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The European Commission has asked Italy to adopt national legislation implementing the new European safety rules and standards for passenger ships. The Commission’s request takes the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures. If Italy fails to inform the Commission within two months of the measures it has taken to ensure full compliance […]

A Taiwanese tourist accused Hong Kong Dragon Airlines of discrimination for letting Hong Kong passengers switch to a Cathay Pacific flight while denying her the same arrangement after her flight was grounded by tire problems on Oct. 20. Dragon Airlines said that it had not discriminated against any passenger but that the Hong Kong passengers

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Spirit Airlines USD 50,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.For a period of time in June 2011, Spirit used billboards and hand-held posters to advertise new service from Los Angeles that contained an asterisk next to the advertised

The European Union and the United States have initialled a new agreement on the transfer of air passengers’ data for flights from the EU to the US. If adopted by the European Parliament and EU Member States in the Council of Ministers, the new agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) will replace the current agreement

On Nov. 21, the European Commission has adopted today the eighteenth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. Close and intense cooperation with the aviation authorities of two countries – Albania and the Russian Federation – has led both countries to adopt strong measures in order to control and contain any

The new Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of Oct. 25, 2011, on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council has been published in today’s edition

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for an EU framework on security scanners. This legislation allows airports and Member States that wish to use security scanners for the screening of passengers to do so under strict operational and technical conditions. Member States and airports do not have an obligation to deploy security scanners, but

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Having participated at many IFTTA Conferences and Workshops in the last years, and having enjoyed the hospitality of our colleagues and friends, we have now the honour to organize the 5th European IFTTA Workshop on Travel and Tourism Law. The workshop takes place from April 17 – 20, 2012 in Rostock,

Cruise conference – May 21-23, 2012Stenden University of Applied Sciences’ School of International Hospitality Management in Leeuwarden, Netherlands is calling for papers for its Fourth International Cruise Industry Conference.The conference, May 21-23, will be in English and will focus on the developments in cruise operations over the next 25 years.Themes include the future drivers of

Based on a recent petition filed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), India’s Supreme Court is to decide whether to accept proposals to shift tourists to “fringe” or “buffer zones” outside core tiger habitats in order to protect the endangered species. India, home to the world’s largest number of wild tigers, attracts 17 million