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Articles tagged “italy”

Tourism

Strikes across Southern Europe cripple transportation by air and rail

This isn't your annual summer strike of a few thousand rail workers. As discord spreads over banking policies and continued unemployment, widespread actions could easily become the new normal.

Fiona Ortiz, Reuters | 11 years ago

Strikes across Southern Europe cripple transportation by air and rail

Tourism

Venice, Italy battles flooding as storms hit hard across northern Italy

The tourist-centric city has become so much a destination for foreigners rather than a place were people live and work that that tragedy of its more common than ever flooding is of low priority for Italians.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Venice, Italy battles flooding as storms hit hard across northern Italy

Tourism

Venetians direct anger at weather forecasters as tourists swim through record flooding

Weather forecasters are the new target all over Europe as the continent grapples with a terrible year weather wise. First Scotland, then UK, then Belgium, and now Venice in Italy.

Tom Kington, Guardian | 11 years ago

Venetians direct anger at weather forecasters as tourists swim through record flooding

Online Travel

Mobile apps that attempt to bring old world pleasures to high tech travelers

Technology has clearly changed the way we travel with nearly as much time spent staring down at a screen as up at the sights, but apps, when done well, can help deepen our understanding of a location.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Neapolitan pizza makers accuse food guide of “culinary racism” after best pizza snub

It's one thing for a food guide to have one angry restaurant on its case and another one entirely to have all of Naples' pizza makers out for your blood.

Nick Squires, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Airlines

Alitalia turns to Eataly to improve its in-flight meals for a limited time

It's a testament to Alitalia's string of failures that a limited-time menu on Rome to New York flights is something to get excited about. But when you're talking about the best market in two countries, it's enough.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Meningitis outbreak plagues European cruise ship, four employees diagnosed

The episode, combined with an unrelated outbreak of fungal meningitis on US cruise ships, highlights why hygiene is a hefty variable to consider when takking a cruise.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Italian critic: Crush of “drunken tourists” to Sistine Chapel needs to be restricted

If the Vatican itself says it won't happen, then it won't. But it probably needs better management of crowds.

Tom Kington, Guardian | 12 years ago

Cruises

Investigation blames Costa Concordia disaster on captain’s antics and crew’s ineptitude

Captain Schettino lost both his career and integrity by making every wrong decision possible, and both Costa and parent company Carnival are likely to come under closer scrutiny for both their safety procedures and their crews' credentials.

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Investigation blames Costa Concordia disaster on captain’s antics and crew’s ineptitude

Cruises

Sue us in Italy, says Carnival to U.S. passengers of shipwrecked Costa Concordia

Miami-based Carnival owns the Costa brands, but is trying to wipe its hands clean of legal issues by pointing to the fine print on passenger tickets that stated all legal action must be filed in Italy.

Curt Anderson, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Sue us in Italy, says Carnival to U.S. passengers of shipwrecked Costa Concordia