KARACHI: The milestone tenth season of Pakistan’s iconic music platform, Coke Studio, was launched at an emotionally-charged ceremony, attended by the show producers, leading singers and musicians of Pakistan, representatives of the mass media and digital media, corporate leadership, socialites, senior management of Coca-Cola Pakistan, and a large number of Coke Studio fans and well-wishers. Over the past decade, Coke …

KARACHI: A three-day Jashn-e-Azadi food festival will commence from August 12 to 14 at Ramada Hotels Karachi at dinner to mark the Independence Day. Azaadi Cake cutting ceremony will be attended by the people from different walks of life. Laila Naz Manager Public Relations said that festival of this nature is a good medium to bring people closer to each other and further strengthen the …

ABU DHABI: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to its executive team. Accomplished finance professional Michel Checoury brings more than 30 years of global experience to the role. Michel, who has an MBA in Finance from Paris XII University, has spent his entire career working in senior financial positions for hospitality brands across the …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, recently hosted dinner events for the airline’s top corporate clients in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, hosted by Gulf Air Country Manager in Abu Dhabi, Ms. Madina Abdulla Albalushi and Gulf Air’s Senior Manager Sales, Mr Saad Al Qinni – respectively. At both events, Gulf Air representatives shared news of the …

DUBAI: Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Founding Chairman, Al Habtoor Group hosted a select group of panellists and guests to address the ongoing boycott of Qatar and the terrorism propaganda spread though Qatari-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera at the 4th ‘Open Talk’ discussion forum held on Wednesday 9 August 2017 at the Al Habtoor Group headquarters. Al Habtoor, a vocal speaker and …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Pepsi is proud to launch Battle of the Bands again, after a 15 year hiatus. Fawad Khan, Meesha Shafi, Shahi Hassan, Farooq Ahmed and Atif Aslam were confirmed as the official judges for Pepsi’s eponymous musical reality show. The five powerhouses appeared together at a press conference held by Pepsi Pakistan at the Pearl Continental Hotel …

By Staff Correspondent DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s best airline according to TripAdvisor, will increase capacity on its services to Egypt from 29th October 2017, with the launch of four additional scheduled flights every week to Cairo. The four new flights will increase the number of frequencies between the two cities to three each day, and take the total number of …

By our correspondent LAHORE: Imperium Hospitality has signed a hotel franchise agreement for Sheraton Grand Lahore Hotel with Starwood, the leading hotel company in the world. Starwood the parent company of Sheraton Grand Hotel reflects excellence through an inspiring lifestyle with five star plus hotel. The CEO of Imperium Hospitality Mr. Qasim Jafri shared his views and commented, “We intend …

KARACHI: The Azme-Naujawan (AeN) consortium has taken the initiative to launch a holistic programme focused on the meaningful engagement of youth at the ‘International Youth Day’ on 12th August. The AeN consortium is a programme that has been launched to address the disengaged state of youth in Karachi. They have come up with a platform that will provide youth with …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI/LONDON: Emirates and The Football Association announced today a three year contract extension to their successful existing partnership. The agreement will see the tournament continue to be named The Emirates FA Cup through until 2021. In 2015, Emirates became the title partner of the FA Cup, the world’s most prestigious domestic cup competition. The partnership between Emirates …