More than 1,700 passengers and crew remain confined on the cruise ship Ambition, operated by Ambassador Cruise Line, docked in the French port of Bordeaux after a 90-year-old passenger died and around 50 others developed […]
Thailand is preparing to shorten its visa-free stay from 60 days to 30 days for visitors from 93 countries, as officials move to tighten controls on tourism-linked crime and disruptive behaviour. The proposed change follows
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Italy’s highest administrative court has annulled a 4.2 million euro fine imposed on Ryanair over flight cancellations during the Covid pandemic. The ruling said the airline suffered discriminatory treatment when the competition authority rejected its
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A Southwest Airlines flight from Albuquerque to Baltimore diverted to Tulsa after its windshield cracked at 37,000 feet, forcing passengers onto another plane and delaying their arrival by about 4 hours. The airline and the
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A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members for six weeks after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without the strictest protective procedures. Radboudumc in Nijmegen, a leading Dutch university medical center
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Avelo Airlines has started suspending all of its Tuesday flights for a period stretching from mid-May to mid-August, with only a few exceptions. The move affects a small US low-cost carrier with a fleet of
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IAG shares rose 6% after the Iberia owner announced a buyback of 825 million euros in convertible bonds, a move investors saw as boosting the value of their holdings. The group said the debt, due
A retired British couple has settled into a care resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after living in France, Malta and the UK in search of a place to grow old. Peter Millard, 78, said the
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The last remaining passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked and boarded flights to more than 20 countries for quarantine, as health officials confirmed new cases in France and
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British holidaymakers heading to Greece will not face border delays this summer, the country’s tourism minister has told the BBC, despite continuing unease over the European Union’s new entry-exit system. Greece’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni
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Tourism on Iran’s Hormuz Island has declined sharply as more than two months of conflict involving the United States and Israel continues to disrupt shipping and security conditions in the Strait of Hormuz, one of
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A French national evacuated from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, France’s health minister said. The woman was one of five French passengers flown back from
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