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Many officials in Arizona’s tourism and hospitality industry fear that the state’s new immigration law is anything but hospitable. Hotel owners, tour operators and convention executives say the law could discourage visitors and companies from meeting there at a time when one of the state’s vital industries already is suffering. There are already some calls […]

Plantiff and defendant both stayed as guests in a health resort. Each morning breakfast buffet was quite crowded as patients’ breakfast time was limited and many patients had to start their treatments early. One morning defendant was queuing up behind plaintiff and within the crowd suddenly her leg somehow got between plaintiff’s legs. Plaintiff tripped

France’s government announced it would apply a proposed ban on face-covering Islamic veils to visiting tourists as well as residents, even as skepticism mounted over the legality of the plan. The draft bill will be presented to the cabinet next month. France’s highest court has already warned the government that a complete ban could be

The U.S. Department of Transportation has denied the requests of five airlines for a temporary exemption from a new rule limiting tarmac delays to three hours. The new rule goes into effect on April 29. Airlines face fines of up to $27,500 per passenger for planes that sit on the tarmac for more than three

To be better prepared for crisis situations, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with the joint collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism of Malaysia, is convening a review and preparation exercise for the region of Asia and the Pacific which is to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 3-4 May of 2010.Primarily aimed at

Possibly, the Academic Event of the Year in the field of Travel and Tourism Law!Registration here:http://www.fe.ualg.pt/cidta/index.php

The Alaska State Legislature passed a bill that will reduce the state’s cruise passenger head tax from $46 to $34.50, and end a lawsuit the industry filed to overturn the tax. The Alaska Cruise Association signed an agreement last week with the Alaska attorney general to drop the lawsuit if the state passed the measure

Bulgarian “Varhoven Kasatsionen sad” filed a reference for preliminary ruling on the interpretation of the Package Travel Directive 90/314/EEC (PTD). The court wants to know whether the PTD is applicable to the present case (no details of the case available in ECJ publication). The further questions are:How is the term ‘other tourist services’ in Article

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sharply criticized European governments for their lack of leadership in handling airspace restrictions in light of the Icelandic volcano eruption, and urged a re-thinking of the decision-making process. IATA in particular criticized Europe’s unique methodology of closing airspace based on theoretical modeling of the ash cloud an that decisions

Reference for a preliminary ruling before the ECJ (Case C-83/10 Rodríguez ea/Air France) from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil de Pontevedra (Spain) regarding the questions,whether the term ‘cancellation’, defined in Art 2 lit l of Regulation 261/2004/EC has to be interpreted as meaning only the failure of the flight to depart as planned or is