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Eurobarometer published aSurvey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourismbased on fliedwork in Feb 2011.A summary can be found here:SummaryThe entire analytical report cam be found here:ReportEuropean champion in traveling are the Finns!Stephan

The Plaintiffs were booked on an Alitalia flight from Bari to Rome and then on to Montreal. Because of a mechanical problem, which was identified only shortly before departure, the flight from Bari to Rome was delayed almost 3 hrs and they missed their connecting flight to Montreal.However, the claim was dismissed as Alitalia could

Due to an Associated Press report, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has suspended Zimbabwe’s national carrier from all international financial and flight booking services.Find article here>>.

A vast majority of the voters in Zurich has objected an intiative to prohibit assisted suicide of foreigners. A second intiative seeking to limit suicide assistance to persons who have lived in the Canton for at least one year was also rejected.Source: Spiegel Online; find in German here>>.

Upon reference by the Augstākās Tiesas Senāts (Latvia), the ECJ has today intrepreted Reg. 261/2004 as follows:Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 must be interpreted as meaning that an air carrier, since it is obliged to implement all reasonable measures to avoid extraordinary circumstances, must reasonably, at the stage of organising the flight, take

The Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with HospitalityLawyer.com, is producing the first-ever Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel – a conference that places legal, safety and security solutions for the travel industry under one roof.Date: August 25-28, 2011Venue: HoustonGeneral Sessions will address topics, issues and solutions that impact

The first issue of our new journal, the IFTTA Law Review 1-2011, is now available for download in pdf. Please note that pursuant to our agreement with the Sellier publishing company, the access is limited to paid IFTTA members. To visit the page, login is required. The IFTTA Law Review is also available in print

The Prudential Insurance Co. has been given leave to appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal that legal professional privilege is confined to lawyers (solicitors and barristers) and not to other professions. The Law Society of England and Wales intend to intervene in the appeal to protect that privilege, which they point out

The 1st edition of our new “IFTTA Law Review” is now available in print as a supplement to “Reiserecht aktuell”. The online version is expected to be available shortly. The issue contains an article by Klaus Tonner on the new Package Travel Directive, the IFTTA paper on the revision of the PTD and a Canadian

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule to improve the air travel environment for consumers by:increasing the number of carriers that are required to adopt tarmac delay contingency plans and the airports at which they must adhere to the plan’s terms; increasing the number of carriers that are required to report tarmac