Air Arabia recently reported a profitable first quarter (January to March) of the current year despite COVID-19 impact on the carrier’s first quarter financial and operational performance.
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently announced the launch of a safe and clean certification programme – a first of its kind in the region, and one which seeks to uplift and standardise the cleanliness and hygiene levels across all businesses and organisations in the tourism sector.
Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation (MMPRC) invited the world to join a virtual journey to rediscover the memories of the beautiful islands, while people are obliged to to stay at home during these unprecedented times.
Bavaria-based Outdooractive, Europe’s largest outdoor portal for hiking, cycling, mountain biking and skiing, has acquired UK-based ViewRanger, featuring a range of additional destinations and exceptional routes and trails, across the globe.
Hamad International Airport (HIA) has announced that it handled 529,436 tonnes of cargo during the first quarter (Q1) of this year, which signifies a 4,7 percent increase in the global hub’s cargo activity in comparison to the same quarter of 2019.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) which represents the global travel and tourism private sector has unveiled a range of new worldwide measures to restart the sector.
Local tourism and domestic travel are expected to lead the UAE and wider GCC’s recovery from COVID-19 as we begin to see the easing of lockdown restrictions, according to the latest research released ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Virtual, a newly-launched three-day event that will take place from June 01-03 of this year.
Over the past weeks, the impact on international travel plans has continued to climb. In a survey by GlobalData, 56 percent of respondents in the emirates have had to cancel their upcoming international travel plans due to restrictions.
In line with national efforts aimed at combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in coordination with a number of Bahraini enterprises specialising in medical supplies, recently assisted in the importation of nine tons of medical items needed to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19, as well as general medications, medical equipment and hygienic products.
The medical drugs and equipment were chartered on special Gulf Air flights in an initiative spearheaded by Team Bahrain.
The collaboration between the national carrier and the local companies is to ensure the Kingdom possesses an abundant supply of medical drugs and equipment during this time to serve the shared goal of a safe and healthy community for all.
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently announced the launch of the ‘Abu Dhabi Specialist Programme’, an e-learning platform which will educate travel trade industry professionals with all destination-related information about the emirate through a series of online courses.
