Thai Artifacts

Thailand showcases rare art display

LONDON (eTN) - A demon-faced dance mask with gold and painted mirror work, carved ivory, wood and lacquer offering dishes overlaid with mother of pearl and the unusual porcelain Bencharong ('Five ...

Portugal Literature

Literature is Portugal’s new tourist lure

One of the amazing things about Portugal is its unparalleled depth and richness of literature, all from a nation about the size of Indiana.

Paris

A new breed of tourist for a very different Paris hotel

The Mama Shelter used to be a multi-storey car-park. Its ceilings and floors are covered with graffiti.

Novell Identity Manager Implemented

Frankfurt Airport improves operational efficiency and security

WALTHAM, MA - The operator of the world's eighth largest airport and Germany's largest employer, Fraport AG, has implemented Novell(R) identity and security management solutions to achieve a ...

Olympic Airlines

Olympic Airlines unlikely to win gold

LONDON - After the Alitalia saga, another European state-owned airline is ready for a private sale: Greece is putting its own Olympic Airlines on the block, and called on Tuesday for buyers to ...

UK

UK travel industry failing to embrace multi-channel selling

The travel industry, including airlines and online travel companies, is losing revenues through poor multi-channel integration and customer service, according to a new report from Foviance and ...

UK

Heathrow runway defended by air travel organizations

Proposals to replace a new runway at Heathrow with high speed rail were opposed by organizations in the air travel industry.

Pressing For Job Protection At Heathrow Airport

Unite leads fight to save Alitalia jobs

LONDON - Leading negotiators from Unite, the UK's biggest union, have today (Monday) flown to Rome to take part in last-minute talks with Italian unions working to save troubled airline ...

Italy

Venice's new £4m Grand Canal bridge injures tourists

The 10 tourists were treated after tripping on the steps on the 94-metre long Constitution Bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened on September 11.

Travel Advice

Make sure you're covered if your airline goes bust

Travel insurance adds a fair amount to the cost of a holiday, which makes it all the more galling that some policies don't even cover the major pitfalls.

Turkey Golf

Welcome Back (to Business) Gloria Golf , Antalya, Turkey

After a renovation of nearly five months last Winter the prestigious Gloria
Golf Resort has re-opened her doors again. Ready for coming up golf season

Abkhazia

Russia woos Georgian territory with jobs, tourists

Psou, Abkhazia - At Psou, a town on the border between Russia and Abkhazia, elderly women wheel trolleys of vegetables and household goods from Russia to sell in Abkhazia.

Scotland

Are polyviscose kilts pulling the wool over tourists' eyes?

It's a piece of woven cloth eight yards long, usually worn by men making their marriage vows or, if Hogmanay gets out of hand, breaking them. Yet the kilt is more than that.

Alitalia

Berlusconi rules out foreign takeover for Alitalia

ROME — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reiterated Sunday his opposition to foreign investors taking a majority stake in national airline Alitalia, the ANSA news agency reported.

Aircraft Safety Defects Not Being Recorded As They Occur

European authorities respond positively to AEI aircraft safety warning

CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, The Netherlands (September 26, 2008) - AEI (Aircraft Engineers International) are encouraged by the more positive approach witnessed from some National Authorities to its ...

Ryanair

Ryanair to roll out mobile phone usage

Ryanair is set to be the first no frills airline to enable in-flight calling.

British Capital Hosting Travel Agents Association Of India

London woos Indian tourists

London is pleased to welcome over 1,200 representatives from the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) taking place from September 26-28.

Want to know the strangest questions asked by Edinburgh tourists?

If you have ever wondered when the Regimental Ratatouille is or what time the One O'Clock Gun goes off then rest assured you're not alone.

Denmark

Mermaid's trip to Shanghai irks Copenhagen tourists, lawmakers

Copenhagen's bronze mermaid, the 95- year-old national monument that's suffered graffiti, severed limbs and decapitation, is causing another fuss in Denmark.

UK

Plane crazy? New airline launched

Recent turmoil in the airline industry hasn't prevented a new private jet company from getting off the ground.

Some Things Never Change

London dirty and rowdy, says 1605 tourist

Tourists have been complaining that London is rowdy, dirty and has disgusting food for at least 400 years, according to recent research.

Olympic Airlines

Protesting Greek airline workers walk onto runway

ATHENS, Greece - Hundreds of protesting Olympic Airlines workers walked onto the main runway of Athens International Airport Tuesday to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline.

Norway

Tourist complaints rise

Norwegian hotels ended up recording a disappointing summer season this year, and those tourists who did come filed a record number of complaints.

Tourists Warned Of Scams, Assaults In Latvian Capital Riga

Riga, Latvia: Enter at your own risk

OTTAWA — The Foreign Affairs Department is warning tourists heading to Latvia to watch out for scam artists operating in bars in the capital, Riga.

Finnair

Finnair could buy SAS long distance routes

Will the SAS long distance network be taken over by Finnair?

UK

XL collapse sparks more travel firm failures

Respect Holidays and Wildwind holidays have ceased trading as travel companies continue to feel the pressure from the credit crunch and the fall-out from the collapse of XL earlier this month. ...

Iberia

Spanish airline suspends flights

Iberia is suspending its flights between Madrid and Gibraltar at the end of the week for economic reasons, the Spanish airline says.

Ireland

Concern over airport treatment of tourist

Tourism officials expressed concern to the Department of Arts and Tourism earlier this year about the behaviour of immigration officers at ports of entry after an Indian man who won a trip to ...

Cruising In Europe

Doing Europe sans backpacks

Cruising in Europe is rapidly gaining in popularity -- it's coming close to matching Alaska as a favored destination in the summer -- and there's good reasons.

Alitalia - The End

Italy in last bid to sell Alitalia, closure looms

ROME - Alitalia's special administrator will make a last-ditch attempt to sell Italy's loss-making national airline on Monday by public tender before calling in the liquidators after a failed ...