List of Hotels in Karachi Pakistan

Pearl Continental Hotel
Address : Club Road,P.O. Box 8513, Karachi, Pakistan

Avari Towers Hotel
Address : P.O Box No.15503 Fatima Jinnah Road, Karachi 75530 Pakistan

Marriott Karachi
Address : 9 Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi, Pakistan

Sheraton Karachi Hotel & Towers
Address : Club Road, Karachi, Pakistan 75530

Dream World Resort
Address : A/4, F-24, Near Submarine Chowk, Block 9, Clifton Karach, Pakistan.

Marriott Hotel
Address : 9 Abdullah Haroon Road, P.O.Box 10444, Karachi

Regent Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre
Address : Main Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Mehran Hotel
Address : Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi-75530

Carlton Hotel
Address : DC-5 Off Zulfiqar Street 1, Phase VIII, D.H.A, Karachi-75000 Pakistan

Airport Hotel
Address : Karachi Airport , Karachi, Pakistan

Beach Luxury Hotel
Address : M. T. Khan Road, Karachi-74000 Pakistan

Medical Tourism in India

Today India is atracting a huge crowd f childless couples from overseas for low cost treatment and friendly rules in terms of egg donors and surrogate motherhood. As per Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction, there are some 400 IVF clinics in the country, providing an estimated 30,000 assisted reproductive treatments a year.

In America, a full IVF cycle costs around 12,500 dollars, which in India costs around 4,500 dollars. Only cost is not the only factor, lack of rules and regulations in this context is equally considerable factor. In India, there are no restrictions on egg donation

In Britain, the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has outlawed payments to surrogates and British IVF clinics allow doctors to implant only two embryos into the uterus in a treatment. In India, five implants are allowed, substantially increasing the chances of pregnancy, and there is no shortage of egg donors.

India & UN World Tourism Organisation

India has succeeded in thwarting attempts by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at ranking tourist destinations worldwide, a move which assumes significance in view of the recent terror attacks in the country. Previous month, many countries had considered issuing travel advisories against visiting India in the backdrop of terror attacks in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Delhi.

On this India has opposed, any kind of move regarding certifications, grading or ranking of tourist destinations on various parameters at the meeting of the Executive Council of UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at Madrid last week. The UNWTO serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and promotes the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism with special attention to the interests of developing countries.

New York City opens tourism office in India

New York City has opened its latest international tourism and marketing office in India, hoping to entice more Indians to visit. The office is located in Mumbai. India's office is the 18th international NYC tourism office to open and after this India, comes alongwith Spain, Russia, China and Brazil.

As per records New York City received 157,000 visitors from India in 2007, who generated $226 million in economic impact. The city also is trying to recruit more Indian films to be shot in the city.

European Union suspends travel ban on Belarus President

The European Union now suspended a travel ban on Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, as part of an initiative to promote closer ties with former Soviet republics after Russia's invasion of Georgia.

EU foreign ministers announced the move at a meeting where they also dropped most sanctions against Uzbekistan and promised to negotiate a comprehensive free trade accord with Moldova.

Upcoming Travel & Tourism Trade Shows in October 2008

ARATUR 2008 (09-OCT-08 to 13-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Feria de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

MATTA Fair-Kuala Lumpur (10-OCT-08 to 12-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Central America Travel Market (CATM) (10-OCT-08 to 12-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Crowne Plaza San Jose, San Jose, California, United States Of America

India Travel Mart-Goa (11-OCT-08 to 13-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: TBA, Goa, India

Expo Comida Latina-Los Angeles (13-OCT-08 to 14-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, United States Of America

Carvan & Outdoor Leisure Show-London (14-OCT-08 to 19-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Earls Court, London, England, United Kingdom

Hoventa (14-OCT-08 to 17-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Budapest Fair Center, Budapest, Hungary

Caravan & Motorhome Show-Birmingham (14-OCT-08 to 19-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Primus Horeca Ukraine (15-OCT-08 to 18-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Kiev International Exhibition Centre, Kiev, Kiev City, Ukraine

Arab World Travel & Tourism Exchange (AWTTE 2008) (16-OCT-08 to 19-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon

Tour Salon (16-OCT-08 to 18-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Poznan International Fair Grounds, Poznan, Poland

Gastro-Tech (16-OCT-08 to 18-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Kielce Trade Fair Centre, Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland

Kampeer & Caravan Fair (16-OCT-08 to 22-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Piscina Expo (16-OCT-08 to 19-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Centro de Exposicoes Imigrantes Portugal, Santarem, Portugal

Hostelco Expo (17-OCT-08 to 21-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Montjuic Exhibition Centre, Barcelona, Spain

HOTEL BOLZANO (20-OCT-08 to 23-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Fiera Bolzano, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Business Travel Show-Dubai (20-OCT-08 to 21-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Madinat Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Gourmet & Dining Style Show (20-OCT-08 to 22-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight), Tokyo, Japan

Specialised International Hotel & Restaurant Exhibition (SIHRE) (22-OCT-08 to 26-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Inter Expo & Congress Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tour Expo (23-OCT-08 to 25-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Palace of Sport Spartak, Lviv, Ukraine

Hotel Emotion (24-OCT-08 to 27-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Fiera Milano, Milan, Lombardia, Italy

International Tourism & Travel Show (25-OCT-08 to 27-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Canada

Holiday Expo-Visakhapatnam (25-OCT-08 to 26-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: TBA, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Palm Beach Travel Expo (26-OCT-08 to 27-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Palm Beach County Convention Center, Palm Beach, Florida, United States Of America

Great North Group Travel Show & Fam (27-OCT-08 to 29-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Holiday Inn Austin, Austin, Texas, United States Of America

The Arab Transport Forum (29-OCT-08 to 30-OCT-08)
Place of Trade Show: Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Philoxenia Expo (30-OCT-08 to 02-NOV-08)
Place of Trade Show: Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece

Impact of economic slowdown on Travel Industry

The travel industry has been influenced and not able to keep apart itself from the heavy economic slowdown, seen in the last few weeks.

In the month of september all major airlines has shown a great decline in the list of daily passengers. The occupancy rates in the hotels falls. The all is creating a pressutre for new concessions. Domestic airlines has cut 8-10 percentof their domestic flights. This is not all, airlines are also planning to raise the fares. Fares are 15 to 25 percent higher on many routes than they were a year ago. But that portion of the strategy seems to have stalled.

British Airways, one of the major players on the intensely competitive trans-Atlantic market, said that its full-year financial projections were at risk because long-haul premium traffic declined 8.6 percent in September from September 2007.

New Zealand Tourism Industry Association

The Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) is the largest representative body of tourism operators in New Zealand. The association is a membership-based and private sector trade organization.

Four main activities of Tourism Industry Association New Zealand

Advocacy and policy
Events
Industry development
Working with other organisations

Website: http://www.tianz.org.nz