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25
Aug

Caribbean: Tropical Storm Erika

Tropical Storm Erika formed on Monday night and will track toward the Leeward Islands through the middle of the week. As Tropical Rainstorm Danny tracks across the northern Caribbean islands, Erika will take a track slightly farther north and will bring another round of rainfall. This system will be steered westward by a large dome […]

25
Aug

Cutting the costs of Corporate Travel

With Ian Race, Senior Vice-President, Sales & Account Management  Even when the economy is buoyant, there are benefits in keeping a close rein on corporate travel costs. Recently I gave a presentation to the Global Business Travel Association in which I shared some of Vision’s top suggestions for cost containment.  Then we asked members of […]

25
Aug

Romania: ATC threaten to strike starting Sep 1

Romanian air flight controllers announced they would go on a general strike starting September 1, if their 14 claims were not solved. They said their problems involved “life and death” issues and relate to the passengers’ safety.  The union leaders from Romania’s Air Traffic Services Administration – ROMATSA met on Monday with the Transport Minister […]

13
Aug

Kenya: Visa information: starting Sep 1

Canadians must be in possession of a visa to visit Kenya. As of September 1, 2015, the only way to obtain a visa to visit Kenya will be online, on the eCitizen website. Until then, you can still obtain a visa at a Kenyan diplomatic office or on arrival at the airport. Visas are valid […]

12
Aug

China:Tianjin: explosions

Massive explosions have rocked the city of Tianjin in northern China, the Chinese Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.   The initial blasts were caused by flammable material stored at a container terminal and were felt kilometres away. The explosions occurred sometime after 11 p.m. local time, Xinhua said.   Subsequent fires later caused a series […]

12
Aug

Spain: train strikes planned for Sep 4, 11, 14, 15

The Spanish union of train drivers and workers, Semaf, has called a four day strike during September. The 24 hour strikes will take place on September 4th, 11th, 14th and 15th confirmed sources from the union. The union added that it “did not rule out” the possibility that other unions would also take part in […]