The former head of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau pleaded guilty Thursday to three charges stemming from allegations he submitted phony expense reports for meals, lodging, limousine rides and visits to strip clubs.
Michael Hollander, 52, of Nesconset, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government and offering a false instrument, both felonies, as well as official misconduct, a misdemeanor, said a spokeswoman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
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India on Thursday announced plans to send a boatload of tourists to view an active volcano as an eruption in the Andaman archipelago gained in intensity.
The tourists will view the volcano on remote Barren Island which is spitting lava, ash and boulders up to a height of 330 feet.
"There are lots of tourists and local residents eager to see the active volcano and a ship is scheduled to sail out Friday for Barren Island," Kuldip Singh of the Andamans' tourism department told AFP by telephone.
"This will be the first volcano tourism venture in India and it is
PHUKET, May 6 (TNA) – The Chamber of Commerce in Thailand's southern resort province of Phuket today announced a raft of plans to revive the island’s struggling tourism industry, including international sporting and beauty contests.
Describing the island’s post-tsunami tourism situation as ‘appalling’, the chamber’s chairman, Mr. Iem Thawornwongwong, said that the chamber was helping local bids to restore visitor numbers.
Included in the chamber’s plans are support for international sporting competitions, and activities relating to the international Miss Universe contest later this month.
Other events include Miss Teen Thailand in October.
Mr. Iem expressed confidence that the events would help publicize
The increase in the number of flights to Ireland could boost tourism to eight million overseas visitors this year, it was claimed today.
Tourism Ireland is optimistic that the 40% increase in air access capacity from continental Europe will help the island achieve its growth target of 5% for 2005.
There will be 31,000 more seats available than last summer, largely as a result of new services provided by Ryanair, Easyjet and Aer Lingus, the tourism agency said.
The majority of the increases will be on flights to Dublin, but Belfast, Cork and Shannon will see the biggest proportional rise in the number
PHUKET, May 8, (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is teaming up with leading tour operators to attract Malaysian golf enthusiasts to the resort island of Phuket, where tourism has been flagging since the December tsunami.
Driven by the need to revive the island’s tourism fortunes, the TAT’s Kuala Lumpur office joined hands with Benoa Tourplan to lead a delegation of Malaysian golfers to take part in a Phuket-based tournament last week.
Known for its high purchasing power, the golfing market is a niche market which the TAT is particularly keen to attract, particularly as golfers generally bring their families
In the middle of the commotion in Parliament over the past two weeks Sonia Gandhi may have noted, probably with a bit of concern, the diminishing of two of her more important chief ministers. Vilasrao Deshmukh, mostly has himself to blame for his humiliation. What else can you say for the chief minister of India’s second largest, and second richest, state if he has to present himself in Delhi to explain to his party president his policy over an issue of such urgent national importance as a ban on Mumbai’s dance bars. This, when his state is facing its starkest