CRUISE PASSENGER REMEMBERED

24 MAY 2013:  One of two Australians who plunged from a cruise ship in mysterious circumstances two weeks ago was remembered on Thursday as a hero who died attempting to rescue his girlfriend. Read more...

PARROTHEAD PARADISE

24 MAY 2013: Resorts Casino Hotel has one of Atlantic City's newest entertainment attractions. The casino held a grand opening Thursday for Margaritaville, the US $35 million restaurant, bar, and gambling complex that's part of a $70 million expansion and renovation. It was 35 years ago this weekend that Resorts became the first casino in the US to open outside Nevada. Read more...

FOR YOUR OWN COMFORT

24 MAY 2013:  A Consumer Report survey of 16,000 readers released this week, found only four US carriers  that ranked well for comfortable seating—JetBlue, Hawaiian, Southwest, and Virgin America.   Read more...

LOST AT SEA

24 MAY 2013:  Four months after a Russian cruise ship snapped a tow line and drifted into the North Atlantic off Newfoundland her trail has gone cold. The Canadian Coast Guard says it has received no reported sightings of the Lyubov Orlova since March 12. Read more...

CANADIAN PROFILE

24 MAY 2013: The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB), which represents The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel in southwest Florida, has continued its marketing to Canadians by extending its contract with VoX International. Read more...

CARIBBEAN CHALLENGE

24 MAY 2013: In an effort to promote conservation of the Caribbean’s natural habitat, president of the Sandals Foundation and CEO of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, attended the Caribbean Summit of Political and Business Leaders in the British Virgin Islands last week. Read more...

AN INNOVATION MACHINE

24  MAY 2013: The world’s future leaders overwhelmingly believe that today’s businesses can grow only if they can innovate – and that today’s business leaders aren’t demonstrating they’re up to the task. Read more...

TRIUMPH FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS

23 MAY 2013: The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents 25 major cruise companies, says member companies will adopt a passenger bill of rights demonstrating the industry's commitment to "the safety, comfort and care of guests in a number of important areas.'' Read more...

CONCORDIA CAPTAIN WILL STAND TRIAL

23 MAY 2013: An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany which killed 32 people. The judge agreed to prosecutors' request that Capt. Francesco Schettino of Italy be tried on charges of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the vessel while many of its 4,200 passengers and crew were still aboard. Read more...

BETTER BUSINESS

23 MAY 2013: Now this is something Ottawa should perhaps consider - and other governments too.   American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel for government business. The miles will be used to help medical patients travel off-island when needed, or help students travel for educational programmes. Read more...

WATCH THOSE CODES

23 MAY 2013:   A couple found themselves way off course after airport codes were mixed up by their airline.  The couple expected  to travel  from Los Angeles to Dakar in Senegal with Turkish Airlines, instead they ended up almost 7,000 miles away in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Read more...

OCEAN BLUES

23 MAY 2013:  Less than two weeks after it launched, Norwegian Breakaway has broken out a new restaurant charge, hiking the cost for its premier specialty restaurant, Ocean Blue, a hefty 40 percent - taking the price from $35 to $49 per person. Read more...

EAT UP

23 MAY 2013:  Food festivals are great opportunities to indulge in the unique culinary cultures of destinations around the globe. However, Cheapflights.ca claim to have discovered that there are food festivals, and then there are food festivals. Read more...

TURNING IT AROUND

23 MAY 2013: American Airlines’ peculiar change to its boarding priorities this week is just another example of legacy carriers failing to understand the most basic of challenges facing their rapidly transitioning industry. Read more...