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Greece has become a member of the Visa Waiver Program, enabling Greeks to travel to the U.S. for up to 90 days with just a valid passport. Greece joins 35 other nations already participating in the Visa Waiver Program.Source: Travel Weekly; find article here>>.

The nearly 130 years old Kasubi Tombs in Kampala , where several of the late Kings of Buganda are laid to rest and which was a focal point for tourists and the kingdom’s subjects for visits, burned down. It has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, and has always had a

European Union and U.S. negotiators will push hard to complete long-running negotiations to open markets in transatlantic air travel. Talks will resume in Brussels on March 23. The EU in particular wants the U.S. to end restrictions on EU investment in U.S. airlines.An EU and U.S. agreement would build on an initial ground breaking “Open

Wed Mar 10, 9:49 am ET BERLIN (AFP) – The world’s largest tourism fair, the ITB, kicked off Wednesday in Berlin with the global travel industry hoping for better times following a crisis-hit 2009. According to United Nations figures, international tourist arrivals fell by four percent in 2009 and earnings from international tourism dropped by

Plaintiffs purchased flight tickets from Barcelona to Mexico City via London. The initial flight to London took off 30 minutes delayed. As a consequence, plaintiffs missed their connecting flight to Mexico City. The airline placed the plaintiffs on an alternative flight, which arrived in Mexico City more than nine hours later than originally planned. On

European commission has published a list on responses to the public consultation on the PTD revision. The list which provides links to the respective responses covers both the responses to the questionnaire in the IPM-tool (online questionnaire) and e-mail contributions and is available here>>.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has assessed a $40,000 civil penalty against US Airways for violating rules that require airline price advertisements to disclose the full price consumers must pay for air transportation.The DOT’s Aviation Enforcement Office found that when consumers searched US Airways’ website for one-way flights sorted by schedule, the airline provided

Gow v TUI UK Ltd. (Trading as Crystal Holidays) [2006] CLYB 1071G booked a package holiday with T through a travel agent (X). He made the booking over the telephone and paid during the call. On arrival at the hotel G discovered that he was allocated a room in the hotel annexe as he had

English Case: Serco Ltd. V Redfearn [2006] EWCA Civ. 659R was employed as a bus driver and escort for people with disabilities. A local newspaper revealed that he had become a candidate in the local council elections for the British National Party (BNP). The BNP campaigns against immigration and, until forced by the courts to

The Race Relations Act 1976 and Equality Act 2006In Great Britain (Scotland, England and Wales) the Race Relations Act 1976 prohibits discrimination on grounds of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, or nationality. Discrimination on the grounds of language is not directly prohibited, but may amount to ‘indirect discrimination’. The Act is complemented by a