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Caribbean round grains, favored in creating smooth surfaces for plastering and finishing, are being hauled away by the truckload late at night. On some islands, towns and ecologically sensitive areas get exposed to tidal surges and rough seas.Among the hardest hit is Grenada, where officials are building a $1.2 million seawall to protect the 131-square-mile […]

A new Regulation, which was adopted by co-decision procedure, lays down common rules for the operation of air transport services in the Community (recast) (Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No 1008/08 of 24 September 2008, OJ L 239, 31 October 2008) and is a substantial improvement on the present legislation.The new

The Convention is being organized by Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and tourism Organization (ICHTO) in close cooperation with Iranian Tour Operators Association (ITOA) which is the main private sector association in Iran inbound tourism. ITOC , which will devote two full days (November 24 and 27) ,the first day presentation on Iran Tourism and Iranian

Article 5 of the E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC provides that the service provider shall render easily, directly and permanently accessible to the recipients of the service and competent authorities his details, including his electronic mail address, which allow him to be contacted rapidly and communicated with in a direct and effective manner.In a decision of Oct.

Due to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), airline passengers will likely be able to carry large bottles of liquids on airplanes some time next year. However, passengers would still have to remove liquids from carry-on bags at airport checkpoints and put them through X-ray machines separately.By the end of 2010, passengers should be able

Icelandic-owned Sterling Airways has cancelled all flights, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at London Gatwick and thousands stranded across Europe. The airline which flies from Gatwick to Copenhagen, Stockholm and other Scandinavian cities, blamed the Icelandic financial crisis for its bankruptcy.In the information issued to passengers, the airline told customers who have directly purchased their

Though travel and tourism is the largest sector of the EU economy, Europe’s share of global tourism is declining. EU VAT rules make it more costly for EU-based, tour operators to promote Europe as a destination. Furthermore current VAT legislation it is not applied evenly across the EU.At the annual conference of the European Tour

U.S. President George W. Bush outlined the upcoming expansion of the Visa Waiver Program. By mid-November 2008, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the program, which allows citizens of the approved countries to travel to the United States for stays up to 90 days without first

Common principles for levying charges at Community airports are set out in a second-reading report adopted by the European Parliament on a directive to prevent individual airports abusing a dominant position on the market. The European Parliament also saw to it that any differentiation in airports’ charges will have to be based on transparent and

As stated by the EU Press Room, “Consumers across the EU will benefit from greater holiday protection – when they buy and resell timeshare holidays, or timeshare-like holidays on cruise boats, canal boats, caravans and ‘discount holiday clubs’ – under new rules endorsed by the European Parliament today. The aim of the new Directive is