KASHGAR, CHINA — A doctor onboard a recent Air China flight channeled his inner MacGyver when he managed to save the life of a fellow passenger using only a few toothpicks and a spoon. The Telegraph reports that 38-year-old Dr. Tian Yu, a medic from the rheumatology department of Shanghai’s …

MADRID — International travel rose 4% in the first half of 2016, with destinations worldwide receiving 561 million international overnight visitors. That’s 21 million more than in the first six months of 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Europe, up 3%, showed mixed results. Northern Europe and …

GRAZ, AUSTRIA — Call it a gutsy move or a gory one, either way this makes for one hell of a Halloween tale. According to the Austrian Press Agency, human organs were found tightly packed in plastic containers and formaldehyde in a Moroccan woman’s suitcase during baggage check at the …

SeaWorld investing US$175 million in new attractions, shows ORLANDO — SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. has announced an extensive lineup of new attractions, shows and events for 2017 including major new ride additions at three of its theme parks; a virtual reality experience in Orlando, a new orca presentation in San Diego, …

TORONTO — Marking its launch in the Canadian travel industry this week, conxxe bills itself as a world-class ancillary revenue partnerships solution for airlines, OTAs, tour operators and all travel companies, worldwide. “conxxe takes the humble airport or ground transfer, allowing travel organizations to monetize a solution within their own …

The world’s largest sustainability certification program for the tourism industry will now be helping Canadian tourism businesses to reduce their environmental impacts. Through a regular dose of complimentary webinars, white papers, how-to-guides and checklists, Green Tourism will help the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) grow and develop Canada’s tourism …

We’ve all been in a situation where nature calls at a crowded event and an empty toilet is nowhere to be found. Airpnp is an experimental service that aims to solve this problem — by letting residences and businesses rent out their bathrooms to people in their immediate location who need …

Wanamaker, a Philadelphia department store legend, famously said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” Because Big Data allows companies to serve up online ads (display, native, pre-roll, etc.) to people who’ve demonstrated interest while surfing, it sounds like the …

How is your organization harnessing the power of social content? You don’t need a reminder that the world of content is changing and that visitors are creating content that used to come from the destination marketing organization. But with all that brilliant, user-generated content out there, what do you do …

GRAN CANARIA, CANARY ISLANDS — Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands is considered one of the most gay-friendly places in the world, but it seems that one recent visitor failed to read the memo. According to the Gay Times, a traveller known as ‘MooSmith21’ posted a review on TripAdvisor to …