Some 200 guests have been reported missing at Hotel Montana, a 4-star tourist hotel that is one of the many buildings in and around Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince that were destroyed in Tuesday’s massive earthquake.
The annual pre-Christmas survey of the Russian MICE sector reveals interesting growth, despite a difficult year.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced that the Alakai, a combined cargo and passenger ship built for ferry service in the Hawaiian Islands, will be headed for Haiti for relief duty. The ship will be crewed with U.S. civilian mariners.
A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 freighter carrying around 75 tons of relief supplies for the quake victims in Haiti has flown to Haiti.
Air Canada continues to support relief efforts in Haiti by dispatching its second dedicated aircraft full of medical and humanitarian relief supplies on Jan. 23.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) assessed a $30,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for failing to disclose the full price consumers must pay for air transportation as required by the department’s rules.