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International tourism recovered strongly in 2010 according to the Advance Release of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. International tourist arrivals were up by almost 7% to 935 million, following the 4% decline in 2009 – the year hardest hit by the global economic crisis. The vast majority of destinations worldwide posted positive figures, sufficient to […]

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued the federal government over the body scanner images taken at security checkpoints in airports. The center wanted the government to release images which were created to give officials at the Transportation Security Administration an idea of the effectiveness of its detection technology. The center thus wanted to determine

The Obama administration last Friday eased restrictions on travel to Cuba. The changes allow Americans to travel to Cuba by academic, religious and cultural groups and also allow charter flights from more American airports. Moreover, the new measures permit Americans to send money to Cuban citizens. However, the embargo against the communist government will remain.Source:

The plaintiffs Sabre Inc. and Sabre International Inc. claimed damages and other relief from the International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) for breach of confidence, in respect of booking related data provided by Sabre to the Billing and Settlement Plan for Canada/Bermuda (“Canada/Bermuda BSP”) and to the other Billing and Settlement Plans (the “Other BSPs”) in

The European Schengen visa-waiver liberalization for Republic of China passport holders officially went into effect. European countries hope to lure more Taiwanese tourists.

As bed bugs have infested hotels across the country, the Federal Government is convening a second national bed bug summit on February 1 and 2, 2011. The goal for this summit is to review the current bed bug problem and identify and prioritize further actions to address the problem.Source: EPA; find more information here>>.

Claimants issued a notice of action against Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), and others regarding the destruction of documents contained in an Air France jet that overran the runway and caught fire at Pearson International Airport. The notice of action was issued within the two-year limitation period. However, the respondents were not successful in serving the

After he was denied boarding on a flight from Zaventem/Belgium to Cairo on Sep 25, 2008, Adly Messiha sued TUI Airlines Belgium. The law suit was served on Jan 29, 2010, 16 months after the incident.The claimant argued that the two years limitation period of the Montreal Convention applied while the defendant argued that the

The State Department has announced that it will roll out new US passport applications in February. According to the State Department website, these new passport forms will be available beginning February 1, 2011. Before February 1, submit your passport application using the current form . The new forms should be used for allapplications submitted on

American Airlines (AA) filed a lawsuit in in Tarrant County Court, Texas, against Sabre. The lawsuit alleges that Sabre was biasing AA’s services in all Sabre flight displays and thus violated the agreements between AA and Sabre and harmed AA, the travel agent community, and the traveling public.A a temporary restraining order by the court