Tag: scam
MGM Resort Las Vegas Visitor Warning: Don’t drink the Smart Water !
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 5, 2019 23:55MGM Hotels and Resorts are setting trends for Las Vegas biggest industry: The travel, tourism, and the gambling industry. When a trendsetter like MGM become rogue, it can affect every ... Read More
The perplexing search for purplicious luggage and the perils of windmills
Dr. Anton Anderssen - special to eTN- April 12, 2019 22:43April is Stress Awareness Month, but it is also National Humor Month, so I thought I’d go out on a limb and talk about something that stresses a travel bargain’s ... Read More
Exhibiting at IMEX? Scam warning
Chief Assignment Editor- March 21, 2019 19:15IMEX is one of the most established trade show for the Meetings and Incentive industry. Started by Ray Bloom IMEX is known as the prime MICE trade show every year ... Read More
NYC Winter Show: A treasure trove for hotel interior designers
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- January 31, 2019 23:56If you love beautiful things like jewelry, sculpture, lamps, art and antiques, there is no better place to get your “fix” of fabulous furnishings and jewels than at the annual ... Read More
United States Cities and tourists spots bomb-threats: Evacuations ongoing
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 13, 2018 10:59Tourist spots, landmarks, shopping centers, are the target of a developing bomb scare in many major cities in the United States. It appears to be a nationwide e-mail extortion scam. Read More
Pakistani defendants deny Emirates airline ticket fraud
editor- October 3, 2011 05:21DUBAI, UAE - Five men denied using false means to buy Emirates airline tickets worth Dh130,000 in court yesterday. Read More
Tourism news: Manhattan luxury building target of tourist scam
editor- September 6, 2010 02:42NEW YORK - A Manhattan building called Camelot is the target of a scam that offers tourists luxury accommodations - then leaves them in the lurch. Read More
Northwest to pay $38M for its role in price-fixing plot
editor- August 2, 2010 04:44Northwest Airlines agreed to pay $38 million reparation after pleading guilty to fixing air-cargo shipments prices. Read More
Snake scam targeted unsuspecting tourists in western India
editor- August 2, 2010 04:34COIMBATORE - It was an ‘Operation Snake’ by forest officials that targeted unsuspecting tourists with an intention of extorting money and the police smelled a rat. Read More
Abandoned Chinese tourists cry foul in Phuket
editor- June 21, 2010 01:49CHALONG, PHUKET - A Chinese tour guide is being held in Chalong Police Station after bringing 11 of his countrymen on vacation to Phuket and then abandoning them. Read More
American tourist arrested in Rio trying to pull insurance scam
editor- December 22, 2009 05:27Rio de Janeiro - American tourist Porfilio Nicholas Anthony, 25, from California, was arrested in Rio early this Monday by officers of the Special Tourist Service (Deat). Read More
“Opt out” scams rampant throughout travel industry
editor- September 3, 2009 06:31Ever buy travel insurance you didn't want? Unintended purchases are yet another of the traps the travel industry sets for you. A recent reader's experience shows how it works: Read More
Tourist scam busted
editor- August 17, 2009 04:56The latest in a series of busts aimed at stopping scams that prey on tourists near Disney World ended up with four ticket sellers being arrested. Read More
Two British tourists imprisoned for alleged insurance scam
editor- August 1, 2009 05:44British tourists Shanti Andrews and Rebecca Turner are being held in a Brazilian prison known as "Cell Zero-Zero" on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Read More
Hackers renew airline-ticket scam spam
editor- October 21, 2008 04:38In a reprise of a summer tactic, hackers are trying to trick people into infecting their PCs with malware by sending them e-mail that poses as bogus airline-ticket invoices and ... Read More
AAA warns motorists traveling abroad to avoid online driver license scams
editor- August 8, 2008 02:21WASHINGTON, DC (August 7, 2008) - AAA is urging US residents who plan to drive while traveling abroad to avoid purchasing fraudulent International Driving Permits (IDP), especially over the Internet. Read More
The scam the hotel industry will not talk about
editor- April 10, 2008 04:29Pierrefitte-es-Bois, France – Over 60 percent of travelers make their reservations online, but the tactics of the online hotel reservations and booking intermediaries often prevent them from booking direct with ... Read More
Suit calls fuel charge a price-fixing scam
editor- February 24, 2008 08:54Typically, this column stays away from insider industry blather - "Leviathan Cruise Line recently named Dewey Cheatum as Deputy Vice Assistant President in Charge of Marketing and Vacuum Flush Toilet ... Read More
Organ scam gives medical tourism a bad rap in Canada
editor- February 8, 2008 03:42TORONTO - With the unearthing of the Gurgaon kidney transplant racket, medical tourism has got a bad name in Canada, where the alleged kingpin of the scam reportedly has business ... Read More
