By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Mövenpick Hotel Karachi conducts Tree Plantation Drive on World Environment Day. The tree plantation drive was conducted on June 5, 2018 at Noor Ali Trust Ground to raise awareness about environmental protection activities to combat rising temperature in our city, Karachi. Mövenpick Hotel Karachi is a green globe certified and socially responsible organisation that believes in benefiting …

DUBAI: Ahead of its 5 July launch, Emirates is offering special fares to Santiago.  Travellers from the UAE can book special fares on all Economy and Business Class travel starting today until 18th June 2018 for travel between travel between 5th July 2018 and 31st January 2019. Economy Class passengers can enjoy fares starting from AED 5,500 and Business Class …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Address Downtown, the flagship hotel under Emaar Hospitality Group’s premium lifestyle Address Hotels + Resorts brand, has opened its doors to hotel guests, marking the arrival of Dubai’s much-loved destination, popular among visitors from across the world. Address Downtown has opened with several innovative features including new restaurant concepts, additional rooms and suites, The Spa at …

DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, will introduce regular scheduled commercial Airbus A380 services to Osaka (KIX) in Japan on 28 October 2018*. The deployment of the double-decker aircraft represents a capacity increase of 38%, and means that travellers will enjoy the comfort of an A380 to and from two Japanese gateways, as the flagship aircraft already operates daily …

TOKYO: Mr. Nond Kalinta, Acting Vice President, Sales Department, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), together with Mr. Arnuphap Kittikul, THAI General Manager of Japan, together welcomed Mr. Weerasak Kowsurat, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, as Chairman of the 19th Thai Festival 2018, and H.E. Bansan Bunnag, Ambassador of Thailand to Tokyo. The event was held at Yoyogi …

ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs Main Department in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines has launched an e-visa service for all international visitors to Ethiopia effective June 01, 2018. Though the e-visa service initially launched in June, 2017 was available for a limited number of countries, under the new initiative all international visitors will be able to travel to …

MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the sultanate of Oman, commences its new daily flight from Muscat to the Turkish city of Istanbul on June 1, 2018. The inaugural flight WY 163 departs Muscat International Airport at 20.10 hrs. after a cake-cutting ceremony at Oman Air’s exclusive First and Business class check-in lounge. Oman Air delegation led by their …

DUBAI: Emirates is giving customers even more reasons to explore Dubai and the United Arab Emirates with the return of its signature pass this summer.  ‘My Emirates Pass’  turns the Emirates boarding pass into an exclusive membership card, giving travellers exclusive offers and discounts within the UAE. Emirates customers flying to or through Dubai between 1 June and 31 August …

DUBAI: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, expands its partnership with EGYPTAIR in Dubai. Starting today, dnata will provide the airline with premium cargo handling services from its best-in-class facility at Dubai World Central (DWC).  EGYPTAIR will initially operate one cargo flight a week between Dubai and Cairo using an Airbus A300F aircraft. dnata has been providing ground …

DUBAI: Emirates Skywards has revamped its family offering to provide a richer, more rewarding programme called ‘My Family’. Family members can now pool up to 100% of Skywards Miles earned on Emirates flights, allowing them to redeem rewards faster than before. Each member can pool up to 100% of their miles earned on Emirates flights and the nominated contribution of …