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“The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in cooperation with the USAID/Jordan Tourism Development Project (Siyaha), has developed a new tourism law due to the need for rapid development, imposed by the global tourism industry and in response to the goals of the National Tourism Strategy.The main concepts of the new law were presented to an […]

According to the EU Press Room, “The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation by Amadeus of Spain and Sabre of the US of Moneydirect, a full function joint venture which will be active in the field of payment processing and clearing systems. Both parent companies also provide electronic travel distribution

As reported by Wangui Maina, at Business Daily Africa, “The Ministry of Tourism is considering guidelines to encourage home stays to address bed shortage.The move will see home owners with extra space get registration to accommodate tourists on their premises, at a cost, and under guidelines stipulated by the ministry.Currently, there are no proper guidelines

As stated by the EU Press Room, “The European Commission has decided to launch a formal investigation into support that would have been granted by the Sardinia Region and SOGEAAL SpA, the publicly owned company operating Alghero airport, to various air carriers, and by the Sardinia Region to SOGEAAL SpA. The investigation will allow the

According to the EU Press Room, “The European Commission today adopted the fifth update of the Community’s list of airlines banned in the European Union; this was first drawn up in March 2006 and last amended in July. The new list replaces the previous one and can already be consulted on the Commission’s website [1].

A group of tour operators has lost its High Court challenge against the Government’s Air Passenger Duty (APD), a controversial £2 billion a year levy branded a “stealth tax of the skies”.Dismissing a legal challenge brought by the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) and two of its member companies – Tui UK and Kuoni Travel

“Pilgrims on the Vatican’s new chartered airline have been told to leave holy water behind for security reasons.Officials at Tarbes-Lourdes airport in southern France said that bottles of water from the shrine at Lourdes could present a potential terrorist threat.The pilgrims were told they could not carry holy water in bottles bigger than the maximum

“Investigators of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) recently inspected tour operations related to groups of visitors at Hanoi’s Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature). In less than two hours, they discovered nearly ten cases of violations of the Tourism Law, mainly illegal international travel operations.So far this year, VNAT has

A Vietnamese man is suing the country’s budget airline for charging him a wheelchair service for his disabled wife to board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi claiming the airline did not inform him of any extra fees for disabled passengers when he purchased tickets for the flight. Pacific Airlines is refusing

Yesterday, the International Herald Tribune published a very interesting article, written by Daniel Griswold, Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies, on the current US Visa Policy, that is available in full text, here.