Mother of woman killed by suspected methanol poisoning demands Laos be put on no-travel list - Exclusive: Simone White died ...

The manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning. Local media said that police brought in the 34-year-old ...

That evening, Simone, Bethany and another friend went to the bar at the Nana Backpacker’s Hostel where they were staying in Vang Vieng, Laos. "They told us it would be free whiskey or free vodka ...

Go Travel agent Sue White’s 28-year-old daughter Simone tragically died of methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos last ...

Holly Bowles (right) and her best friend Bianca Jones (left), aged 19, had been enjoying a backpacking holiday with friends in Laos. (Supplied) Auto news: Car industry body accused of 'undermining' ...

Months after the deaths of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, their families say they are furious at the lack of information from Lao authorities and want travellers to boycott the country until a proper ...

We don’t know, but we’ve got no answers at all.” Bethany, who had joined Simone on the trip to Laos, said she watched the hostel bartender pour shots from a “typical vodka bottle” and ...

Laos is a one-party communist state with no organized ... They failed to check out from the Nana Backpacker Hostel as planned and were found sick in their room and then taken to Thailand for ...

That fatal incident came just weeks after six tourists died from methanol poisoning in Laos after drinking contaminated free shots at a backpackers’ hostel. On Sunday, British survivor Bethany ...

Bethany, who was with Simone in Laos, described how on the night she watched the hostel bartender pour the shots from a “typical vodka bottle” and then ordered Sprite to mix them with ...