A Norwegian and an American tourist mysteriously died within hours of each other at the Koh Phi Phi resort in Thailand.

Julie Michelle Bergheim, 22, from Norway, died on Monday 3 May at the Laleena guest house where, just a few hours earlier another guest, Amerian Jill St. Onge, 27, had also died.

The widow of a holiday maker who died as a result of salmonella poisoning while staying at a hotel in Italy, has called for greater protection for tourists.

A coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure after Geofrey Appleyard, 71, died in 2008 after falling ill at the Grand Hotel in Lake Garda. The coroner said that Mr Appleyard had died from salmonella poisoning contracted at the hotel.

Holiday makers Mick and Christine Jackson found their dream holiday became a nightmare after they fell ill while celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary on a trip to the Eygptian resort of the Sunrise Royal Makadi Hotel in Makadi Bay.

The Daily Telegraph report that a holiday maker who ate a contaminated burger while on holiday in Egypt has won £750,000 in compensation following a two year legal battle with his tour operator First Choice.

Taking a short holiday or break at a health spa has always been a popular destination, but many spas are having to put in place new procedures after the number of liability claims against them increased by 36% last year according to the National Spa Association.