Seven foreign tourists were hospitalized in Fiji in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning at a luxury resort, Fijian and Australian officials said Monday. The guests, who, according to local media,…
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Americans can now visit China for up to 10 days without visas
China said Tuesday it was expanding its visa-free transit policy, allowing Americans and other eligible foreign travelers to stay in parts of the country as long as 240 hours, or…
More women are planning to vacation alone in 2025
Women are increasingly planning leisure trips just for themselves. Nearly 40% of female travelers voiced interest in setting out solo in 2025, the tourism market research firm Future Partners found…
Boeing says it’s turning things around a year after the Alaska Airlines incident
Boeing said Friday that it had hit several internal targets on safety and quality control despite a series of deadly crashes, near catastrophes and embarrassing incidents that has seen its…
JetBlue fined $2 million for flying chronically delayed routes
JetBlue has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty after federal regulators charged the U.S. carrier with operating multiple chronically delayed flight routes. The penalty is the first time the…
No shoes, no service when passengers step aboard a Spirit Airlines flight
Spirit Airlines customers have to don unprovocative clothes that do not expose “breasts, buttocks, or other private parts” when aboard the low-cost carrier, according to new standards posted this week. The…
Travelers are hunting harder for bargains — or taking the bus
Consumers are looking for ways to travel on tighter budgets. Many are ditching first-choice options like flights for cheaper ones, like long-haul bus rides. Others are just staying home. Travel…
Globetrotting communities embrace joy through world travel
Patricka Hogue’s friends were already calling her “the nomad.” While she had visited dozens of countries (at the latest count, at least 60), by 2012 she yearned for a community…
Police in Belize investigate after three U.S. women found dead in hotel room
Authorities in Belize have started an investigation into the deaths of three women from the United States whose bodies were found in a hotel room on Saturday. Patrick M. Keefe…
Gastrointestinal outbreak on Royal Caribbean cruise ship sickens more than 90 passengers and crew
More than 90 passengers and crew members on a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship which set sail from Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 1 for a weeklong cruise came down with…