Booze Cruise Safety Under Fire
The Brisbane party cruise operator from whose boat missing Irishman Shane O'Halloran fell at the weekend has called for increased scrutiny of safety standards in the industry.
Australia Tourism Safety
By Jeff Wilks
According to a new report published last week in the Journal of Travel Medicine, Australia is a safe destination for overseas visitors – at least in terms of tourist fatalities by other than ...
US Congress
WASHINGTON — Congress is taking steps to toughen regulations on pilot training, qualifications and hours in response to accidents involving regional airlines, including a February crash in ...
Jakarta Bombings
An expert on Indonesian politics from Curtin University in Western Australia says the latest suicide bombings in Jakarta could permanently damage tourism and trade in the region.
Caspian Airlines Crash
MOSCOW – The Iranian plane that crashed near Tehran Wednesday, reportedly killing all 168 people on board, was an aging, Russian-built Tupolev Tu-154.
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Haiti Advisory
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Canada is relaxing its Haiti travel advisory because of improving security in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Cruise News
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has done an about-face and has agreed to support Senator John Kerry's proposed Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009, according to reports in ...
Cruise News
The cruise ship industry has agreed to new safety rules making it easier to find out who's knocking at a cabin door.
China
Ninety-one Taiwanese tourists currently in western China's Xinjiang province were safe after riots erupted in the capital city of Urumqi Sunday night and reportedly left 140 people dead and 828 ...
International Conference
By eTN Staff Writer
Malta-based CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) recently held a detailed International Conference on "Health & Safety" at the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa in San Anton, Malta for its health and ...
EU
Brussels - The European Union will propose a global blacklist of airlines that do not meet minimum safety standards in the wake of the Yemen Airways accident off the Comoros Island, the EU's top ...
Sri Lanka
The Foreign Ministry has directed all Sri Lankan missions overseas to persuade the host countries to lift travel advisories on Sri Lanka as the country's situation has rapidly changed with the ...
FAA
When Federal Aviation Administration administrator Randy Babbitt listened to the tapes and poured over the information about February's deadly plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y, he, like much of the ...
Airline Industry
The world aviation industry gathers Monday for the Paris Air Show with low expectations of big-money deals, but plenty of attention on air safety in the wake of the recent Air France crash.
Strategic Safety Initiative
By eTN Staff Writer
In testimony before the United States House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee yesterday, Regional Airline Association president Roger Cohen told congress that the industry has embarked upon ...
Airline Industry
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that tighter government regulations and tougher industry self-policing are needed to improve commuter airline ...
Mexico
First there were the kidnappings. Then came the swine flu. Now a deadly gunfight in the seaside resort of Acapulco is raising new concerns about the safety of travelers in Mexico.
Airline Industry
By Kate Barrett
Shocking revelations that emerged from the February plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 50 people, might have appalled the traveling public, but many pilots didn't find them surprising. ...
Airbus A330
SINGAPORE - The Airbus A330 plane is a safe plane and a deadly crash in the Atlantic Ocean last week should be seen as an isolated accident, the chiefs of several major airlines said on Sunday. ...
Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has grounded the Aviacsa airline temporarily after officials reported irregularities in the maintenance of 25 planes.
Call For Sanctions Against Eritrea
By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome
In a rather unprecedented move over the weekend has the African Union called upon the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Eritrea and other overt and covert supporters of the Somali ...
Hawaii
Hawaii tourism officials plan to help in expanding surveillance cameras statewide to assist police and discourage criminal activity.
Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Six Canadian visitors, whose vehicle was hit by gunshots along the Spanish Town Road Thursday evening, have been safely returned to their hotel in Montego Bay.
Regional Airline Safety Questioned
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate's aviation panel is asking a government watchdog to investigate safety enforcement at regional airlines.
Airlines' Safety Standards
Determining whether regional airlines meet the same safety standards as big carriers is “crucial” as investigators probe a Pinnacle Airlines Corp. plane crash that killed 50 people, a U.S.
Aircraft Engineers International
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN
Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) sent out a press release today indicating their approval of "INAC's (Portuguese National Aviation Authority) initiatives in dealing with the recent lapses in ...
Thailand
By marketingmagazine.co.uk
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is seeking emergency funding to run a tactical marketing push in the wake of political unrest in the country.
Mexico
By csmonitor.com
Cancún, Mexico - Spring break in Mexico has always caused consternation among parents. Booze cruises and all-night beach parties are the typical worries.
Cruise Safety
By acorn-online.com
Congressional lawmakers reintroduced legislation last Thursday aimed at tightening security on cruise ships.
Mexico
By freep.com
How safe are resorts in Mexican tourist areas?
