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The results of the first three years of the World Tourism Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development’s existence were presented at the General Meeting of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), held during the 51st European Organisation for Quality Congress in Prague (Czech Republic) on May 22 and 23. The conference was organized by the […]

Spanish airline Iberia has cut an advertisement showing black Cuban women in bikinis bottle feeding a baby tourist as he sings “feed me mulattas … come on little mamas, take me to my cot” after complaints it was sexist. A consumer rights group demanded Iberia, Spain’s national flag carrier, pull the ad for online sales

Last week, the Egyptian Foreign Minister’s office sent an official letter to four countries – France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States – demanding the return of famous artifacts for showcase at a temporary exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The objects, in question, are currently on display in separate museums while in the hands

At the Jamaica Gleaner, Stephen Vascianne states that “Earlier this month, the Government of Jamaica participated in negotiations with the British Government on matters pertaining to the conclusion of a new Air Services Agreement between both countries.This round of negotiations was the latest in a series undertaken by representatives of the Jamaican Air Policy Committee

The 19th Conference of IFTTA – International Forum os Travel and Tourism Advocates will take place in Southern Portugal, from the 11th to the 14th of October.At this event, the main subjects of discussion will be: Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays, Airline Passenger Rights & Land Planning and Tourism Development.The Organization put up a very

The Gulf Times reveals that “QATAR Tourism Authority (QTA), together with GATO, an international tourism organisation, is formulating a new hotel classification system with a view to improving the overall quality of the Qatari hospitality industry.[…]International benchmarks and guest surveys have clearly indicated that an ever increasing emphasis is placed on service quality. To cater

Two men who admitted a brutal attack on a Dutch honeymoon couple in the Bay of Islands will be sentenced in the High Court. They pleaded guilty in the Kaikohe District Court in March to a raft of serious offences against the young tourists, who were held at gunpoint in their campervan last November. But

In a recent decison Austria’s Supreme Court (OGH) held that Art 3 of of the Package Tours Directive, providing that any descriptive matter concerning a package and supplied by the organizer or the retailer to the consumer must not contain any misleading information doesn’t apply if the retailer in presence of the consumer looked up

Since 29 March 2007, EASA is responsible for the approval of the flight conditions on the basis of which a permit to fly can be issued by the Competent Authority of the Member State of Registry, or of the Member State prescribing the identification marks.A Permit to Fly is generally issued when a certificate of

A Gainesville anesthesiologist who vehemently proclaimed his innocence in jailhouse interviews went on trial this Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on child pornography charges. In April 2004, his arrest at New York’s JFK airport was heralded by federal prosecutors as a major case in the battle against so-called “sex tourism.” He was indicted