Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood Once again in the news is the flag carrier of our country, on hearing or reading the very name of which, conjures up sentiments of bruised pride, concern, dismay, anger, tolerance and hope among Pakistanis, depending on their age and station in life. Ours is of bruised pride. We have seen our national carrier when it was truly the nation’s pride and the youth then on the verge of graduating, aspired to be employed by it. Yes it was, among so many things, also a coveted employer. It ranked among the top ten airlines of…
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LAHORE: The Chief Selector Pakistan Cricket team and Star cricketer Inzamam ul Haq was in Lahore last week and he preferred to stay at Park Lane hotel. He is seen here being warmly welcomed by Guest Relation Manager Ms. Afshan Sohail, Senior Duty Manager Ali Qadir, DM Rizwan & by DM Ali Sheikh.
BRUSSELS: With the increase of 4% in 2016, International tourist arrivals to the European Union in 2016 reached almost 500 million or 40% of the world’s total. This preliminary result is included in the first release of the ‘European Union Short-Term Tourism Trends’, a regular monitoring of EU tourism by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in the framework of the cooperation with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROWTH) of the European Commission (EC). Despite many challenges the European Union faced in 2016, tourism has once again shown extraordinary strength and resilience, reinforcing its contribution to…
KARACHI: Mr. Todd Arthur (Vice President Sales & Market Development for Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific) along with Sabre Pakistan’s Mr. Sam Wong (General Manager) and Syed Rehan Ahmed (Senior Manager Sales) visited Bukhari Group Chairman Office last week. Group Chairman Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Khan & his Team, Sardar Zubair Hussain (Group CEO), Sayed Muhammad Tariq (Group COO), Kazmi Syed Shams (Group AVP) and Mr. Muhammad Zeeshan (Secretary to Chairman) warmly greeted the Sabre team to openly discuss business development in a very cordial atmosphere. The Group Chairman also introduced ‘Pakistan Travel Mart’ Team to the Sabre delegate: Syed Mohammad…
KARACHI: The Embassy of Belgium in Islamabad and the Marriott Hotel Karachi hosted the opening of the exposition “Highlights of the Belgium Comic Strip Art”. The event took place on Wednesday 29th March 2017, in the Marriott Hotel Karachi. [huge_it_slider id=”8″] The exhibition displayed the covers of some of the most famous comic strip books of Belgium. With more than 700 comic strip authors, Belgium has more comic strip artists per square kilometre than any other country in the world. It is here that the comic strip has grown from a popular medium into an art in its own right. Nowhere else are comics so…
KARACHI: Maintaining their tradition like every year, last week Ramada Plaza Karachi welcomed the spring season by organizing an absolutely fabulous annual Festival, “Jashan e Baharan 2017”. The event was fascinating and full of entertainment, music and Dance. The largely attended Festival commenced from 4pm and then followed by grand musical evening. Henna designing, distribution of colorful bangles, Patkas for males, Puppet Shows, Magic Shows, face paintings and other entertaining activities for every age were available there. The most fascinating features of the event were cultural and traditional performances Bhangra, Jhumer and Baloch Dance.The Shalimar Garden of the Ramada Plaza…
ANKARA: Turkish Airlines announced Thursday that its economy class passengers would be offered state-of-the-art headsets on long-haul flights. The move came less than ten days after the U.S. and U.K. introduced bans on electronic devices as carry-ons in flights coming from certain countries including Turkey. The flag carrier’s new service will be effective in all U.S. flights as of Thursday, and will come into effect on other long-haul routes as of May, the press release said. “By taking advantage of this headset on long-haul flights of the airline, the passengers will also be able to uninterruptedly enjoy the awarded in-flight…
BANGKOK: Thai Airways International’s (THAI) first Beijing-Phuket direct flight reached at Phuket International Airport on Tuesday, 28th March, in southern Thailand, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). THAI has launched four-time weekly direct flights between China’s capital Beijing and southern Thailand’s famous beach destination Phuket. The flights will be carried out with 264-seat Dreamliner B787 planes. With flights incoming from Beijing on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and outgoing flights on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, the service will allow travelers from Beijing to fly to Phuket for long weekend visits. Bangornrat Chinaprayoon, Director of TAT Beijing Office said…
Matera, a historic city with a rich culture, is just a few hours away from the stunningAmalfi Coast and makes for an ideal day-trip. The city was announced as a UNESCOworld heritage site in 1993 and is said to be ‘the most outstanding, intact example oftroglodyte settlement in the Mediterranean region, perfectly adapted to its terrain andecosystem’. Made up of extensive cave dwelling districts known as the sassi, Materaoffers visitors the option to dine or even spend the night in one of these caves. Go forthe guided tour of the city — a must if you are looking to fully…
HAMBURG: Airbus has announced that the company will showcase its new cabin innovations at the most popular, Exclusive and dedicated event to the aircraft interiors industry, in-flight entertainment, connectivity and passenger services, that is Expo in Hamburg, Germany, from April 4 to 6 this year. Journalists who attend the Airbus Media Briefing at his stand will be able to learn about several new A380 cabin efficiency enablers, including new space, creating staircase and crew-rest arrangements and also visualise them thanks to a large four metre long cutaway model of the entire A380 interior containing these enablers. For the Widebody A330neo…