By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Dubai Tourism claimed the Best Stand for Doing Business at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Best Stand Awards. Recognised for creating a busy B2B atmosphere, Dubai Tourism boasted a well-planned and easily navigable layout with a good presentation of their stand and its services. The hotly anticipated winners of this year’s awards were announced at …

KARACHI: In line with its commitment of facilitating passengers, the second national carrier of Pakistan Shaheen Air International (SAI) has joined hands with UBL Omni by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide its customers with cashless and easy mode of payments. The MoU signing ceremony was held at Shaheen Air head office in Karachi. The MoU was signed …

DUBAI: Bangladesh Tourism Board with the assistance of Bangladesh Consulate General in Dubai organized a Press Conference in the Media Centre of Arabian Travel Market 2018, a famous tourism exhibition in the Middle East and North African Region, which is being currently held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hon’ble Minister Mr. A.K.M. Shajahan Kamal, MP, made …

DUBAI: Dubai Airports, operator of the world’s busiest international airport Dubai International, and DXB Entertainments PJSC (DFM:DXBE) owner of Dubai Parks and Resorts the Middle East’s largest integrated theme park destination, recently announced a strategic partnership with the aim of creating an unparalleled airport experience while showcasing Dubai’s position as the ultimate tourist and family entertainment destination in the region. …

ABU DHABI: Nirvana Travel & Tourism, Oman Air and YougoMorocco have announced their new joint venture partnership for the UAE market which aims to increase the number of GCC visitors to Morocco, while simultaneously promoting Oman Air’s new fleet which offers direct flights from the GCC to Morocco. The collaboration which was announced at an exclusive press conference held on …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Oman Air, the award-winning national airline for the Sultanate of Oman, unveiled the new First Class Mini Suite of its Dreamliner 787 -9 fleet, on the opening day of Arabian Travel Market, a key travel and tourism event taking place from 22-25 April, held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. HE Maitha Al Mahrouqi, …

ABU DHABI: While the Middle East remains a region that loves to travel, a new study suggests that the search for value plays a decisive role in how today’s travellers research, compare and book their journeys in this part of the world. Unveiled during this week’s Arabian Travel Market 2018, the ‘Middle East Consumer Travel Report 2018’—a study co-sponsored by …

DUBAI: Emirates won four accolades last night at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2018. The airline was crowned Best Airline Worldwide, Airline with the Best Business Class, Best First Class Airport Lounge in the Middle East and Airline with the Best Cabin Crew – a testament to its commitment to meet and exceed customer expectations in the air and on …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: In a bid to improve the tourism sector, Tourism Malaysia in conjunction with the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), Dubai – UAE have unveiled a campaign that will see over 36 million tourists visiting Malaysia and with tourist receipts reaching RM168 billion in 2020. Dubbed Visit Malaysia 2020, the campaign was officially launched by Datuk Mirza Mohammad …

DUBAI: Emirates and flydubai revealed today strong passenger numbers for the first six months of their partnership, illustrating the tremendous positive response from customers, and the successful start of the expanded codeshare partnership which was announced in July 2017. The first code-share flights began at the end of October 2017.  Between November 2017 and March 2018, over 400,000 passengers have …