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The plaintiff (a lawyer) initially had sued a tour operator for mal-performance of a package travel contract. The claim had been dismissed by all instances as courts had held that the plaintiff had booked accomodation in a Dubai city hotel with half board and a shuttle service to the beach – and had exactly got […]

The Austrian “Schienen-Control Kommission Wien” has filed a reference for preliminary ruling of the ECJ with regard to the following questions:Is Article 8(2) of, in conjunction with Annex II, Part II, to, Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations to

German Oberlandesgericht Jena recently held that it was an illegal trade practice to autmaticly include a cancellation insurance to the ticket price during the online booking process. Such practice would deceive the average consumer even if he had the option to avoid the inclusion of the insurance by unclicking the related tickbox. The deceptive practice

A tax windfall for airlinesIt’s not like theInternal Revenue Serviceto forgive and forget, especially when it comes to uncollected taxes.But that’s what the federal tax collecting agency is doing about the two weeks when theFederal Aviation Administrationstopped collecting taxes on airline tickets.The FAA could not collect taxes from June 23 to Aug. 8 because its

Albania’s tourism industry continues to impress, with a record number of visitors crossing the border this weekend, according to a report in regional news portal Balkans.com on August 8 2011. According to the report, some 57,255 people entered the country over the weekend, with the main activity recorded at the Morine crossing bordering Kosovo, where

In a recent decision the German Kammergericht Berlin held that the operator of a hotel review website has no obligation to verify user postings before publishing. A posting on a Swiss website had suggested that a certain hotel had a bed bug problem. Upon complaint of the hotelier, the operator of the website permanently deleted

The plaintiff who was a former share holder of a hotel company (the defendant) and also the former companion of the defendant’s director stayed in the defendant’s hotel as a guest, when the director asked him to do her the favour to look for a jamming glass door in the indoor pool area because she

DOT Fines Air Canada for Violating Price Advertising RulesDOT 100-11The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Air Canada $50,000 for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.“When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have a right to know how much they will have to pay,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Illinois reinstated a class action lawsuit against YTB International, which offers booking websites and travel agent training. The class action is seeking $5 million in damages for more than 100 plaintiffs nationwide against Illinois-based YTB, also known as YourTravelBiz.com. The suit alleges that while

Acknowleding a need to improve the availability, completeness and comprehensiveness of the basic tourism statistics, the European Union has published a new Regulation concerning statistics on tourism. The new Regulation 692/2011 repeals the Council Directive 95/57/EC.