cinema, and award the winner with the Toronto Platform Prize. In 2016 the line-up of the Platform programme included Jackie and 2017’s Oscar-winner for Best Picture, Moonlight. During the Festival, Air France will welcome Festival-goers at the Air Bistro Paris on Festival…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that global passenger traffic data for June showed that demand for flights rose by 7.8% compared with the same period last year. This was in line with the 7.7% growth recorded in May, with all regions reporting growth for the period. For the first six months of 2017, the industry experienced a 12-year high in traffic growth (7.9%) and a record first half load factor of 80.7%. Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, said, “A brighter economic picture and lower airfares are keeping demand for travel strong. But as costs…