Deputy Farid Heikal Al-Khazen responded to the invitation of Deputy William Tawk to accompany the pastoral visit of Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi to the Maronite Diocese of Baalbek – Deir Al-Ahmar.
Al-Khazen participated in the lunch banquet hosted by the patriarch in the eyes of Argash, stressing on the occasion his support for the positions of his patriotism, which he considered “the loud voice in Lebanon”, as well as the efforts made by Patriarch Al-Rahi to conduct the dues on their constitutional dates.
Al-Khazen thanked Representative William Tawk for the invitation.
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September 8, 2022
Dinamo Lebanon adopts the Internal Security Forces basketball team
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The president of Dinamo Lebanon Club, Faisal Kalawi, visited the Director General of the Internal Security Forces, Major General Imad Othman, in his office in the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces, accompanied by the technical director of the Dynamo Lebanon team, national coach Jad Al-Haj.
Kalawi offered Othman to the management of Dynamo Lebanon to adopt the Internal Security Forces basketball team, which will participate in the fourth-degree championship, provided that the administration undertakes to secure all his logistical needs so that his participation is complete and appropriate.
Othman welcomed the idea, thanking Kalawi and the management of Dinamo Lebanon for the initiative, praising the achievements of the basketball game at the national level, and congratulating coach Al-Hajj on the victories achieved by the national team under his leadership. Coach Al-Hajj will be responsible for supervising the proper functioning of the team’s technical staff.
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice bans Apple from selling iPhones in the country for not including chargers in the box – Engadget
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Chris Velazco/Engadget
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security once morest Appleban, which prohibits Apple from selling iPhone products in the country that do not come with a charger in the box. Not only that, the Justice Department also fined Apple 12.275 million Brazilian reals (regarding $2.38 million) and revoked state-owned telecommunications company Anatel’s right to sell the iPhone 12.
Apple has not included a charger in the box since the iPhone 12, and the reason given at the time was that it might not only reduce waste of resources (Apple said that if the charger was not included in the box, 861,000 tons of copper and zinc would be saved a year). , tin and other metals), and because the packaging has shrunk significantly, more iPhone 12 boxes can be packed into the same volume, which also helps reduce the carbon footprint of transportation. However, the relevant authorities in Brazil obviously do not buy Apple’s account, and pointed out that if Apple really intends to reduce waste of resources, it should start by switching to the universal USB-C port. It is an act of “deliberately discriminating once morest consumers” while using a special charging head without providing a charger in the box.
In addition to the sanctions imposed on Apple by the Brazilian state-level department, in fact, the province of Sao Paulo in Brazil earlier investigated Apple by itself, and also fined Apple 10.55 million Brazilian reals for not including a charger in the box.
Apple has not removed the product from online stores in Brazil, andtold Archyde.comIt will continue to work with relevant units to “address their concerns”. A company spokesman also said that Apple intends to appeal, saying that Apple has won several similar legal battles in Brazil and believes consumers are aware of the choice of charging or connecting.
On the other hand, Samsung, which also did not include a charger in the box, sold the Galaxy S21 in Brazil by pre-ordering the charger to meet the official requirements of the province of São Paulo. Perhaps this is also a way to meet the Brazilian Ministry of Justice. Bar.
The supervisory authority recently launched work on the sector’s new roadmap, with the aim of integrating a strong public-private partnership and relays at the territorial level, with a view to strengthening the recovery dynamic observed and indirectly accelerate the pace of performance recovery in 2019.
Moreover, the Minister of Tourism Fatim-Zahra Ammor had announced, in this sense, that an attack plan has already been put in place to increase short-term air capacities to the Kingdom, with a view to promote the destination to tour operators and strengthen its reputation among international tourists.
It is also a question of strengthening air transport through the increase in capacity and the multiplication of point-to-point flights, the alignment of the tourist offer with national and international demand as well as the stimulation of investment. public/private around priority levers including entertainment and ecotourism, with an overall objective of reaching 26 million targeted tourists by 2030.
The winter season in sight
On the eve of the winter season, and contrary to the last two years, operators in the sector seem to be smiling once more and are reactivating now, able to allow the launch of a winter season, to say the least that we can say “promising “.
And this is Hamid. B, manager of a 5-star hotel in Marrakech who confirms this. According to him, the dynamic experienced by the Moroccan tourism sector this summer has revived hope among the various players in the sector, who are now more than optimistic for the winter season.
When asked how this season was, he said that the ocher city is undoubtedly the favorite destination for foreign tourists, especially in winter.
“So there will definitely be a high demand for this season. On our side, the preparations have just started, but we need to be accompanied, “he said.
“The only apprehension we are facing at the moment, continued this professional, is that of the specter of inflationary pressures which continue to hover over the prices of plane tickets which might, perhaps, impact the number of tourists. international”.
He also affirmed that the distinctive elements characterizing this season, including in particular the reduction in the number of hours of sunshine, the cold and the snow, are essential to take into account when approaching winter tourism, noting to this end, that the perception of winter on the part of citizens and transport all have an impact on the development and development of tourism during the winter season, but above all on the decisions taken by the players in the sector to prepare for this season.
On the side of the Middle Atlas, Halima, manager of a hostel in Ifrane stressed that its structure is full each winter season thanks to the diversity and richness of the potentialities and tourist resources available to this province and which allows this destination to offer diverse tourist products adapted to the different expectations of visitors and tourists.
After recalling that winter is an essential component of what characterizes the city of Ifrane, Halima noted that the season does not start when the tourists arrive… “It’s long before success or failure is decided. “. Dealing with an influx of customers means preparing to serve them, satisfying them, having the stock, the personnel, ready and trained, having the funds, ready to be invested and managed,” said she observes.
“More concretely, to encourage customers during this period, we are setting up very attractive booking offers with no refund on cancellations until the last two days of the arrival date. As a result, we can say that 100% of cancellations for the winter season will not be refunded to us,” said the manager, whose hostel has been in operation since 1998.
And to maintain that with 70% of winter nights, the winter holidays are by far the period that weighs the most in terms of tourist attendance for this region, especially for ski fanatics.
In short, the winter tourist season is a whole host of small challenges to be met, hence the need to know your industry, its local specificities, its clientele, in addition to adapting to the economic conditions of the moment in order to the ambition of an accelerated return to the usual levels, known to the sector.
MAP / Samia Boufous