The deadline for EU Member States to enact legislation implementing the newEU Timeshare Directive expired on February 23, 2011. However, such legislation is still not in force in Belgium, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Spain.
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According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals grew by 4.5 percent in the first four months of 2011, despite new challenges to the travel market. Growth was positive in all regions except the Middle East.The UNWTO expects destinations currently facing difficulties will recover towards the end of the year. Short-term prospects
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The Office of Fair Trading has issued new guidelines to help businesses comply with EU and UK Competition Law. There is also a helpful videoSee http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2011/75-11
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined three online ticket agents for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Two of the companies also were cited for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. Apple Vacations was assessed a $50,000 civil penalty
In her opinion in case C- 83/10 (Sousa Rodríguez) delivered on June 28, 2011, ECJ Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston came to the conclusions thatthe term “cancellation”, as defined in Article 2(l) of Reg. 261/2004 covers cases in which a flight departs but then returns to the airport of departure and proceeds no further;the term “further
Lawmakers pushing a bill to ban invasive searches of airline passengers without a reason to think they have committed an offense said they were steaming ahead despite a decision by the federal Transportation Security Administration to reduce pat-downs of children. The Texas legislation, as drafted, would make it a crime of official oppression if federal
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The approval by the World Heritage Convention secretariat of Cambodia’s management plan for the Preah Vihear temple, a magnificent ancient structure from the 11th-12th century, located just on the demarcation line between Thailand and Cambodia, prompted Thailand to withdraw from the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The temple is on Cambodian territory but some of its
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To all participants of the ETLF + IFTTA Workshop in Salzburg: Tomorrow Wednesday evening after 7pm IFTTA members and speakers are going to meet for an informal come-together at Restaurant Sternbräu <sternbraeu.at>, located at Griesgasse 23 – 25, but easily reachable via famous Getreidegasse, follow a Sternbräu-sign near Mc Donald’s and turn to the river
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Kenya wants the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to intervene and help end travel conditions by western states that act as barriers to growth of the tourism industry in developing countries. Kenya’s Tourism Minister said the Air Passenger Departure tax introduced by European countries such as the UK, Austria and Germany discouraged tourists from
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