Investors plan to build a seven-story luxury hotel with 240 rooms near Port-au-Prince’s international airport.
Supporters of the $33 million investment, regard the project as a crucial move that will bring more developers and investors to Haiti, which was shattered by a magnitude-7 earthquake on January 12.
The unnamed hotel funding will come from private investors and [...]
Australian government has issued a terrorism warning to its citizens attending Commonwealth Games next month in India.
The travel advisory came a day after a shooting incident occurred in Old Delhi, which left two Taiwanese nationals wounded.
The advisory informed Australians that the Commonwealth Games venue is at “high risk of terrorism” and cited that public places [...]
Last Wednesday, the U.S Embassy based in Jordan issued a travel advisory against Gulf of Aqaba after the embassy received a reliable report that there might be a possible threat in the region, which is part of the red sea.
The embassy advised U.S. citizens to stay away from the city of Aqaba’s downtown and port [...]
Passengers of a cruise that will commemorate 100 years since Titanic sank have been criticized after their plans to dress up the way fictional characters from the film Titanic did were discovered.
Operated by Fred.Olsen MS Balmoral ship, the12-night Titanic Memorial Cruise will try to trace the historic vessel’s journey 100 years ago.
Passengers who will take [...]
A high-level delegation from the Caribbean visited Britain last week for a three-day lobby against the country’s unfair departure tax hikes to the West Indies.
Starting November 1, Britons visiting the Caribbean will have to pay an Air Passenger Duty (APD) 94 per cent higher than they used to two years ago. Meaning to say, for [...]
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will be launching a budget airline, in partnership with an investment fund based in Hong Kong, that could defy Japan’s expensive air travel cost.
ANA and First Eastern Investment Group revealed the project on Thursday and announced that flights would start in the later part of 2011.
Air travel in Japan has long [...]
Starting Wednesday, U.S. visitors from 36 nations will now be charged of $14 for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) registration, which is required by travelers under the Visa Waiver Program.
Around 28% of the $14 charge, which is $4, will cover operating costs while the remaining amount will be used to promote United States [...]
Delta Air Lines Inc. is planning to upgrade its Boeing 747s by putting additional seats as it cuts the plane’s premium seats.
The move, which was announced on Thursday, is part of Delta’s $1 billion plan to overhaul seats and improve other services worth, as revealed in January.
Starting next summer, there will be additional seats that [...]
In an effort to increase tourist visitors to Thailand, local hotels and tour operators are reducing prices. Slashed prices are being offered by many companies as an inducement to travelers who have avoided the country after the recent violence.
Since the downgrading of warnings to travelers, more and more tourist companies and travel operators are giving [...]
Catalonia’s parliament has decided to ban bullfighting due to animal cruelty issues.
With 68 votes in favor, 55 against and nine abstentions on Wednesday, Catalonia became Spain’s first mainland region to outlaw the tradition.
People who are strongly against bullfighting celebrated the decision in the street right outside parliament while bullfighting supporters consoled themselves on thought that [...]
