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Liability of cruise lines in question after deadly New Zealand volcanic eruption

CBS NEWSDecember 13, 2019, 7:50 AM Some of the victims of Monday's volcanic eruption in New Zealand were passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. That's now raising questions about the liability of cruise lines and the excursion companies they contract with.

Volcano deaths highlight perils of adventure tourism

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) The deaths of at least five tourists in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand have raised questions over whether tour companies are taking enough precautions to keep visitors safe -- and whether tourists are aware...

Protests in France Disrupting Travel Industry

DONALD WOOD  DECEMBER 05, 2019 PHOTO: Eiffel tower at sunrise and airplane in the blue sky (photo via anyaberkut / iStock /...

Two Americans on Carnival Cruise trip dead, five injured in Belize tour bus crash

BY DEVOUN CETOUTE NOVEMBER 29, 2019 11:10 AM  After traveling to Belize on a Carnival Cruise Line ship, two Americans were killed and five were injured in an independent tour bus crash Wednesday. Riding in a Dodge passenger van, Jacqueline Abad,...

Robbers disrupted Hurtigruten cruise

November 29, 2019 A group of robbers in southern Chile stole around 200 pieces of luggage that were being transported to one of the new Hurtigruten ships embarking this week on an expensive cruise to Antarctica. None of the passengers themselves was robbed, but around 15...

Be a more sustainable traveller with the use of these online resources

WAHEEDA HARRIS November 5, 2019 French novelist Marcel Proust may have written the world’s longest novel, À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time), but it’s a brief excerpt from its seven volumes that is the perfect mantra for the modern traveller looking...

Viking Sky Came Within a Ship’s Length of Grounding

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-11-13 The Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) has issued a short interim report about the cruise ship Viking Sky which had a black-out near Hustadvika, Norway, on March 23, 2019 in stormy conditions.  The accident led to 479 passengers...

U.S. Travel Urges Media to Warn About REAL ID Deadline for Air Travel

James Shillinglaw, Nov 14, 2019 Just days ago things seemed to be a little more hopeful. The U.S. Travel Association praised a U.S. Department of Homeland Security effort to make it easier for travelers to get their new REAL IDs online. These IDs, which...

Will Anyone Be Able to Travel by Air in the U.S. Next October?

By  James Shillinglaw, Nov 11, 2019 For months the U.S. Travel Association has been warning of the danger to travel that will occur next October when the U.S. begins requiring all airline passengers to have REAL IDs (either more sophisticated driver’s licenses or passports)....

Safety Tips for Visiting Hong Kong

DESTINATION & TOURISM MIA TAYLOR  NOVEMBER 05, 2019 PHOTO: Hong Kong viewed from the top of Victoria Peak. (photo via P. Kijsanayothin/iStock/Getty Images Plus) With Hong Kong spending so much...