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43 maltatoday, Sunday, 6 april 2014 Events Your first click of the daY www.maltatoday.com.mt Emirates Skywards adds Europcar to its partners EmiratEs skywards, the frequent flyer programme of Emirates air- line, has partnered with Europcar, number one rental services com- pany in Europe. Europcar operates one of the world's largest car rental networks and is winner of the mid- dle East's Leading Car Hire 2013 award. the partnership provides Emirates skywards members with even more opportunities to earn skywards miles, awarding miles for every booking with Europcar. Emirates skywards members will earn 600 miles on rentals at all Europcar locations with Gold and Platinum members eligible for an additional 200 bonus miles per rental. if a premium car is booked all membership tiers will automati- cally earn 1,000 miles. terms and conditions apply. Brian LaBelle, senior Vice Presi- dent, Emirates skywards, and mar- cus Bernhardt, Chief Commercial Officer, Europcar Group, recently signed the agreement at a ceremony held at Emirates airline Headquar- ters in Dubai. "We are constantly expanding Emirates skywards to create a fre- quent flyer programme that takes our members far beyond the im- mediate travel experience, reward- ing loyalty with exclusive privileges and other benefits. New strategic partners, such as Europcar, give ad- ditional opportunities to earn miles and we are committed to offering more choice and flexibility," Brian LaBelle said. marcus Bernhardt, Chief Com- mercial Officer, Europcar Group, comments: "it is a great opportunity for our group to partner with Emir- ates skywards, the award-winning frequent flyer programme from Emirates." members of Emirates skywards can redeem their earned miles for an extensive range of rewards. re- demption options include hotel accommodation, sporting events access, excursions and exclusive shopping, as well as flights and up- grades. a round-trip in Economy Class from London to Dubai for ex- ample can be redeemed for as little as 45,000 miles. Emirates skywards also permits miles to be transferred to friends and family and are earned on every Emirates flight and on eve- ry fare; bringing more rewards to customers and their loved ones. For more information visit www.emir- ates.com Emirates operates daily scheduled flights from malta to Dubai using a Boeing 777 aircraft. On mondays, Wednesdays, thursdays and satur- days Emirates flies via Larnaka, Cy- prus, while on sundays, tuesdays, and Fridays, the airline operates direct flights from Dubai to malta and return flights fly via tripoli. From 1 august, Emirates will be op- erating twice daily flights between Dubai and malta. Brian LaBelle, Senior Vice President Emirates Skywards, at right, and Marcus Bernhardt, Chief Commercial Officer, Europcar Group GasanMamo celebrates Eurovision fever with Xarabank to celebrate Firelight's win at the malta Eurovision song contest, Gasanmamo is giving Xarabank viewers the opportunity to win a trip for two for the Eurovision song contest that will be held in Denmark on the 8 and 10 may. Participants need to shoot an original video of Firelight's song "Coming Home", upload the video to Youtube and post the link on the competition tab on Xarabank's Fa- cebook page and encourage their friends to vote for their video. the video with the most votes will win a trip for two including re- turn f lights to Copenhagen in Den- mark, a room on bed and breakfast basis, 2 tickets for the semi-finals and 2 tickets for the final. "We know how much the mal- tese love the Eurovision and we thought it would be a great idea to create some hype on our win- ning song and in the meantime give away such a grand prize," said mark mamo, General manager at Gasanmamo. "We would like to wish Firelight the best of luck for the contest!" 'The Blacklist' launched on GO Stars american crime drama the Blacklist is now also being broad- cast on GO stars. the show, which has been a huge hit in the United states, features James spader as former government agent ray- mond "red" reddington who has eluded capture for decades but suddenly surrenders to the FBi with an offer to help catch a ter- rorist on the condition that he speaks only with Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBi profiler, played by megan Boone. the Blacklist is being broadcast every sunday evening on GO stars at 9.00pm. the show's critically acclaimed first series resulted in a 2014 Golden Globe award nomination for lead actor James spader. Commenting on his role as red, James spader, who previ- ously starred in Boston Legal, said, "When i read 'the Blacklist' i saw that it really was character driven. there's certainly great action and thrilling plotlines. it has twists and turns, and a lot of international appeal in terms of its characters. But it is ultimately a character-driven show. it's about relationships." michele Dandria, manager of Content and Digital media at GO, said, "the Blacklist makes a great addition to the GO stars sunday evening line up, which will also feature mad men as from april. Packed with surprising twists, the Blacklist is certainly set to be a big hit with subscribers." more information on GO's tV service and GO stars is available from all GO retail outlets and ex- clusive resellers, by calling Freep- hone 80072121 or visiting www. go.com.mt. World Water Day 2014 activities in Valletta malta's capital was host to a water conservation awareness activity or- ganised around World Water Day 2014 by the ministry for Energy & the Conservation of Water and the HsBC Water Programme. mr Joseph montebello, Chief of staff at the ministry for Energy and the Conservation of Water said, "the Catch the Drop campaign is very important to help educate children about making sustainable use of wa- ter, since it is a very scarce natural re- source in the maltese islands." Under a multimedia tent set up in the heart of republic street in Val- letta, letters of commitment from the HsBC Water Programme were presented to students participating in the Catch the Drop Campaign. Other engaging activities on the day includ- ed informative talks on water conser- vation and a presentation by HsBC malta employees who recently visited HsBC Water project sites in connec- tion with Wateraid in Ghana. "the Catch the Drop Campaign launched the school Outreach Pro- gramme and Community Outreach Programme at the beginning of the scholastic year 2013-2014 as part of the HsBC Water Programme. this initiative invited students and schools to forward proposals for water con- servation projects. twenty project proposals are to be implemented by the students with HsBC's fund- ing and support," said HsBC man- ager Corporate sustainability Glenn Bugeja. "'the HsBC Water Programme in malta is achieving two vital objec- tives: raising awareness about water conservation among students across malta and Gozo, and involving stu- dents in water projects to encourage their development as pro-active am- bassadors for water conservation and environmental sustainability." Project proposals range from prac- tical considerations such as install- ing duel flush systems in schools and push button taps, to innovative systems for catching rainwater run- off on school premises and education multimedia content including a short movie about water conservation. the Catch the Drop Campaign is a three-year nation-wide strategic ini- tiative supported by HsBC Group to raise awareness about water conser- vation and stimulate positive change towards sustainable fresh water use in malta and Gozo. the campaign aims to reach every single student in malta, that is, over 50,000 students coming from 155 schools, all the 67 Local Councils in malta and Gozo, as well as the maltese public at large. HSBC Malta CEO Mark Watkinson (left) and Chief of Staff at Ministry for Energy and the Conservation of Water Joseph Montebello congratulating students on their water conservation project proposals