BRUSSELS: The city of Brussels is hoping to boost tourism to pre-2016 levels with a Europe-wide campaign to be launched this week. Exact details have not been released, but the promotion launch will take place around London, where members of the public can win a city trip to the Belgian capital. A similar campaign will launch simultaneously in several European cities on Tuesday, May 2.Since the terror attacks last year, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region has made efforts to bring back tourism to pre-2016 levels. The lockdown of Brussels in 2015 and the attacks of March 2015 impacted tourists…
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KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has started daily flight to London from Karachi since April 25, 2017. CEO PIA Nayyar Hayat during a brief ceremony held at the PIA head office said that all possible steps were being taken to provide a better product to the valued passengers and added that PIA would pay special focus to attract corporate clients who would now have the flexibility of choosing flights as per their convenience. He also directed all concerned departments to ensure special handling for transit passengers. Mr. Tahir Niaz, Chief Commercial Officer and Mr. Aamir Memon, General Manger Brand were…
ISLAMABAD: To highlight the issues faced by Pakistan tourism industry and to suggest their solutions to promote both, domestic and international tourism of Pakistan, a National Tourism Conference ‘Discover Pakistan’ was organized at Serena Islamabad hotel on April 24. [huge_it_slider id=”18″] Apparently a multi-stakeholder effort, the conference was well attended by the Government Officials, Diplomats, International Community, Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Hoteliers, Airline representatives and many others associated with the industry but not Holiday Weekly, the most important segment of Pakistan travel, hotel, tourism and aviation industry. Holiday Weekly, popularly known as the Voice of Pakistan tourism industry is the…
DUBAI: Just days after Emirates said it will be cutting down on its flights to five of its 12 US destinations following the electronics ban coupled with visa restrictions, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group said that the airline would be redeploying aircraft used on those routes, to newer destinations in the East and Africa. “We always think about what could be the new markets that we have to deploy aircraft to if that would be the case,” said the Chairman. He added that Emirates…
SHANGHAI: China’s first ever big jetliner just passed the most important & crucial test. The test has taken China a step closer to becoming one of the world’s elite large airlines Makers. Produced by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China or Comac, the C919 finished its final ground trial in Shanghai on Sunday, 23 April. Test pilots sped the airplane down the runway at Pudong International Airport, lifting the nose of the jet into the air and slamming on the brakes. Before the C919 could make its maiden flight, expected before the end of May, the pilots had to demonstrate…
KARACHI: On countless occasions in the past The Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi has been known to put forward, with great zeal and enthusiasm, various cultural and literary festivities and celebrations of international accord all year around, providing its guests with fun-filled and memorable experiences. [huge_it_slider id=”17″] Last week the Pearl Continental Karachi presented the Chandni Mela Food Festival. Chandni restaurant itself is known around the nation for serving succulent traditional and authentic Pakistani dishes with a live BBQ, instrumental music and a backdrop of the breath taking roof-top city view providing their customers with an impeccable ambiance. The Event started…
DUBAI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, toured ATM, the Middle East’s leading travel and tourism event, started on 24 April, as it celebrates 24 years of industry milestones. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was joined by dignitaries including HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai; HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and CEO of the Emirates Group; and His Excellency Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director General of Dubai’s Department of Tourism…
ABU DHABI: Mr. Robin Kamark has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Airline Equity Partners by Etihad Aviation Group Monday, 24 April. Mr. Kamark will be responsible for leading and developing the group’s minority equity investment strategy, which includes stakes in airberlin, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Etihad Regional and Virgin Australia. Kamark takes the charge from Bruno Matheu, who has held the role since May 2016, and is leaving for personal reasons. Having a 17 year experience of the airline industry, Kamark rised through a range of strategy, commercial and general manager roles at SAS Group to…
It’s often assumed that Antarctica is safe from the negative effects of humans on the environment after all, it appears to be pristine and wonderfully isolated. However, new research says the southernmost continent needs considerably more attention to safeguard it, with its wide-ranging biodiversity showing increasingly more signs of damage from tourism, overfishing, transnational pollution, and warming oceans. A new study in PLOS Biology looked at the threats facing Antarctica’s biodiversity, from the albatross to the sea spider to the blue whale. It also looked at how Antarctica is addressing the 20 biodiversity targets set by the Convention on Biological…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood As we earlier wrote, the Tourism industry worldwide has been developing faster and deeper since the turn of the present century. Not only have the very concept of Tourist Products obtained new meanings, the various sectors serving those products have also acquired different profiles and different dynamics. Historical and archaeological products, which previously sufficed for marketing of destinations, are now considered ‘static products’; rendering them unsalable, except with activities contrived around them. The current ‘in thing’ for attracting tourists is what experts call ‘Contrived Products’. Changes in the transportation sector have been the more visible…