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European airlines say ruling undercuts safety

Compensation Vs. Safety?

European airlines say ruling undercuts safety

By chicagotribune.com

Airlines say a European Court of Justice ruling that stipulates passengers must be compensated for flights canceled because of technical difficulties undermines safety, the European Regional ...

Bristol is only UK city to make tourism top 10

UK

Bristol is only UK city to make tourism top 10

By telegraph.co.uk

The West Country city edged out more obvious rivals like its neighbour Bath, Edinburgh or Oxford to be included in the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides series 'Top 10 Cities for 2009'.

Aeroflot investor put in tailspin by Kremlin plan

Russia

Aeroflot investor put in tailspin by Kremlin plan

By ft.com

Aeroflot, the Russian airline, is facing an uncomfortable future as its majority shareholder, the state, appears intent on reviving the rest of the country’s struggling airline sector by ...

Serbia's JAT airline to axe 700 jobs

Serbia

Serbia's JAT airline to axe 700 jobs

By guardian.co.uk

Belgrade - Serbia's ailing flag carrier JAT will slash nearly 40 percent of its workforce next year in an effort to return to profit after its stalled privatisation, its general manager said in an ...

UK sets sex code for its tourists

UK

UK sets sex code for its tourists

By timesofindia.indiatimes.com

British holidaymakers to the United Arab Emirates have been told not to have sex outside marriage or kiss in public in strong government warnings
over how to behave in Muslim countries.

Mallorca to pay the price to have Nadal on the tourism team

Spain

Mallorca to pay the price to have Nadal on the tourism team

By monstersandcritics.com

Palma de Majorca, Spain - The tourism authority of Majorca will pay 6 million euros (8.4 million dollars) to have world number one Rafael Nadal endorse his home island as a holiday destination for ...

Tourists rescued from Swiss mountains thanks to magic iPod

iPod Rescue

Tourists rescued from Swiss mountains thanks to magic iPod

By gizmodo.com

Two French tourists were rescued in the Swiss mountains after getting lost on a ski trip. They managed to contact authorities, but their phone died shortly thereafter.

Ireland fights €300m slump in tourism

Ireland

Ireland fights €300m slump in tourism

By timesonline.co.uk

Visitor numbers to Ireland are likely to drop by at least 5% next year, on top of the 3% decline this year, Martin Cullen, the tourism minister, has warned.

Airport deal in northern Cyprus

Cyprus

Airport deal in northern Cyprus

By eTN

GİRNE - While negotiations between Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders aimed at reunifying the island are ongoing, a joint airport services organization has become operational, with hopes economic ...

Cologne Convention Bureau networked

Admission To ICCA And MPI

Cologne Convention Bureau networked

By eTN Staff Writer

COLOGNE - Only a few months after commencing of its operations, the Cologne Convention Bureau (CCB) has become a member of the international trade associations, ICCA and MPI.

Corus Hotels selects SoftBrands Hospitality Solutions for five properties throughout England

Mix Of Enterprise Offerings Well Suited To Hotel Chains

Corus Hotels selects SoftBrands Hospitality Solutions for five properties throughout England

By eTN Staff Writer

READING, England - SoftBrands, Inc., a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that Corus Hotels, Ltd.

Britain's first train e-tickets

Birmingham, England

Britain's first train e-tickets

By eTN Staff Writer

CrossCountry has announced the launch of its new, easy way for customers to buy and collect their CrossCountry Advance tickets.

Belfast is one of the world’s top 12 tourist sights

Belfast?

Belfast is one of the world’s top 12 tourist sights

By belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Belfast has been named as one of 12 top tourist destinations to visit in 2009 by a travel guide publisher.

Spanish tourism plunges as Britons stay at home

Spain

Spanish tourism plunges as Britons stay at home

By in.reuters.com

Madrid - Arrivals of foreign tourists to Spain, the world's second biggest tourist destination, plummeted in November as top customers Britons and Germans stayed at home during the global economic ...

Money, money, money for Greek island as Mamma Mia! draws tourist hordes

Skopelos

Money, money, money for Greek island as Mamma Mia! draws tourist hordes

By guardian.co.uk

Some want weddings. Others want champagne receptions at sunset on their own private beach. Others, still, want to take a leaf straight out of the film script and "dance and kiss on the beach." ...

Avalanches kill 3 tourists

Austria

Avalanches kill 3 tourists

By iht.com

VIENNA, Austria: Avalanches in the Austrian Alps killed three German ski tourists Sunday and blocked several roads in the Vorarlberg and Tyrol provinces, officials said.

EU unfit to regulate European Aviation?

European Air Safety

EU unfit to regulate European Aviation?

By eTN Staff Writer

CAPELLE a/d IJSSEL, The Netherlands - When Antonio Tajani, the new EU transport commissioner, addressed the European Parliament's Transport Committee in September, he stated that aviation safety ...

Shoppers flee as police, youths clash in Athens

Greece

Shoppers flee as police, youths clash in Athens

By Elena Becatoros and Derek Gatopoulos, AP

ATHENS, Greece – Masked youths set up burning barricades and threw fire bombs and chunks of marble at riot police Thursday, after a protest march erupted into new fighting that sent Christmas ...

Aer Lingus chair says not seeking airline partner

Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus chair says not seeking airline partner

By uk.reuters.com

DUBLIN - Aer Lingus Chairman Colm Barrington said on Thursday the former state airline had not asked any rivals to mount a counterbid against Ryanair's 750 million euro ($1.08 billion) bid.

British Airports Authority shaken by market investigation

British Aviation

British Airports Authority shaken by market investigation

By Nelson Alcantara

The United Kingdom’s the Competition Commission (CC) yesterday announced that it is ready to consider responses to its provisional decision forcing the British Airports Authority (BAA) to sell ...

Canadian citizen held on US charges of sex tourism

Sex Tourist Arrested

Canadian citizen held on US charges of sex tourism

By newsday.com

A Canadian citizen living in Thailand has been arrested in London on U.S. charges of international sex tourism.

Greek tourism takes a heavy beating

Greece Civil Unrest

Greek tourism takes a heavy beating

By Nelson Alcantara

The strike by workers at the Acropolis and other archeological sites for ten days has been deemed “more damaging” to tourism than the riots themselves, a Greek tourism official has said.

Sweden gains its first airport city

Environmental Solutions At The Forefront

Sweden gains its first airport city

By eTN Staff Writer

STOCKHOLM - Sweden's first airport city, the state-of-the-art Stockholm Airport City, is currently being built in the Stockholm region.

Staff back Aer Lingus staying independent, says CEO

Aer Lingus

Staff back Aer Lingus staying independent, says CEO

By reuters.com

DUBLIN - Staff at Aer Lingus support the airline remaining independent despite the 750 million euro ($995 million) takeover bid by rival Ryanair, Chief Executive Dermot Mannion said on Sunday.

Industry chiefs: Athens unrest having minimal effect on tourism

Greece

Industry chiefs: Athens unrest having minimal effect on tourism

By AFP

ATHENS - Greek tourism leaders said Monday that a strike at the Acropolis was more damaging than the urban unrest scarring Athens - with the global economic downturn their greatest fear.

Vijay Dandapani promoted president of Apple Core Hotels

Industry Veteran

Vijay Dandapani promoted president of Apple Core Hotels

By eTN Staff Writer

GENEVA - IH&RA is proud to announce that Vijay Dandapani has been promoted to be the president of Apple Core Hotels.

ITB Business Travel Days: business travel at a time of financial crisis

ITB Berlin Convention 2009 - March 11-15, 2009

ITB Business Travel Days: business travel at a time of financial crisis

By eTN Staff Writer

BERLIN - Business travel at a time of global financial and economic crisis is a new challenge facing an industry which, according to conservative estimates, guarantees employment for well over ...

Acropolis: Rioters' new target?

Greece Civil Unrest

Acropolis: Rioters' new target?

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Vandalism is no good message for change if Greeks are now staging their battles right at the heart of a precious heritage.

War is raging among carriers over control of European skies

Euro War

War is raging among carriers over control of European skies

By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador

Air France-KLM on December 11 lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission regarding the conditions under which Lufthansa intends to takeover the Austrian flag carrier Austrian Airlines. ...

Lufthansa resumes talks to buy SAS stake

Lufthansa

Lufthansa resumes talks to buy SAS stake

By reuters.com

FRANKFURT - Deutsche Lufthansa has resumed talks on buying a stake in Scandinavian airline SAS, according to the industry sources. Talks could be concluded in 2009.

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