Airport closure in Chennai

We will resume flights to and from Chennai from December 10, 2015. Flights have been suspended due to the closure of Chennai International Airport (MAA), as a result of ongoing flooding.

ENHANCED SECURITY Western governors want travellers prescreened at foreign airports

TERRORISM, TURMOIL AND TOURISM Worries about where to go

PASSENGER TRAFFIC STAYS STRONG

Five star food on islands in the sun is something we can all applaud. Celebrity chefs such as Eric Ripert with Blue at the Ritz Carleton Grand Cayman, Jean-Georges Vongerichten at The One and Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas, Bobby Flay with Mesa Grill at The Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Marcus Samuelsson at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess in Bermuda are making waves on their respective islands.

PASSENGER ARRESTED ON LUFTHANSA

Cambodia has updated a code of conduct for tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex. Visitors to the sacred site are advised to wear modest clothing, not to take a selfie with monks at the temple, touch ancient carvings or enter restricted areas.

With the world’s attention on the environment and climate change which were under discussion last week at the UN climate conference in Paris, four well known figures offered their opinions on the subject.

TRAVEL CHAOS AND FLOODS IN UK

BACK TO BACK STORMS BATTER BC

Britain’s Royal Air Force made two significant missions in the Falklands Islands in the past few weeks. The first was to rescue 347 passengers from a cruise ship that had suffered a major engine fire and the second was a search and rescue operation to reach a man aboard a cruise ship who had been bitten by a seal.

Passengers on the Costa Diadema can have their images immortalized. The cruise ship staff are taking body scans of passengers, sending them to Lab3D in Barcelona and then printing a 3D figurine which is mailed to the passenger.