Go Travel agent Sue White’s daughter Simone died of methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos last November. She was taken ill after drinking alcohol shots at the hostel she was staying at in Vang Vieng, and her death, and those of five other tourists – two Australian teenagers, two Danish women and an American man – are being investigated.
Bereaved agent calls on industry to back bootleg alcohol petition
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Jennifer Morris
2 July 2025
A travel agent whose 28-year-old daughter died from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos is backing a petition for the dangers of methanol poisoning to be covered in the school curriculum – and hopes others in the industry will follow suit.
Go Travel agent Sue White’s daughter Simone died of methanol poisoning in Laos
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