Motion for a Resolution by European Parliament Mathieu Grosch, Artur Zasada on behalf of the PPE GroupSaïd El Khadraoui on behalf of the S&D; Group Dirk Sterckx on behalf of the ALDE Group Michael Cramer, Frieda Brepoels on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group B7-0153/2009 European Parliament resolution on passenger compensation in the event of airline […]
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Meglena Kuneva, the leaving commissioner for Consumer Policy held a press conference regarding the “Revision of the Package Travel Directive” (see below)Along the way: The new designated commissioner for Consumer Policy is John Dalli (MT) and for Transport (and as VicePresident) Siim Kallas (EE) Press conference speaking points Brussels, 26 November 2009 SPEECH/09/559Ladies and gentleman,
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In proceedings concerning a lawsuit accusing the airline of hacking into a computer of a passenger advocacy organization (see previous post), Delta has asked the federal court to dismiss the claim on the grounds that the plaintiff, FlyersRights.org founder Kate Hanni, had made the allegedly stolen emails public by forwarding them to an industry discussion
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Australia’s largest pleasure cruise company, Carnival Australia, a subsidiary of global Carnival Corp., demands that young adults aged 18 to 21 are accompanied by a parent or guardian if they book one of a range of South Pacific cruises from Australian ports from November through January. The policy aims to exclude large groups of students
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In joined cases C‑402/07 and C‑432/07, the European Court of Justice today ruled as follows: 1. Articles 2(l), 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of
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Legislation adopted by the Region of Sardinia introduced, as from 2006, a regional tax on stopovers for tourist purposes by aircraft used for the private transport of persons or by pleasure boats over fourteen metres in length. The tax is payable by natural or legal persons who have their tax domicile outside the territory of
Plaintiff and his fiancé wanted to go on vacation in late October 2005 and asked their travel agency for a destination of fair weather. The agency inter alia offered Yucatan/Mexico which they chose and booked a package tour for Oct. 16 to 30. When they left for Yucatan on Oct. 16, a tropical depression had
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In a decision dated July 9, 2009, German Supreme Court (BGH) held that German Courts have jurisdiction over over an airline in another member state in regard to a law suit filed by a consumer protection association to cease in order to interdict the use of unfair terms in General Conditions of Contract.However, whereas with
Florida’s Office of Attorney General has sued Expedia and Orbitz, the leading internet travel companies, claiming that these companies violated state law by failing to remit the appropriate amount of taxes on hotel room rentals. The lawsuit states that while Expedia and Orbitz have been collecting taxes from consumers, they have only been remitting a
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Attorney General Bill McCollum on Nov. 2nd announced that his office has filed a lawsuit and has requested an emergency injunction against two related South Florida timeshare resale marketing companies. Universal Marketing Solutions, Creative Vacation Solutions, and owner/manager Jennifer Kirk allegedly collected over $4 million in marketing fees on a monthly basis, but rarely if
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