European tour firms seek survivors, assess damage
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European travel companies were searching for missing customers and cancelling departures to areas devastated by the Asian tsunami on Wednesday as some experts predicted
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ROME, Sept. 15 -- The airline industry shakeout that forced U.S. Airways Group Inc. into bankruptcy this week is rippling through Europe as well, with some forecasters predicting that only a handful of the continent's airlines can survive, and Italian authorities scrambling this week to keep national carrier Alitalia SpA aloft.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other disasters this year.
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A historical accident becomes the new brand for a global giant.
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Families throughout Europe are spending anxious hours desperate for news of loved ones after giant waves slammed into some of Asia's most popular resorts at peak season, killing thousands of people.
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As Sumatra seeks to pick up the pieces after a deadly quake, the local tourist industry near its epicentre on the Indonesian island is struggling to recover its lustre.
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LANGKAWI, Malaysia  - Southeast Asian nations  pledged Monday to work together to help the region's tourism  industry recover from last month's tsunami, and launch a  marketing drive to woo tourists back.
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Efforts are being made to help thousands of passengers stranded in Spain by the collapse of Air Madrid.
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European airlines could soon find that they cannot secure insurance cover for terrorist risks.
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Weak insurance and leisure companies  dragged European shares lower on Monday as investors feared  large damage payouts and a loss of holiday bookings after  Asia's tsunami disaster which killed more than 22,000 people.
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By James Daley in London and Katherine Griffiths in New York. The UK regulator for the insurance industry has said it attempted to launch investigations into several of its member firms earlier this year, after
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Which companies have the best shot at recovery?
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Tourists struggle with the wisdom and ethics of vacationing in disaster-hit regions.
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LISBON, Aug 20 (IPS) - Tempting and affordable offers of vacations in   âparadiseâ settings in developing countries are causing serious  harm to the  powerful tourism industries of southern Europe.
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Thousands of European tourists were begining their day with breakfast or by sunning themselves on Thailand&#39;s white sand beaches when massive waves triggered by an earthquake, swept people, bungalows, boats and cars out to sea.
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European leaders prepared their citizens  for the worst as hopes dimmed for nearly 5,000 tourists, half  of them Swedes and Germans, still missing four days after a  tsunami tore through some of Asia's most popular beach resorts.