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The Civil Aviation Ministry in India has expressed concern over the impact of imposition of service tax on air travel on tour and travel business. In conjunction with the Tourism Ministry, Civil Aviation Ministry is intending to ask India’s Finance Minister to reconsider the decision to impose service tax on air travel, which is now […]

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York overturned a bankruptcy court decision and granted Northwest Airlines’ request for a preliminary injunction to prevent a threatened strike or work action by the company’s flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants.For details see http://www.travelindustrydeals.com/news/875(Originally posted by Michael Wukoschitz)

Thai government on Friday announced new visa regulations for tourists limiting the foreign visitors to a maximum stay of 90 days each every six months in order to ease social problems and crime in the country. For details see http://www.travelindustryreview.com/news/3059(Originally posted by Michael Wukoschitz)

Australian lawmakers are in a heated debate over a proposal that would require visitors to Australia to sign an ‘Australian values’ pledge before being granted a visa to enter the country, according to published reports. “It’s wrong to expect tourists to sign up to a country s values for a visit,” said Australian Prime Minister

From HospitalityLawyer.com, I’ve just recieved this information request:”HOUSTON – The nominations are winding down. Thank you for the tremendous response thus far, though there is still time left to recognize general counsel and private attorneys for the 2007 Anthony G. Marshall Award. One deserving person who has made a significant impact in the hospitality legal,

As stated by the EU Press Room, “The Commission has adopted a Green Paper on detection technologies for law enforcement, customs and other security authorities to further enhance the interaction between public and private sectors and help Member States acquire the best tools available at the lowest possible cost.’Recent events in the UK have further

Airports Council International is to Airports what IATA is to carriers. The two international trade associations are at odds over several issues regarding airport costs, responsibility for pre-boarding security costs, etc. Earlier this year, ACI issued a report that dealt in detail with what it calls the three weak links in pre-boarding security….processes, people and

OGH had to decide whether low price advertising of a no-frills airline was misleading. Plaintiff (another airline) claimed that defendant was promoting low price ticktes on his website although these tickets were not avialable on each flight, sometimes not even over the period open for online-booking, or only available for the outward but not the

Supreme Court (BGH) affirmed liability for water slide accident and dismissed tour operator’s appeal. Plaintiffs’ eleven year old child was killed at a holiday resort in Greece when his arm got trapped in a water slide’s suction pipe which was not protected by a grating. The water slide had been built up without permission of

According to the EU Press Room, “The Commission has decided to open a formal investigation into the rules imposed by Italy on 2 May 2006 on 16 air routes between three Sardinian airports and important airports on the Italian mainland. The Commission has serious doubts as to the conformity of the Italian public service obligations