The Open Squash Tournament 2022, hosted by the Tennis Country Club Fujairah (TCCF) during the weekend of September 3 and 4, 2022, lived up to the emirate of Fujairah’s reputation for well-organized events. “The success of a sporting event is not determined by the number of participants or the volume of the crowd. It is the competitors’ enthusiasm, talent level, …

one of the most talented and renowned chefs, Enrico Crippa. The world-renowned, Michelin Three Star chef, recently ranked 19th in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 with his restaurant, Piazza Duomo, will bring his contemporary and refined style of Italian cuisine to the iconic Raffles Doha with the launch of ALBA by Enrico Crippa. The name of the new restaurant …

2022 has been significant for PizzaExpress as it celebrates its 57th birthday, which also marks 22 years of the pizza restaurant chain’s presence in the UAE. Renowned for its passion for good food and memorable times since 1965, PizzaExpress is committed to serving fresh ideas and great flavours without compromising the ingredients. Addressing the ever-growing demand for vegan cuisine in …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo sets up an airbridge between Dubai and Pakistan to offer cargo capacity free of charge on flights to transport relief aid to people grappling with the damage caused by the devastating floods. From today, cargo capacity on all Emirates’ passenger flights to Pakistan will be available to organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian …

A Kazakhstan national and a Pakistani national have been added to the long list of US dollar millionaires, while four others won luxury vehicles when Dubai Duty Free conducted the latest draw for Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise promotion in Concourse D of Dubai International Airport. Mr. Akhmet Kasaev, a 37 year old Kazakhstan national based in …

Emirates today announced plans to debut its newly retrofitted A380s featuring its latest Premium Economy cabins to five new cities from December – New York JFK, San Francisco, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore. The airline will also add more Premium Economy seats on services to London Heathrow and Sydney, as its newly enhanced aircraft sporting refreshed cabins roll into scheduled service. …

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, and Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced a new agreement. The renewed deal includes distribution on the Travelport+ platform, including New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Ethiopian Airlines. This agreement expands the ongoing travel retailing and distribution relationship between Travelport and Ethiopian, …

The finest travel brands from across the Americas and the Caribbean have been unveiled at a star-studded Gala Ceremony in Jamaica. The elite of the travel industry assembled for the World Travel Awards (WTA) Caribbean & The America’s Gala Ceremony 2022 to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best. The red carpet evening, hosted at Sandals Montego Bay, …

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, carried more than 10 million passengers on nearly 35,000 flights to 130 destinations this summer. Having anticipated the strong return of travel demand, Emirates worked closely with its airport partners to operate as scheduled, minimise travel disruptions, and take customers to their planned holidays and trips to see friends and family across the world over …

Oliver Wyman’s recent Airline Economic Analysis 2021-2 found that labor shortages and inflation were the two biggest issues facing the aviation sector as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, making it difficult for airlines to satisfy growing demand and pushing up operational expenses. As summer school holidays begin in the Middle East and airlines get busier, we look at what the findings mean from …