Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood Our rich compliments to our Arab brothers and sisters on the clear and loud message emanating from the just concluded 24th Edition of Arabian Travel Mart 2017, where 2,600 exhibitors, representation of more than 150 countries and across 65 national pavilions participated. Now this Region is The Hub of modern civil aviation and thereby a region of fast economic development – industrialization, worldwide commerce and quality living. All the development in our immediate west have come after the 1970’s and the credit does not all go to their spurt in money income; it goes to…
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DUBAI: “Education and technology is critical, in order to build up a sustainable and competitive travel and tourism sector in the future,” said Antoine Medawar, Vice President Mena, Amadeus at the UNTWO and Arabian Travel Market Ministerial Forum, held during ATM in Dubai. In this event that gathered ministers of tourism an industry leaders in the MENA region, Medawar discussed the sustainable future of the travel and tourism sector, emphasising the importance of collaboration between stakeholders, in particular between the public and private sectors, to ensure that students and the labour force are fully equipped to deal with what will…
KARACHI: Mr. Nayar Hayat, Acting CEO Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said that PIA is regaining its market share on both, domestic and international routes and improving seat factor on its flights is the top priority for airline’s management. He announced this while addressing a ceremony arranged at a local hotel here today to give awards to top PSAs and IATA agents of Karachi region. This achievement was made possible with the cooperation of our business partners, he acknowledged. Mr. Nayyar Hayat also commended the commercial team of PIA’s Karachi region for achieving increase in sales as compared to 2016. He…
LONDON: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announces the departure of David Scowsill, President & CEO, after six years at the helm of the organization. During his tenure as the third President in the 26 year history of WTTC, he has taken the organisation to new heights, championing the private sector views in high level governmental discussions and promoting the sustainable growth of Travel & Tourism. “It has been a privilege to lead WTTC, representing the global interests of the private sector of Travel & Tourism, through advocacy with governments around the world. The membership of the organisation has…
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…
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…