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18/05/12, 00:58:33 EDT
Bangladesh to cut half jobs at privatising airline
State-owned Biman Bangladesh Airline plans to shed around half its workforce by June as part of plans to privatise the loss-making national carrier, a senior Biman official said on Wednesday.
South Florida to Get its First Look at World's Largest Cruise Ship 'Liberty of the Seas'
South Florida will get its first look at the world's largest cruise ship, Liberty of the Seas, Monday May 14th at the launching of consumer website .
Finnish Tourist Board Will Use Wife-Carrying to Lure You In
Fearing that the Santa connection appeals only to children, and the Finnair panda connection is, well, too unrealistic for anyone over 3' tall, Finland's tourist board will now entice you to visit by touting its many strange festivals and contests.
Ryanair launches price war
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said on Wednesday it was launching a price war against other European airlines, giving away 10 million seats virtually free in its biggest ever promotion.
Pakistan's private Aero Asia airline suspended
Pakistani private carrier Aero Asia International Airlines has been suspended from flying for failing to meet safety standards, the country's aviation regulator said on Wednesday.
Brazil airline Gol sees Varig's return to profit
Brazilian low-cost airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes expects to return ailing carrier Varig to profit before the end of this year, a month after taking over the recently bankrupt airline, a top executive said on Wednesday.
Segway targets 20,000 tourists on two-wheelers
Up to 20,000 holidaymakers a year in the UAE are expected to pay for sightseeing trips on Segways once tours on the motorised two-wheelers are launched later this year.
Program trains business people, residents to be nice to tourists
Not everyone coming to Jamestown this weekend as it turns 400 will be as high profile as Queen Elizabeth II, who visited America's first permanent English settlement last week.
But officials trying to make sure all visitors to the region are treated royally have been offering free classes to business people and residents on how to handle the expected influx of tourists with patience and good humor.
Dutch Airline Accused of Helping Nazis Flee After World War Two
Dutch airline KLM is under pressure to begin a probe over reports that it helped Nazi war criminals flee to Argentina after World War Two. It says it will likely seek an independent investigation.
Drug Tourists Favor Rotterdam
With lenient laws that tolerate possession and use of drugs and ubiquitous "marijuana friendly" cafes, the western Dutch city of Rotterdam has become the favorite destination for drug tourists in Europe.
Italian Tourist Still in Coma
An Italian tourist who was attacked and beaten up at a camp in Punat on Krk Island is still critical and doctors do now whish to make any prognoses for the time being.
New book for Russian tourists to Vietnam
A Russian student who majors in Vietnam studies published a book on the country’s tourism which has been drawing great attention from Russian readers and tourism investors.
US Airways Pilots Doubt Management's Ability to Sustain Successful Airline
As operations continue to deteriorate at the new US Airways, the airline's passengers and employees are baring the brunt of poor decisions made by a management team that is more interested in lining their pockets than in fulfilling their promises of building a better airline.
Slok Air voted most customer friendly airline
Slok Air International (Gambia) Limited, the official carrier of The Gambia has been voted as the most customer friendly airline in West Africa by the Direct Marketing Institute of West Africa, one of the prime airline monitoring systems based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Record number of tourists visiting Yemen
Nearly 700,000 people visited Yemen in the last two years, while tourist revenue gained $486 million, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Tourism. This is a record number of tourists for Yemen.
ELVIS CONTEST UK AND ELVIS.CO.UK ANNOUNCE THE FIRST ELVIS CRUISE IN EUROPE
SAILING ON ROYAL CARIBBEAN'S INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS
May 17, 2008
Shark bites tourist's leg
Naples police say they will be monitoring the beaches after a shark bit a German tourist on the leg.
All-business airline targets Middle East
US-based Maxjet Airways is floating on the London Alternative Investment Market in order to fund new routes from London to destinations including the Middle East.
Hassled airline to charge for excess cabin baggage
TRAVELLERS carrying more than the permitted hand baggage were causing a lot problems for Indian airline, manager Shailesh Sharma said yesterday.
$10 Flights: Startup airline trying to beat odds against success in volatile industry
The airline industry is littered with the corpses of failed startups.
But that doesn’t deter Bill Diffenderffer and his fellow executives at Skybus Airlines.
India targets tourists
With Asian countries competing to be the premier tourist destination, India too is gearing up to capture the first place.
Tourists risk hefty fines for buying knock-off items on holiday
Tourists, who enjoy spending their vacations in bazaars looking for fake merchandise, might find themselves in a tight spot, not once but twice.
Skyrocketing hotel room rates keep foreign tourists away
Hotels in Hanoi and HCM City all have raised the hotel room rates by 35-50% so far this year, which has raised the fear of losing foreign travellers.
Venice wants St Mark's tourists dressed, tidy
Venice will deploy stewards in Saint Mark's square to prevent tourists from stripping off their T-shirts, taking a nap or dropping fast-food wrappers in the piazza that Napoleon dubbed "the drawing room of Europe".
Qatar Airways wins ‘Best Airline Award’
Qatar Airways has won the 'Best Airline Award' for the second year running at the annual Middle East and North Africa (Mena) travel awards held in Dubai, an airline release said yesterday.
Airline Cancels 'Loose Change' Documentary From In-Flight Entertainment After Complaints
Virgin Airlines was going to show the controversial documentary, Loose Change as part of it's entertainment this month.
The airline's magazine advertised for the movie by asking questions such as, "Was 9/11 a government cover-up?"
Airline Fares Go Up, Could Come Back Down
Major airlines are in danger of losing ground on fare increases that they attempted over the past week to deal with higher fuel prices.
U.S. Airline Delays Reach Highest Level Since 1996
U.S. airlines posted their worst first- quarter performance on late flights in 11 years, as they struggled with bad weather and an overloaded air-traffic control system.
Airline passenger faces prosecution for drug trafficking
Hanoi police Monday filed charges against a Vietnamese airline passenger found carrying 200 ecstasy pills two days earlier on a Vietnam Airlines flight from the central Da Nang City to the capital.
Child porn trial to open: Sex tourism, molestation charges have been dropped
Dr. Gregory Kapordelis' day in court has arrived. The Gainesville anesthesiologist who so vehemently proclaimed his innocence in jailhouse interviews goes on trial today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on child pornography charges. In April 2004, the arrest of Kapordelis, 46, at New York's JFK airport was heralded by federal prosecutors as a major case in the battle against so-called "sex tourism."
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