KARACHI: Gerry’s dnata, Pakistan’s largest ground services provider, has won a prestigious award for achieving the highest safety standards. The company has been recognised for its industry-leading health & safety risk assessment and control procedures at the 7th International Environment, Health & Safety Awards. Syed Haris Raza, vice president of Gerry’s dnata, said: “Safety is a fundamental, uncompromising tenet of our business, and one of our six corporate values. We’ve integrated safety in all aspects of our operations and engage our people at all levels of the organisation in continuous improvement. “This award is a testament to our team’s hard…
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LONDON: WTM London has announced that China Travel Online is the show’s newest buyer partner and media partner in China. China Travel Online is a leading China outbound travel portal that connects destinations, attractions, hotels and other travel suppliers around the world to Chinese operators and professionals. It is also one-stop-shop for resources, e-commerce, news and networking for Chinese travel and tourism companies and professionals. The new partnership means that China Travel Online will invite up to 50 Chinese buyers to network and do business with suppliers and destinations across the globe during WTM Virtual on November 8 to 9.…
MONTREAL: ACI’s annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards recognize and reward the best airports in the world across an array of categories. All of the award winners have something in common, no matter the size or location of airport, volume of passengers, or number of employees, their exceptional commitment to continuously improving the passenger experience. The remarkable 2020 Award winners rose to new and unique challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a dramatic impact on global passenger traffic as well as changing customer perceptions and expectations. They also sought to improve their core operations over the past year.…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, operated two regularly scheduled passenger flights with fully vaccinated crews to two separate domestic destinations in the Sultanate on 12 July 2021. Oman Air Flight 931, a Boeing 737-800, departed Muscat at 07:30 on 12 July for Khasab, a popular port city on northern Oman’s breathtaking Musandam Peninsula. The flight was piloted by Captain Suhib Mohamed Al Barwani and First Officer Waleed Al Jadeedi, comprising a cabin crew of 4. Oman Air Flight 907, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, departed Muscat at 14:55 the same day for Salalah in Oman’s…
GENEVA: Covid-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and lower-middle income countries without urgent action to boost supply and assure equitable access for every country, including through dose sharing, a report said. An acceleration in scaling up manufacturing and sharing enough vaccine doses with low-income countries could have added $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had similar vaccination rates as high income countries, according to the Global Dashboard on Covid-19 Vaccine Equity released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…
The Canadian federal government announced today the cruise ship ban will end on November 1, 2021, which was previously slated to continue through February 28, 2022. But cruise ship operators are required to fully comply with public health requirements. “As Canadians have done their part to reduce the spread of COVID-19, our government continues to work hard to safely restart our economy and build back better,” said Omar Alghabra, Canada’s federal Minister of Transport, in a statement. “We will welcome cruise ships, an important part of our tourism sector back in Canadian waters for the 2022 season.” Cruise ships have…
The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperilled world heritage site, has hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city. Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay tweeted that the Italian government’s Tuesday decision to deny access to the mammoth liners as of August 1 is “very good news and an important step that significantly contributes to the safeguarding of this unique heritage site”. Starting next month, ships over a certain size or weight or surpassing specific pollution levels can no longer ply the Giudecca Canal, a major sea artery in Venice, or…
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) director general informed the Senate’s Aviation Committee on Thursday that a plan to introduce helicopter service for tourists is on the anvil. PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, a member of the committee, asked him why a helicopter facility was not being introduced to promote tourism, to which the latter replied that a plan in this regard is in the pipeline. CAA DG Khaqan Murtaza informed that flights to Swat’s Saidu Sharif airport were suspended due to lack of the required number of passengers. He said a mere six passengers traveled on a flight to Swat,…
DOHA: Qatar is adding 105 new hotels and hotel apartments to its already extensive portfolio of properties, as the country gears up to host the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. The new properties will broaden Qatar’s appeal to a range of travelers and enhance the visitor experience, as Qatar Tourism continues its mission to turn the country into a world-leading destination. One recent hotel opening is the Banyan Tree Doha, a five-star luxury property, elegantly designed by renowned interior designer Jacques Garcia. Hotel openings on this year’s horizon include, for example, the Pullman Doha West Bay, a five-star Accor property;…
HYDERABAD: The federal government has completely overlooked Sindh for conserving around 3,200 heritage sites in the province, complained Sindh Provincial Minister for Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Syed Sardar Ali Shah. He was speaking to media after inaugurating the Mukhi House Museum after its renovation in the city on Tuesday, July 13. “I will not beg for alms from the federal heritage ministry. It has just ignored Sindh in conservation of heritage” said Sardar Shah. He said heritage conservation needed huge resources and the federal heritage ministry should release funds for their preservation in Sindh. He also said that those funds…