NEW DELHI: Operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, hit after a late Thursday night strike by a section of contracted aerobridge operators, returned to normal on Friday with the authorities roping in its own work force.”The situation is normal and no flights have been delayed or cancelled due to the strike called by the employees of a private firm which has been contracted for operating aerobridges on the international side of terminal-3,” airport sources told IANS. Read article
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TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia warns its citizens of going to Georgia, while Georgia responds that the dangers are made up. Russian travel advice for those of its citizens who plan to vacation in Georgia is not the usual notes about vaccines and visas; it warns that Georgian special services may “systematically repress and detain” the […]
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A survey of over 35,000 professionals in the Gulf found that that the UAE has the highest expat retention rate, with 81 per cent of foreigners living and working there having no desire to leave Although the country was hit hard by the recession, the combination of “a rebound in business confidence, declining rents and […]
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The Zambia Tourism Board has reported a significant increase in visitor numbers to the country, according to a report in the Times of Zambia. Last year 906,417 tourists visited the country compared with 815,000 during the same period in 2010. Read article
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South Africa recorded a boom in global tourism by attracting more than 8.3million tourists last year – beating the record-breaking 2010 figures.Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk released the 2011 tourist-arrival figures in parliament yesterday. Read article
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U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) announced that he will introduce a measure in the House of Representatives that will encourage the U.S. Government to expand the Visa Waiver Program, an effort that he expects to help boost tourism in Queens. The Congressman was joined by Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of […]
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YANGON, Myanmar – (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that he would support suspending the European Union’s economic sanctions on Myanmar, which are to be reviewed by the end of the month.Cameron spoke after meetings with the country’s reform-minded president, Thein Sein, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a longtime political […]
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Drivers of the Flygbussarna airport buses in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, as well as flight transfer bus lines Arlanda-Västerås and Arlanda-Stockholm threatened to leave air travelers stranded on Monday afternoon if the Kommunal health workers union was unable to strike a deal with the Association of Private Care Providers (Vårdföretagarna). The planned strike was to […]
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A JetBlue aircraft bound for West Palm Beach, Fla., made an emergency landing at a suburban New York airport shortly after hitting birds upon takeoff. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says JetBlue Flight 571 carrying 54 passengers had a bird strike while taking off from Westchester County Airport in White […]
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HONG KONG, 19 April 2012 – Countries need to recognize that alcohol consumption is a big and growing public health threat and take appropriate action, experts concluded at a WHO regional meeting on the prevention and control of the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) through reduction of alcohol-related harm. WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr […]
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