The third-richest man in the world, Warren Buffett, believes aircraft have never been safer and would still travel on the troubled Boeing 737 MAX, which was involved in two crashes that claimed the lives of nearly 350 people. “I will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX,” the billionaire said in response to a question about damage to Boeing’s reputation. He was speaking on the sidelines of the annual shareholder meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in...
Russian regional carrier Yamal Airlines has announced its decision to cancel a planned purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, a day after one of the jets, operated by Aeroflot, crash-landed and burst into flames at Moscow’s airport. Yamal announced its decision after Russia’s transport minister declined to ground the aircraft in response to Sheremetyevo Airport accident. A Superjet 100 belonging to Aeroflot crash-landed in a blaze of fire and smoke at Moscow’s...
Doha will not grant visas to those it considers “enemies,” a Qatari tourism official said in reference to Egyptians seeking to enter the country. Akbar al-Baker said Qatar would not let Egyptians enter the country to take part in promotions that aimed to boost its tourism industry. “The visa will not be open for our enemies, it will be open for our friends,” Baker said of Egyptians looking to travel to Qatar. Qatar’s government communications office later said that...
Russian pilots landed a flaming Superjet-100 aircraft at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, after an in-flight emergency forced a crash landing.[embedded content] Aeroflot Flight SU1492 declared an emergency shortly after departing Sheremetyevo on Sunday, and circled Moscow before crash landing. Video footage captured from the airport shows the Sukhoi Superjet-100 touching down as it leaves a massive trail of fire and smoke in its wake. Fire crews rushed to the scene, along with dozens of...
MGM 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 single person in a city like Las Vegas, because tourism is everyone’s business, and tourism is repeat business when done well, and tourism is a fragile business. Don’t drink the Smart Water and think before taking the Fiji Water in your room or suite at an MGM Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas...
The Eurovision Song Contest, a massively popular annual competition, a major travel and tourism event, is set to take place in Tel Aviv from May 12 to 18. It draws hundreds of millions of television viewers each year and is expected to bring Israel tens of thousands of tourists. But many security experts have warned that Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip could attempt to disrupt it, with the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad representing the biggest security threat. “At the moment, the...
The Eurovision Song Contest, a massively popular annual competition, a major travel and tourism event, is set to take place in Tel Aviv from May 12 to 18. It draws hundreds of millions of television viewers each year and is expected to bring Israel tens of thousands of tourists. But many security experts have warned that Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip could attempt to disrupt it, with the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad representing the biggest security threat. “At the moment, the...
The first mention of Txakoli (pronounced cha-ko-lee) wines dates back to 1520. The wine was locally consumed and rarely enjoyed beyond Basque Country borders. Historically, home-made in baserris (Basque farm houses), it was considered low-quality wine, and frequently used as barter between neighbors. It was fermented in old oak barrels and carried with it a reputation for going straight to the head, leaving behind serious headaches (cabezon). Txakoli slowly disappeared until the second half of...
African Tourism Board Vice President Cuthbert Ncube today at Indaba in Durban met with the Honorable Deputy Minister of Tourism for the Republic of South Africa, Elizabeth Thabethe; Her Excellency Ms. Lulu Marry Theresa Xingwana, the South African Ambassador to Ghana, Vice President Pamella Matondo of Women in Business & Tourism Africa; and Ms. Eunice Ogbugo, the President of Women in Business & Tourism Africa. They threw their weight behind a more cohesive approach within the Tourism...
The Jama Masjid mosque has banned tourists after a viral video emerged of girls dancing inside the famous Delhi holy site. The viral video filmed for the TikTok video sharing app features two girls dancing inside the mosque and doing handstands.[embedded content] Other videos have since emerged showing other people dancing and singing at the mosque. Some Twitter users were outraged by the footage, denouncing the dancing as “vulgar.” The mosque committee was angered by such blatant...
Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism has issued a special warning to tourists traveling to Mongolia after two fatal cases of bubonic plague were confirmed in the country. Two Russians have died of the highly contagious disease, and reportedly became infected after eating contaminated marmot organs. The married couple from Siberia are believed to have come into contact with at least 158 people before they died. These people have been quarantined. The tourism agency said the deaths were...
The Trump Administration refused to issue a travel advisory against Brunei, even though the country is in violation of international human rights still after the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei declared his country would not stone people convicted of adultery or gay sex. Brunei remains a safer country than Germany, Bahamas or Turkey to travel to from the official American perspective. Under international human rights law, corporal punishment in all its forms – such as stoning...
Two federal wrongful death lawsuits were filed on May 2 in Chicago, IL by the law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, along with co-counsel Power Rogers & Smith LLP, on behalf of the family of Carlo Spini and his wife Gabriella Viciani, of the Arezzo Province of Italy, who were killed in the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX, operated as Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The defendants in the case are Chicago-based Boeing Company and Rosemount Aerospace...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Substitute House Bill 1798, concerning short-term rentals, into law. This bill was a top priority for the Washington Hospitality Association during the 2019 Legislative Session. The bill requires short-term rentals to remit all taxes, maintain liability insurance and includes critical consumer safety provisions. “I introduced this bill to even the playing field for our local hotels,” said the bill’s prime...
Tourism is everyone’s business and the livelihood of an entire state can depend on this industry. The State of Nevada, Hawaii, Florida are good examples. eTurboNews article about warning against drinking the Water at MGM Hotels and Resorts in Las Vegas received a substantial number of feedbacks from those that travel to Sin City, and also from those that reside in the State of Nevada. Las Vegas resident Joseph Nucifora comment to this article and said: “Finally, someone has had the...
by Mati-Ullah, Online Editor, DND The Pakistan Minister for the Aviation Division, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, has told the National Assembly that 609 degrees of employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been found as fake and/or tampered with over the past 5 years. In a written reply to a question by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Tahira Aurangzeb, the Minister for Aviation Division told the House that out of 521 PIA employees having fake/bogus certificates during the...
Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Print Tumblr Viber Heathrow, Terminal 4, China Southern Boeing 787 Dreamliner on stand at dusk, 19 May 2014. Photo copyright LHR Airports Limited. Photo for to accompany Heathrow Press release only. Contact Equate Images Ltd: [email protected] (0) 1992 501134. Heathrow recorded its busiest ever April as the Easter getaway sent passenger numbers soaring, securing the airport its 30th month of consecutive growth Figures reveal the...
According to the European Travel Commission’s latest quarterly report, “European Tourism – Trends & Prospects 2019”, Europe kicked off 2019 on a positive note following an impressive 6%[1] growth in 2018. Looking ahead to the rest of the year, a more moderate rate of expansion is expected for 2019 (around 3.6%), with short term risks, such as the slowing global economy, trade tensions and political uncertainty weighing on growth projections. Despite challenges, the...
Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Print Tumblr Viber A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has shaken part of southwestern Japan but appeared to cause no damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued no tsunami warning though it said there might be slight sea level changes. The quake Friday morning struck just outside Miyazaki, a city of 400,000 people that’s the capital of Miyazaki prefecture. Japan Meteorological Agency reported no damage. Earthquake Report: Magnitude 6.3 Date...
Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Print Tumblr Viber Jaime Alberto Cabal Sanclemente of Colombia may have enough serving as the deputy secretary General for the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). He started his job only in June 2018. There will be an official and an un-official version when the former Colombian Ambassador to Austria and candidate for the UNWTO Secretary-General will say goodbye as the Deputy leader of the UN- Tourism Agency. According to sources he...
A Biman Airlines’ Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft has skidded off the runway at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport, losing its wings and breaking into three parts. Pilots were attempting to land as the accident occurred. Although conflicting reports exist, a Biman Airlines spokesman told Bangladeshi news site BDnews that four of the 33 people on board were injured, including the pilot. Photos shared on social media show the extent of the wreck. The plane was landing at Yangon Airport...
Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura submitted her letter of resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week. She resigned to win a seat in the European Parliament. Elena Kountoura was seen as one of the most active and outspoken tourism ministers in the world. She closely worked with Jamaica Minister Ed Bartlett and former UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai on the board for the Global Tourism Resilient Center. In the letter of resignation, she warmly thanked the prime minister...
Despite Trump administration’s pressure on Cuba and threats to impose a “full and complete embargo”, US tourists have been flocking to the country in record numbers, according to data provided by Cuban authorities. According to Trump’s regime, Cuba is a villain that impedes the ascent of democracy in Venezuela by keeping the crisis-hit country under “occupation.” However, that doesn’t seem to do much to discourage US tourists from swarming the...
Travel industry jobs lead to higher wages and a permanent foothold for financial success, outpacing compensation in both manufacturing and health care, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s Made in America: Travel’s Contribution to Workforce Development. U.S. Travel released the study against the backdrop of the 36th annual National Travel and Tourism Week. The report—the second in U.S. Travel’s “Made in America” series spotlighting the importance of...
The South African Deputy Minister of Tourism, Honorable Elizabeth Thabethe in partnership with African Tourism Board represented by Vice president Cuthbert Ncube, took an initiative to bring back African pride to students at Pretoria Schools. The minister took the initiative to address staff members regarding the role of Tourism on the African continent as the Mega drive in economic development and a need for the public and private sector to join hands and work towards uplifting societies...
World’s third-richest man would still travel on troubled Boeing 737 MAX The third-richest man in the world, Warren Buffett, believes aircraft have never been safer and would still travel on the troubled Boeing 737 MAX, which was involved in two crashes that claimed the lives of nearly 350 people. “I will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX,” the billionaire said in response to a question about damage to Boeing’s reputation. He was speaking on the...
Yamal Airlines’ Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft Russian regional carrier Yamal Airlines has announced its decision to cancel a planned purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, a day after one of the jets, operated by Aeroflot, crash-landed and burst into flames at Moscow’s airport. Yamal announced its decision after Russia’s transport minister declined to ground the aircraft in response to Sheremetyevo Airport accident. A Superjet 100 belonging to Aeroflot crash-landed in a...
The Trump Administration refused to issue a travel advisory against Brunei, even though the country is in violation of international human rights still after the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei declared his country would not stone people convicted of adultery or gay sex. Brunei remains a safer country than Germany, Bahamas or Turkey to travel to from the official American perspective. Under international human rights law, corporal punishment in all its forms – such as stoning...
Doha will not grant visas to those it considers “enemies,” a Qatari tourism official said in reference to Egyptians seeking to enter the country. Akbar al-Baker said Qatar would not let Egyptians enter the country to take part in promotions that aimed to boost its tourism industry. “The visa will not be open for our enemies, it will be open for our friends,” Baker said of Egyptians looking to travel to Qatar. Qatar’s government communications office later said that...
MGM 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 single person in a city like Las Vegas, because tourism is everyone’s business, and tourism is repeat business when done well, and tourism is a fragile business. Don’t drink the Smart Water and think before taking the Fiji Water in your room or suite at an MGM Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas...
