The European Commission has asked Italy to adopt national legislation implementing the new European safety rules and standards for passenger ships. The Commission's request takes the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures. If Italy fails to inform the Commission within two months of the measures it has ...

A Taiwanese tourist accused Hong Kong Dragon Airlines of discrimination for letting Hong Kong passengers switch to a Cathay Pacific flight while denying her the same arrangement after her flight was grounded by tire problems on Oct. 20. Dragon Airlines said that it had not discriminated against any passenger but ...

The new Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of Oct. 25, 2011, on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council has ...

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for an EU framework on security scanners. This legislation allows airports and Member States that wish to use security scanners for the screening of passengers to do so under strict operational and technical conditions. Member States and airports do not have an obligation ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Spirit Airlines USD 50,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the Department's rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.For a period of time in June 2011, Spirit used billboards and hand-held posters to advertise new service from Los Angeles that contained an ...

The European Union and the United States have initialled a new agreement on the transfer of air passengers' data for flights from the EU to the US. If adopted by the European Parliament and EU Member States in the Council of Ministers, the new agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) ...

On Nov. 21, the European Commission has adopted today the eighteenth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. Close and intense cooperation with the aviation authorities of two countries - Albania and the Russian Federation – has led both countries to adopt strong measures in order ...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Having participated at many IFTTA Conferences and Workshops in the last years, and having enjoyed the hospitality of our colleagues and friends, we have now the honour to organize the 5th European IFTTA Workshop on Travel and Tourism Law. The workshop takes place from April 17 ...

Cruise conference - May 21-23, 2012Stenden University of Applied Sciences' School of International Hospitality Management in Leeuwarden, Netherlands is calling for papers for its Fourth International Cruise Industry Conference.The conference, May 21-23, will be in English and will focus on the developments in cruise operations over the next 25 years.Themes ...

Based on a recent petition filed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), India's Supreme Court is to decide whether to accept proposals to shift tourists to "fringe" or "buffer zones" outside core tiger habitats in order to protect the endangered species. India, home to the world's largest number of ...

The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined American Eagle Airlines USD 900,000 for lengthy tarmac delays that took place at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on May 29, 2011. This is the first fine for a violation of the Department's rule, which took effect in April 2010, setting a three-hour ...

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a Statement of Objections to British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic in its civil law investigation into alleged collusion over the pricing of passenger fuel surcharges for long-haul passenger flights to and from the UK between August 2004 and January 2006. Issuing a ...

Deep vein thrombosis is not an accident under Warsaw Convention[forwarded byJackie Tanti Dougall]Aviation - France Deep vein thrombosis is not an accident under Warsaw Convention Contributed by Holman Fenwick Willan LLP October 19 2011 Background Proceedings Arguments Decision Comment Impact By a judgment of June 23 2011 the First Civil ...

International tourist arrivals grew by 4.5% in the first eight months of 2011 to a total of 671 million (29 million more than in the same period of 2010).Contrary to the trend in recent years, growth in arrivals during the first eight months of 2011 was higher in advanced economies ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Caribbean Airlines, a carrier based in Trinidad and Tobago, USD 60,000 for limiting reimbursements for lost, damaged and delayed baggage to less than consumers were entitled under the Montreal Convention. Caribbean routinely told passengers that it was not liable for the loss of ...

On October 28th 2011, the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) launched the report “Air Passengers Rights Report 2011 – in the aftermath of the Volcanic Ash Crisis”. The report focuses on several aspects regarding air passengers' rights in the EU today, in particular during 2010. In 2010 problems were exacerbated ...

On October 24, 2011, the United States House of Representatives approved H.R. 2594, the “European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act". If passed by the Senate and signed by the President, the bill would force the Department of Transportation to bar U.S. airline operators from complying with the European Union's ...

In judgement of Nov. 2, 2011 the German Supreme Court (BGH) held that insolvency protection pursuant to Art. 7 PTD also covers the repayment of the travel price if the organiser had cancelled the package trip before going bust. Neither Art. 7 PTD nor German law would require a causal ...

During the 19th General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO),Mexicowas unanimously selected for a seat on the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization. As a member of the Executive Council,Mexicowill help lead the more than 150 member nations in creating policies that promote investment, employment, and ...

A proposed Senate bill would require online travel-service providers to provide detailed information about the health and safety services provided at each advertised destination. The bill would also require website operators to display pertinent Department of State travel warnings on each destination.The bill would require website operators to request that ...

Excerpt from the court's opinion:One of the Plaintiffs, FHR TB, LLC (“Fairmont”), manages hotels as the agent for the owners of the hotels. The other Plaintiff, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (U.S.) Inc. (“FHRUSI”), owns Fairmont. Both Plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction reinstating Fairmont as the manager of Defendant's hotel in ...

LeuvenTravel & Transport Law-ForumLTTL-Forum Conference: EU Passenger Law – Towards 2020Tuesday, 6 December 2011,Leuven (Belgium)Debating EU travel law close to where it is madeA significant part of European private law is travel law. The Package Travel Directive, Regulations on passenger rights and international conventions all belong to both the private ...

When the plaintiff made his way to join a line of passengers at the gate at Schiphol airport for boarding a KLM flight, he tripped over a low lying metal bar similar in color to the floor and fell. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that he sustained a fractured ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Oct. 17, 2011 fined the online ticket agent Orbitz USD 60,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the Department's rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. For a period of time in early 2011, Orbitz's homepage displayed advertisements that did not provide ...

The report at Stage 2 on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill was published on 6 October 2011. It had been introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 16 June 2011 and it was subsequently agreed that it would be considered as an emergency bill. The Bill ...

On the 12th March, 2008, the plaintiff, a businessman and resides at Cullion, Dungloe in the County of Donegal, was travelling with Aer Lingus from Dublin to Vilnius, Lithuania on flight EI 396 which departed Dublin at 15:15 in the afternoon. At the beginning of the flight the plaintiff asked ...

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme Directive (2003/87/EC) established a scheme for greenhouse gas emission trading within the European Union. In 2008 the European Parliament and the European Council adopted the EU Aviation Emissions Trading Scheme Directive (2008/101/EC) to bring aviation activities within the scope of the EU scheme. Under the ...

In a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln lodged on 5 August 2011 the ECJ is asked the following question:Is it compatible with the principle of the separation of powers in the European Union if, in order to remedy what would otherwise be unequal treatment, Regulation No ...

In his judgment in Case C-83/10 (Rodríguez et al v. Air France) the ECJ on Oct. 13, 2011 ruled that‘Cancellation', as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation 261/2004 must be interpreted as meaning that it also covers the case in which that aeroplane took off but, for whatever reason, was ...

According to eTurboNews, the Kenyan tourism minister Najib Balala has issued the follwoing open letter:"The Government of Kenya is working closely with British, French and international authorities to ensure that acts of piracy; such as that committed [on October 2] on Manda Island; by Somali nationals are stopped and that ...