KARACHI: Muhammad Naeem Sharif, Chairman TAAP presenting a TAAP’s memento to Nathakorn Chuncha, General Manager for Pakistan, Thai Airways in a luncheon meeting. Anwar Rasheed, Vice Chairman TAAP, Muhammad Hanif Rinch, Vice Chairman APJC-Pakistan & former Chairman TAAP, and other prominent personalities of the Travel and Tourism Industry are also seen in the picture.
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KARACHI: Mr. Ahmad Mohammadi, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hosted a luncheon in Honor of senior journalists at Consulate premises. Photo shows host with guests and other Iranian diplomats
KARACHI: Songkran is the Thai New Year’s festival and its celebrations are rich with symbolic traditions. Royal Thai Consulate General in Karachi celebrated Songkran Festival at the residence of His Excellency Suwat Kaewsook, Consul General Thai Royal Consulate General Karachi. The Thai community in Karachi was also invited to celebrate the festival with great enthusiasm at Royal Thai Consulate, Karachi. Upon arrival H.E. Suwat Kaewsook, Consul General Thai Royal Consulate General Karachi, warmly welcomed all guests. The charm of day was a large variety of Thai food, desserts and fruits for the guests, which everyone enjoyed. As usual, Mr. Arif…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate, has boosted its fleet with the recent addition of a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.This is in addition to the new 737-800s and 787-9 which were added to the fleet in 2017. Configured with 30 award-winning flat-bed Business Class suites, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is designed by BE Aerospace and 258 Economy Class seats. Allowing access to a wide selection of on-demand entertainment delivered through a passenger experience interface developed specifically with Oman Air, all classes feature the state-of-the-art Thales Integrated In-Flight Entertainment System which provides an even more enjoyable guest…
ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines has reported a significant growth in the number of inbound tourists to Turkey from the GCC, with a 10.5 per cent increase in the number of GCC travellers compared to last year. The data, which was revealed at the Arabian Travel Market, showed the biggest increase belonged to travellers from Saudi Arabia, which saw a growth of 18 per cent to reach 530,410 people. The second largest growth in tourist numbers was from the UAE to Turkey, reporting an increase of 14 per cent. Mr. M. İlker Aycı, Turkish Airlines’ chairman of the Board and the Executive…
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…
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…