CANADIANS MISSING: ‘Horrifying’ flash floods ravage Nepal-China border
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says 30 Canadians and permanent residents are missing following flash floods that swept through an area along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.
U.S. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ALLEGEDLY CLOCKED OUT EARLY BEFORE AC CRASH
The union representing American air traffic controllers has acknowledged allegations that two members left work early shortly before an Air Canada regional jet crashed at LaGuardia Airport in March, killing two pilots.
SENDING A MESSAGE: What’s behind U.S. crackdown on legal business and tourism visa holders
The Trump administration has trained much of its immigration crackdown on people who entered the United States illegally from Mexico and elsewhere, but it is intensifying another battle, this time with people who come legally.
ATHENS LANDMARK GETS FRESH LOOK
It has welcomed marathon runners, rock stars and the first modern Olympic athletes. Now it’s time for a monumental scrub. Athens’ U-shaped Panathenaic Stadium – made entirely of white marble – is getting its first systematic cleaning in more than a century.
SPLIT DECISION: What are the Dalmatian Coast’s hottest spots?
By WALLACE IMMEN/ These massive walls have defended against centuries of conquests. Beautiful squares are filled with flowers, food and music. The medieval towns along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic have been the fantasy settings for the Game of Thrones. And over centuries of history, the games have been all too real.
LISTENING IN: Goodbye, Dolly – the most ‘beloved’ artist of all time
There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim.
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LONDON (ONT.) CALLING: Porter launches first-time service from YXU
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ Porter Airlines is launching service in London, Ont., for the first time in the airline’s history. Starting in November, London International Airport (YXU) – will see four nonstop seasonal routes to sunny southern destinations in Florida, Jamaica and Mexico.
DIXON STEPS DOWN FROM BRAND USA, RETURNS TO NYC
Brand USA president and CEO Fred Dixon is leaving the country’s official destination marketing organization to return to NYC Tourism + Conventions, the organization he left to take the post.
RECORD YEAR FOR FLIGHT CENTRE CANADA: Canadian travel demand remains resilient
Flight Centre Travel Group Canada has registered its third consecutive record year in 31 years in Canada, with growth across its leisure and corporate businesses.
‘DEHUMINIZING AND DEMORALIZING’: British comedians settle racial profiling suit over ATL police program
British comedians Eric André and Clayton English have reached a settlement in a lawsuit they filed challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport that they said used racial profiling and coercive searches just as airline passengers, particularly Black passengers, were about to board their flights.
BIG NEWS FROM A SMALL COUNTRY: World’s third-smallest country now known as Naoero
If you have any clients headed for the tiny Pacific island of Nauru, be aware that the country – the world’s third smallest – has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.
RIUS WELCOME BACK GUESTS WITH FRESH LOOK
Sunwing Vacations is reporting that RIU Palace Peninsula in Cancun, Mexico, and RIU Palace Aruba in Palm Beach, Aruba, have welcomed guests back with refreshed accommodations, new dining concepts and enhanced all-inclusive amenities.