by Associated Press Published: April 19,2013
Tags: air, air travel, airline, airport, aviastion, convention, flight, meeting, tourism, tourist, transportastion, travel, vacation, visitor
JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of its three daily Jackson-to-Houston flights as well as its direct Jackson-to-Baltimore flight. The Clarion-Ledger reports the airline, effective June 1, will no longer offer a 2:10 p.m. departure from Jackson to Houston’s Hobby Airport. It will still have morning and evening departures. And, effective Aug. 1, the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: arrest, court, customs, law, law enforcement, legal, rock, stone, tourist, travel
PURVIS — An American tourist who collected stones during a six-day beach holiday with his wife was briefly detained in Turkey and faces trial for attempting to smuggle historical artifacts. Jason Dement was taken into custody by security officials at Antalya airport, near Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, on Sunday because two of the pieces inside a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 15,2013
Tags: antebellum, city, culture, history, homes, municipal, municipality, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Attendance was strong at Natchez’s Spring Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage Tours director Marsha Colson tells The Natchez Democrat that 2013 was the second-best season Natchez has seen in 10 years. Colson said tour sales were up over last year, and group tours did especially well this year. This year’s numbers are close to those in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2013
Tags: advisory, beach, contamination, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, public safety, sand, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water quality
HANCOCK COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories for two sampling stations. The MDEQ reports these segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in those areas. The stations are: • Station 1 — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: casino, center, college, community college, education, gamble, gambling, gaming, higher education, hospitality, opening, resort, ribbon-cutting ceremony, tourism, tourist, training, workforce development
GULFPORT — After a decade of planning, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College officials will cut the ribbon Friday on the nearly 51,000-square-foot Hospitality and Resort Management Center. MGCCC president Mary Graham tells The Sun Herald the state-of-the-art facility will provide a hands-on learning environment for students. The community college plans to work with Coast hospitality [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: beach, engineer, engineering, federal agency, hurricane, outdoors, sand, storm, Sun, tourism, tourist, tropical, vacation, visitor, waves, Weather
PASCAGOULA — The Army Corps of Engineers is working to repair the sand beach along the west end of Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports the corps built the beach after Hurricane Katrina and installed wind fencing and plantings to promote dune growth. Dunes help prevent sand from blowing onto the road and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: accident, bench, case, cvacation, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, pollution, restaurant, seafood, testimony, tourism, tourist, trail, visitor, wildlife, witness
NEW ORLEANS — BP is scheduled to call its first witness today at a trial designed to determine causes of its April 2010 well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and assign fault to the companies involved in the deadly disaster. Halliburton, BP PLC’s cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling project, rested its case [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: banquet, casino, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, meeting, night life, restaurant, revenue, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Three months after Natchez’s second casino began play, gaming revenue is up in the city, but insiders warn it’s too early to bet on the increase holding or folding. Natchez gaming revenues for December, January and February increased over the same months last year. The Natchez Democrat reports figures from the Natchez City [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contaminate, contamination, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, payout, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has rejected BP’s request to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses who claim the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. Before a hearing today, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier already had upheld court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: alcohol, beer, city council, city government, councilman, downtown, drinking, festival, lager, municipal, municipality, ordinance, special events, tourism, tourist, visitor, wine
HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg City Council has adopted an ordinance to open downtown streets to the sale and consumption of beer and light wine during special events. The ordinance allows retailers with a current permit to sell beer and light wine on downtown streets closed for special events such as HUBFEST and the fall and spring [...] [...]
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