ATLANTA: Forbes Travel Guide, the global authority on luxury travel, announced today a plan to significantly scale the company from evaluating and verifying luxury hospitality in 60 countries to 100 countries by the end of 2019. As part of this growth strategy, the company has made several key appointments and executive promotions. Gerard “Jerry” Inzerillo, who has served as CEO …

DUBAI: Copthorne Hotel Dubai, located within four kilometers of Dubai International Airport, has rolled out its transit package, aimed at encouraging passengers to exit the airport, spend a day or two in the city and enjoy its key attractions. The transit package starts from AED249 for a stay in a Superior room inclusive of breakfast, Wi-Fi access, airport return drop …

DUBAI: Emirates Aviation University (EAU) has announced the launch of a new research centre and doctoral training college in collaboration with Coventry University. The Dubai-based Research Centre for Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence will train its research students to specialise in a range of disciplines related to these fields, including aviation, management, security and smart cities. Building on an existing …

By Kamran Hashim / Syed Muhammad Amin KARACHI: In Karachi hanging out with friends and families at dhaba’s post-evening till late in the night is one of the most popular event of day be it students, professionals or and families and same was the case for Mubashir Hashmi, but at certain times he felt that spending so much amount of …

DUBAI: Emirates and its partner airline flydubai announced today that flights between Dubai and Zagreb in Croatia will be operated by flydubai from 2 December 2018 to 30 March 2019 after which flights will be operated by Emirates. The move will ensure that capacity is deployed to best serve customer demand by maximising the frequency for passengers during the winter …

DUBAI: Dubai Duty Free has announced a 10% increase in sales for the first half of the year with turnover reaching Dhs3.671 billion (US$1 billion) and placing the operation well on track to reach Dhs7.400 billion (US$2 billion) by year-end. Liquor, Perfumes and Tobacco retained the top three category positions with Liquor showing a 7% increase year to date (YTD) …

KARACHI: Shaheen Air International (SAI) began its annual Hajj schedule for the year 2018. The first flight NL 705 departed from Karachi to Madinah carrying 309 Hujjaj while additional flights for pilgrims will operate from other cities of the country including Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. The airline in its eighth consecutive Hajj operation will use A320 and A330 wide body …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has won SKYTRAX World Airline Award for the Best Airline in Africa for second successive year. Skytrax is the most respected global air transport rating organization that conducts the world’s largest annual airline passenger satisfaction survey where …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA)has stopped Shaheen Air flights NL768/NL892 operating from Lahore to Muscat (LHE-MCT) & Lahore to Canton (LHE-CAN) despite of court orders being issued to CAA over resumption of all SAI operations. It is pertinent to mention that Sindh High Court had earlier suspended the operation of letter of 13 July 2018in which CAA had …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: marhaba, one of the world’s fastest growing passenger services providers, yesterday celebrated its one millionth Dubai customer in 2018. The milestone customer was gifted a special pass valid for unlimited entries to all six marhaba lounges in the UAE for one year.  Marking the remarkable milestone, marhaba offers 25% discount on all meet and greet service …