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Travel Briefs
Cathay Pacific changes look: Cathay Pacific has introduced a new corporate identity the new logo combines a birds wings with a calligrapher s brush stroke The change coincided with the delivery of new aircraft from Airbus.The airline said it would introduce its new identity gradually
Silk Air increases Rangoon flights: s«ik Air add art extra flight to its Singapore-Rangoon service from Nov 5 io cater to the rapidly growing demand on the route. The new Silk Air flight operates every Saturday. Silk Air s existing three weekly services are on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. — Bangladesh Shipping Times
Annual staff party at Sonargaon: as in every year all levels of staff were present at the annual staff party of Hotel Sonargaon.The evening sparked off with the exchange of greetings and having dinner. This was fallowed by the annual proclamation ceremony and a cultural show —Monitor
Gulf Air award for performance: The Dhaka office of Gulf Air has recently introduced Staff of the Month" award far the first time- under the enthusiastic and able leadership of Mr Ismail Haqiqi Area Manager.Gulf Bangla deah — Bangladesh Shipping Times
Bangladesh prepare a paper on Tourism: The World Tourism, Organization (WTO) has sent a request to Bangladesh to prepare a paper on tourism and aviation The paper will be read at the Asian Tourism Conference to be held at Islamabad from Jan 10-15. 1995 In the Asian Tourism , Conference technical sessions on 'tourism and marketing.' 's6stalnab)« tourism development and quality tourism’ will also be held , - Holiday Aviator
Thailand to host the 1996 PATA Conference: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has selected Bangkok as the venue of Its 1996 Annual Conference and Pattaya tor Its Travel Mart in April 1996 The conference will be-the third PATA annual meeting for Thailand, the first one was held In 1969 aqd the other in 1982
Suhioiita Nakornthab Director of the Public Relations Division. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said that PATA is one of the most active tourism associations In the world Tlie PATA annual conference. Asia's largest conference for tlie tourism Industry, is scheduled during April 21-25. 1996
The conference will be a forum for member offices to exchange ideas and opinions on Issue* affecting the travel industry now and in the future Distinguished guest speakers from various fields will also be Invited to address the conference The opening and closing ceremonies of the conference will be at the Queen Siriklt National Convention Centre (QSNCC) and meetings will be held at the Shangri-La hotel and the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel and Towers which are located on the bank of Chae Phraya riven About I 800 delegates from national tourist organisations, airlines, and other tourism related offices aroiugl the world are expected lor the convention. The Thai Hotel# Association (THAJ will reserve about 3.500 rooms for all participants.
Tlie other major event for the Thai tourism Industry Is the 1996 PATA Traver Mart, which will be held at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort In Pattaya during April T6-19. 1996. ending two days prior to the annual conference in Bangkok. Some of the world s top buyers in the tourism Industry will be in Pattaya tp meet with sellers (public and private tourist offices fioih the Asia/Pacific region) to discuss business. All delegates will stay at the Royal Wing, the Royal Cliff Grand and other first-class hotels in Pattaya. The room rates for delegates both in Bangkok and Pattaya will be about US 8 80 $ 100.
Air Myanmar to increase flights : Air Myanmar Myanmar s International Airline, has chalked out plans to increase flights from Yangon to Bangkok and Singapore and operate, a new service to Dhaka.
— Monitor
MAS reduces cargo clearance period: Malaysia Airlines will reduce the cargo clearance period at its Subbing Cargo Complex to overcome the Acute congestion there, according to its Chairman. The clearance perlpd would be cut from 60 hours currently to 24 hours and to 12 hours.
• — Shipping Times
Australia's airport may go on sale: Most of the 23 airports run by Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) are likely to go on sale. The labour govt, strapped for cash, to flnanqc benefits for the unemployed, proposes to sell them individually instead of as a system. The FAC's asset value is SA 2.2 billion (about SUS 1.6 billion). — Monitor
Best supervisor of the month: imtiaz Ahmed, laundry supervisor has been nominated the best supervisor for the month of November 1994. Imtiaz joined Sonargaon Pan Pacific Hotel on March 1. 1983 as a houseman and has now achieved the designation of Laundry Supervisor.
— Sonargaon Tattler
Singapore, Lufthansa Launch Joint Service:
Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa launched a second Joint . freighter service between Singapore and Frankfurt in October. 1994. This new weekly service leaves Singapore and arrives in Frankfurt on the-same day, with a stop in Dubai on the way, Tlie return flight leaves Frankfurt on a Thursday and arrives in Singapore on the following day.
Frankfurt is the niain gateway to the Industrial hub of Germany and the leading cargo hub in Europe. Singapore, the main gateway to Southeast Asia, is one of the busiest cargo hubs in tlie Asia-Pacific region.
The main commodities exported 'thorugh Frankfurt are machinery, automobile spares, electrical and electronic goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, optical ahd scientific /equipment. Outbound cargo from Singapore to Frankfurt in < hide disk drives, telecommunications equipment, computers. machinery parts, fresh flowers, garments and textiles Munitof. j