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"Ghetto alert" app helps tourists avoid trouble spots

New Microsoft Travel App Stirs Controversy

"Ghetto alert" app helps tourists avoid trouble spots

Travelers wandering around foreign cities could soon be given an instant warning if they stray ... read more

TripAdvisor: Red flag them first, sort them out later

Punishing hotels with kneejerk actions

TripAdvisor: Red flag them first, sort them out later

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

A raging controversy has broken out between a previously Number One ranked hotel and ... read more

Romanian tourism minister under fire over pricey dress

Tourism minister's dress stirs controversy

Romanian tourism minister under fire over pricey dress

It's only a dress, but it's the talk of Romania.

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War breaks out in UK cruise industry

Liverpool bids for a bigger share of cruise market

War breaks out in UK cruise industry

A war has broken out in the UK's £2bn cruise industry setting leading ports on a collision ... read more

Kenya wades into Serengeti highway controversy

Tanzania News

Kenya wades into Serengeti highway controversy

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - The Kenyan government, with the referendum and promulgation of the country’s new ... read more

Serengeti highway plans raise more controversy

Tanzania Debate Continues

Serengeti highway plans raise more controversy

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) A government minister waded into the Serengeti highway debate last week, when the Minister ... read more

Controversy brews over Uganda concession agreements

Tourism Contracts

Controversy brews over Uganda concession agreements

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

Information was leaked to the media last week indicating a possible change of government’s ... read more

Moratorium for new establishments in the Mara

Masai Mara Game Reserve

Moratorium for new establishments in the Mara

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

Calls for a moratorium of building of new lodges and permanent tented camps inside the Masai ... read more

More controversy over hunting in Uganda

Tourism Blood Sport

More controversy over hunting in Uganda

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

Recent reports sent to this correspondent speak of yet more hunting permits to be given by the ... read more

Royal Caribbean return to Labadee causes controversy

Royal Caribbean Returns To Haiti

Royal Caribbean return to Labadee causes controversy

By Ginny Light

The controversy surrounding Royal Caribbean International's decision to dock its ships in a ... read more

Air NZ 'sexy cougar' ad shut down after critics blast it

Air New Zealand 'Sexy Cougar' Does Not Fly

Air NZ 'sexy cougar' ad shut down after critics blast it

AUCKLAND - An advertisement for an airline competition that portrays older, single women as ... read more

Tanzania tour operator offers belated response to elephant controversy

Camp Manager Missing

Tanzania tour operator offers belated response to elephant controversy

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

Late last year this correspondent featured an item of a camp manager in Tanzania’s Serengeti ... read more

Hotel partnership a thorn in Ugandan government’s side

Commonwealth Summit Controversy

Hotel partnership a thorn in Ugandan government’s side

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

In what now appears to have been hasty arrangements to enter into a partnership between ... read more

Malaysia's "moderate" image marred

Malaysia

Malaysia's "moderate" image marred

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decided this ... read more

'Ryanair will continue to defend the right of girls to take their clothes off'

Feathers Fly After Ryanair Calendar

'Ryanair will continue to defend the right of girls to take their clothes off'

By telegraph.co.uk

Congratulations to Ryanair.

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Part-timers defended by stunned travel industry after controversial speech

UK

Part-timers defended by stunned travel industry after controversial speech

Senior travel agency HR directors have defended their use of reduced-hours staff after a senior ... read more

The great Heathrow con

UK

The great Heathrow con

The British public have been led to believe the third runway is essential.That's untrue.

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New advert rap for budget airline Ryanair

Ryanair. Again...

New advert rap for budget airline Ryanair

LONDON — Britain's advertising watchdog rapped Irish low-cost airline Ryanair Wednesday for a ... read more

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