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Kidnapped from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong: 150,000 people marched in protest
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 9, 2019 19:52Kidnapped from a five-star hotel in Hongkong and appearing in a mainland China prison thereafter. This happened to a number of billionaires and publishers knwon to be critical to the ... Read More
‘Extreme vetting’: US visa applicants now required to submit their social media history
Chief Assignment Editor- June 1, 2019 17:55The United States Department of State has begun requiring temporary visitors and those seeking permanent residence to submit five years’ worth of their social media history, warning those who attempt ... Read More
Is there a gender difference in the travel habits of Americans?
editor- May 8, 2019 23:45Is there a difference in how American men and women travel? Does one gender travel more than the other? Does it affect where they travel? What about their age? Or ... Read More
The Modern Honolulu hotel slapped with federal charges for worker lay off
editor- May 4, 2019 01:15The Modern Honolulu recently notified 78 workers—nearly 30% of the workers at the hotel—that they will be laid off within the next 30 days. Federal charges assert that The Modern ... Read More
Diamond Resorts’ decision to lay off 78 workers at The Modern Honolulu hotel condemned by union
Chief Assignment Editor- May 3, 2019 00:14UNITE HERE Local 5 condemns Diamond Resorts, a timeshare company headquartered in Las Vegas, after its decision to lay off 78 workers at The Modern Honolulu — nearly 30% of ... Read More
Sri Lanka still safe for tourists? Heartfelt plea by Jetwing Hotels Chairman Shiromal Cooray
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 25, 2019 23:15Sri Lanka Tourism is actually open for business: There is no threat to the overall safety of visitors. This is the latest message released by Sri Lanka Tourism officials and ... Read More
TSA: New airport security scanner poses “privacy risks” to passengers
Chief Assignment Editor- April 24, 2019 23:07US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is demanding modifications of a new airport security system because it poses “privacy risks” to passengers by showing too much of them on display, a ... Read More
Terror Attack on Shangri La, Kingsbury Hotel and three churches in Sri Lanka
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 21, 2019 06:19The Shangri La Hotel Colombo, the Kingsbury Hotel and three churches in Kochchikade and Negombo were targeted by terrorists today in Sri Lanka. This is another attack on the travel ... Read More
US tourists vanish in Dominican Republic between hotel and airport
editor- April 8, 2019 18:42American tourists, Orlando Moore, 43, and Portia Ravenelle, 32, were set to return to their Mount Vernon, New York, home on March 27, at the end of a vacation in ... Read More
American Tourist Kidnapped in Uganda: African Tourism Board in action with expert Dr. Peter Tarlow
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 21:14Not only leopards were roaming Queen Elizabeth National Park today, but criminals who kidnapped an elderly American tourist in the park today, and put the well-organized travel and tourism industry ... Read More
Attention Airport Officials: Naked man on the tarmac
editor- March 27, 2019 21:08Is this the new way to fly? Naked? A male passenger dressed only in his birthday suit was spotted trying to board his flight completely naked while walking across the ... Read More
Turkish suspect in Utrecht terrorist attack arrested
Chief Assignment Editor- March 18, 2019 22:42Utrecht's police chief has confirmed that the 37-year-old Turkish suspect in the deadly shooting on a tram in the Netherlands has been arrested. Gökmen Tanis was arrested after a major ... Read More
10 people killed, dozens wounded in school shooting in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2019 15:53At least 10 people were killed in a school shooting in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, law enforcement has confirmed. The suspects are believed to be two teenagers, who shot themselves ... Read More
Armed man attempts to hijack Dubai-bound plane, opens fire on board
Chief Assignment Editor- February 24, 2019 16:08Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane bound for Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing in Chittagong, Bangladesh after a hijacking attempt, the airline operator has confirmed. The suspect was apprehended ... Read More
Flying to Hawaii unsafe on a B737-800? Boeing declines to comment
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 7, 2019 00:58Is it safe flying a Southwest Airline B737-800 aircraft from North America to Hawaii? This is a question many experts are asking these days. A Boeing spokesperson responded: "We are ... Read More
Al-Qaeda terrorists attack hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, fatalities reported
Chief Assignment Editor- January 15, 2019 15:29A hotel and office complex in an upscale area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi were hit by two explosions earlier on Tuesday, with live footage from the scene also capturing ... Read More
IATA: Healthy but moderating airline passenger demand
Chief Assignment Editor- January 9, 2019 15:30The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced healthy but moderating global passenger traffic results for November 2018. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.2% compared to November 2017, a slight ... Read More
Marriott data breach: Passports not encrypted
editor- January 4, 2019 21:05Marriott said for the first time that 5.25 million passport numbers were kept in the Starwood system in plain, unencrypted data files Read More
Up in flames: Maldives private island luxury resort burns, tourists evacuated
Chief Assignment Editor- January 3, 2019 03:31A top-notch ultra-luxury secluded private island resort in the Maldives was devastated by giant inferno that engulfed the property on Wednesday around 11 pm local time. Video footage from the ... Read More
Over 20 people killed or injured in Denmark train disaster
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 15:34At least six people were killed and sixteen injured in a train accident in Denmark. The disaster came amid a powerful storm that is devastating Northern Europe. The accident happened ... Read More
East Siberia helicopter crash kills everyone on board
Chief Assignment Editor- December 31, 2018 15:25Russian emergency services report that a private helicopter crashed on the outskirts of the city of Ulan-Ude in Russia's East Siberia. The aircraft went down in a wooded area, catching ... Read More
KKK Christmas? Christmas trees ‘vandalized’ in Russia’s St. Petersburg
Chief Assignment Editor- December 28, 2018 15:45Dozens of Christmas trees were made to appear as if a peculiar Ku Klux Klan chapter had sprung up in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg this week, due to ... Read More
Hawaii has a responsibility to visitors. False atomic bomb alert is questioning security
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 13, 2018 19:58It took 38 minutes for the Hawaii State Government to tweet an atomic attack on the island was a false alarm. It took another 12 minutes to re-call the panic ... Read More