DUBAI: Russian director and producer Alexey Uchitel’s production house Rock Films dropped the first teaser of upcoming Syrian war drama “Palmyra” this week.
Directed by Andrei Kravchuk, the film, which is currently in post-production and slated for a 2022 release, tells the story of a Syrian Explosive Ordnance Disposal team tasked with clearing the ancient city of explosives left behind by Daesh militants, ahead of a concert held by the orchestra of Maestro Valery Gergiev in the historic site of Palmyra.
“Everybody has heard of the shocking destruction in the Syrian city of Palmyra that was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world,” said Uchitel to Variety.
RIYADH: The Capital Market Authority has approved the listing of 30 percent Tanmiah Food Company. The Riyadh-based company which employs more than 1500 people has grown to become a major supplier of chicken products and also operates a veterinary services unit and food processing business. Investor interest in the regional food production sector has grown this year as the
DUBAI: Business travel is likely to suffer for a couple of years according to a senior Qatar Airways executive.
Chief Commercial Officer Thierry Antinori told an event organized by aviation consultancy CAPA that premium travel would take time to recover amid cost cutting by companies.
Business class travel had been a strong growth market for airlines before the onset of the pandemic with Gulf carriers especially investing heavily in super-luxurious seats aimed at capturing high-flying executives.
But the rapid growth of video conferencing over the last year and cost-cutting by corporations has decimated the premium travel segment. Some procurement departments or some CFO s may use the opportunity of the crisis to cut costs without thinking too much of the top line so to save a couple of thousand dollars on one trip you may expose 5 or 10 percent of your top line, Antinori told the virtual event on Wednesday. But that is very often what some companies are doing - so because of
BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra coronavirus tests, paving the way for the pass to start in time for summer.
The widely awaited certificate is aimed at saving Europe’s travel industry and prime tourist sites from another disastrous vacation season. Key travel destinations like Greece have led the drive to have the certificate, which will have both paper and digital forms, rapidly introduced. Right now, traveling in the EU’s 27 nations is a trial for tourists and airlines alike. Countries have various COVID-19 traffic-light systems, where those in green are considered safe and those in red to be avoided. But each nation is applying different rules and standards, making travel confusing for all.