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The Hotelstars Union which hasharmonised hotel classification in several countries and which provides criteria for 1 to 5 Star Hotels has been joined by the three Baltic CountriesEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Under the patronage of HOTREC – Hotels, Restaurants & Café in Europe already 10 countries are members of the Union <hotelstars.eu>

Some U.S. travel Web sites were found to have violated federal law by not identifying which airline is operating a flight for which they’re selling tickets. The new law says that information must be displayed “in a format that is easily visible to a viewer”. But seven of the 10 travel websites that Buffalo News

When visitors to the US are treated to the “Pat-Down,” it does little to encourage visitors to return and is likely to do just the opposite and keep them away from the US. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/09/Airport-search-angers-Indian-diplomat/UPI-50951291902798/ JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 9 (UPI) — The Transportation Security Administration’s patdown of India’s ambassador to the United States at a Mississippi

Plaintiiff had booked a journey from Bremen/Germany to Asunción/Paraguay via Paris and São Paulo. Departure from Bremen to Paris was delayed about 2:30 hrs. Plaintiff therefore missed the connecting flight to São Paulo, was re-routed and reached Asunción only 11 hrs after the originally scheduled arrival time. She sued for compensation of EUR 600 under

A French court ruled on Monday, that the Concorde crash of July 25, 2000 which left 113 passengers dead was partially caused by criminal negligence of Continental and a mechanic who works for the company. Both were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.The French judge also found aircraft manufacturer EADS partly responsible for the crash. Air

Representatives of the United States and Brazil have agreed to implement an Open-Skies aviation regime, which will significantly liberalize U.S.-Brazil air services for airlines of both countries over a transition period by removing restrictions on pricing and on the routes between each country that can be served by U.S. and Brazilian scheduled and charter airlines.

In Cases C-585/08 (Pammer vs Schlueter) and C-144/09 (Hotel Alpenhof vs Heller) [remark: not joint but decided together] ECJ had to decide whether a so called passive website of a Hotel respectively a travel agent meets the requirement of ‘directing professional activities’ to the (other) EU member state where the consumer has his habitual residence

In Cases C-585/08 (Pammer vs Schlueter) and C-144/09 (Hotel Alpenhof vs Heller) [remark: not joint but decided together] ECJ had to decide whether a so called passive website of a Hotel respectively a travel agent meets the requirement of ‘directing professional activities’ to the (other) EU member state where the consumer has his habitual residence

Scientists and lawyers get together A group aimed at fostering knowledge transfer between Scotland’s life science cluster and the country’s legal professionals has been launched. The Life Sciences and Law Network (LSLN) follows the successful collaboration of the Writers to the Signet Society, the oldest law society in Scotland (established 1594), with Nexxus, Scotland’s life

Legal ethics training for Law students The Law Society, in light of the review of legal services education and trainingin England and Walesannouncedby the legal regulators(the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and the Institute of Legal Executives Professional Standards have launched the review), calledfor a greater focus on ethics in the Qualifying Law