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BEIJING: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has got approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to operate direct weekly passenger flights on the Beijing-Xian-Beijing route from next month. “PK-856 will depart from Islamabad International Airport every Tuesday for Xian and PK-857 will return to Islamabad on the same day,” official sources told APP here on Saturday. The Islamabad-Xian-Islamabad will be the third direct flight of the national flag carrier between Pakistan and China. PIA was already operating weekly passenger flights on Islamabad-Beijing-Islamabad and Islamabad-Chengdu-Islamabad routes on Sunday and Wednesday respectively. It is worth mentioning that the CAAC accorded approval…

Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism, who will represent the kingdom, said: “Saudi Arabia is honoured to have been elected Chair of the UNWTO Executive Council. We firmly believe in the mission of UNWTO and look forward to working with all countries to advance the global tourism sector. Saudi Arabia has been an active partner to the UNWTO, launching initiatives, championing new thinking and opening the first Regional Office to help drive the agenda forward in the Middle East and beyond. “At the heart of the UNWTO is a desire to promote tourism as a catalyst of economic development,…

NEW YORK: Despite being the world’s skinniest skyscraper, New York’s newest tower is still shaking up Midtown Manhattan in a big way. Located at 111 West 57th Street, the residential skyscraper cuts straight through the sky with an astounding height-to-width ratio of 24:1. Though some residents moved in last April, the full suite of amenities and additional units were still under construction until now, when JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group announced that the monumental building was finally completed. The tall, slender tower is surely the first thing passersby will see, but 111 West 57th Street is actually a…

ISLAMABAD: A comprehensive strategy has been devised on the instructions of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to construct a world-class tourism complex in Islamabad, for which the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has developed Project Concept- 1 (PC-1). It has been learned from informed sources that the design of the seven-storey building has been prepared by the National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK), a Pakistan-based multinational state-owned enterprise and an energy contractor which provides consulting, construction, engineering, and management services globally. The foundation stone for the mega-project will be laid next year on the 14-Kanal highly valued land near the Pakistan National…

ISLAMABAD: This October marked the sixth consecutive year since Hashoo Hotels joined hands with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre for the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Keeping the tradition alive, qualified oncologists from Shaukat Khanum Memorial visited all of Hashoo Hotels across Pakistan to raise awareness and educate the staff, guests, and associates on the importance of early detection and self-examination. To honour the support of the Group, Dr. Faisal Sultan, CEO SKMT awarded the Shaukat Khanum Corporate Excellence Award to Hashoo Hotels for their invaluable support. The award was received by Mr. James Robert Wilson, General Manager,…

In a time of economic crisis, what could be more outré than a superyacht? Why, a terayacht of course, a name given to vessels even bigger than super, mega and gigayachts. The latest luxury boat to hit the market is Pangeos,- named after Pangea, a supercontinent that existed from 200 million to 335 million years ago. And if those seem like big numbers, wait until you hear how many dollars it’ll take to construct it: $8 billion, according to designers Lazzarini. Little wonder it’s so expensive when this, if funded, will become the largest floating structure ever built. Looking rather…

PRAGUE: On 16th November, the heads of Europe’s national tourism boards convened in Prague for the General Meeting of the European Travel Commission (ETC). This meeting, which was hosted by CzechTourism, brought together over 30 CEOs of national tourism authorities (NTOs) from across Europe and ETC associate members from private industry to discuss the state of play for Europe’s tourism sector. The meeting took place alongside the European Tourism Forum organised by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. ‘ ETC’s newest member, the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine (SATD), was in attendance for the first…

Karachi – November 18, 2022: UBL passionately supports literature and arts as causes and has consistently invested towards advocating indigenous talent. The UBL Literature & Arts Awards is an event that has been undertaken by UBL annually for a decade now. In this regard, the 10th UBL Literature and Arts Awards were held at a local hotel in Karachi, attended in large numbers by writers, literary and media personalities, socialites, and celebrities. This annual celebration of Pakistani writers was expanded this year to include three new categories, thus making it the most comprehensive Pakistani awards celebrating the field of literature…

LAHORE: Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP), the main wing of Punjab Tourism department, has joined hands with Pakistan’s renowned ride-hailing platform Careem. To increase the magnitude of tourism, this partnership is launching a new car type specifically for guided tours called “Safe and Secure Tourism (SST)” in Lahore. The car type will include three routes: the first route will include a tour of Lahore Museum, the National History Museum, Lahore Fort, and the Badshahi Mosque, second route will include a tour of Wazir Khan Mosque, and Shalimar Gardens and the third route will be dedicated to Wagah Border. In…

The destruction of the world’s largest commercial plane was one of the key images at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The dream will never die,” tweeted the manufacturers when it was destroyed. Now it looks like they have stayed true to their word, with the company announcing that plans to rebuild it are already underway. Nicknamed “Mriya” — Ukrainian for “dream” the massive plane was built in the 1980s to carry the Soviet space shuttle. Its later life, while slightly less glamorous, was equally iconic — it was the world’s largest cargo transporter, with around twice the hold…