Articles tagged “security”

Online Travel

Hackers Target Booking.com Partners With Dark Web Ads to Steal From Customers

Hackers have found a weak link in Booking.com security — its hotel partners. And the threat to Booking.com customers has been stubbornly persistent.

Dennis Schaal | 2 days ago

Hackers Target Booking.com Partners With Dark Web Ads to Steal From Customers

Airlines

UK Airport E-Gates Working Again After Outage Caused Major Disruption

Heathrow and Gatwick — as well as arriving passengers — really didn't need this. No word yet on the cause of the outage.

Sachin Ravikumar and Kanjyik Ghosh, Reuters | 6 months ago

UK Airport E-Gates Working Again After Outage Caused Major Disruption

Airlines

U.S. Delays Enforcing Rules Mandating Tougher ID For Air Travel Until 2025

The decision to push back enforcing the rule requiring travelers to obtain new identification cards for air travel is a relief for the travel industry, with Americans largely struggling to get them.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 1 year ago

U.S. Delays Enforcing Rules Mandating Tougher ID For Air Travel Until 2025

Airlines

U.S. Air Marshals Cite Airline Security Concerns in Refusing Deployment to U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. air marshals declining deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border puts them in a better position to provide much-needed airline security during the holiday crush.

Ted Hesson and David Shepardson, Reuters | 1 year ago

U.S. Air Marshals Cite Airline Security Concerns in Refusing Deployment to U.S.-Mexico Border

News Blog

New EU ID Checks Could See Much Longer Wait Times in 2023

Just when travelers thought that travel disruptions seen earlier this year may be easing, in May 2023 the European Union plans to introduce new fingerprint and biometric checks at external borders for third-country nationals that could lead to significantly longer wait times. Just in time for the the peak summer travel season in 2023, the…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Skift Meetings

What the Rushdie Attack Can Teach Events About Better Stage Protection

When Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in full view of the audience at a speaking engagement at the Chautauqua Institution, it was the latest in a series of high-profile attacks during public events. What can event planners do to ensure this doesn't happen at their gatherings?

1 year ago
What the Rushdie Attack Can Teach Events About Better Stage Protection

Airlines

South Africa Calls Ryanair’s Afrikaans Test a ‘Backward Profiling System’

Does Ryanair believe the only acceptable South Africans to fly on its planes are those relative few who speak Afrikaans?

Promit Mukherjee, Reuters | 2 years ago

South Africa Calls Ryanair’s Afrikaans Test a ‘Backward Profiling System’

News Blog

UK Doesn’t Plan to Dispatch the Military to Airports to Ease Long Security Lanes

A few days after Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary called on the UK government to temporarily send the army to staff excessively long airport security lanes, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps told the BBC Sunday he doesn't envision the need to make such a move. A file photo of passengers queuing at Heathrow Airport. Reuters Shapps…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Airlines

Heathrow Airport Arriving Travelers Can Expect Even Longer Wait Times

Wait times at Heathrow for arriving passengers were already horrendous at times. With the airport short of around 12,000 staff and a holiday period on the way, this won't get prettier.

James Davey, Reuters | 2 years ago

Heathrow Airport Arriving Travelers Can Expect Even Longer Wait Times

Skift Meetings

Years-Long Campaign to Protect U.K. Events from Terrorism Leads to New Laws

The U.K. is moving forward with its Protect Duty legislation, a new set of rules requiring venues to assess and address the risk of terrorist attacks. What will these changes mean for the U.K.’s event industry?

2 years ago
Years-Long Campaign to Protect U.K. Events from Terrorism Leads to New Laws