Since October 26, an almost uninterrupted lava eruption from Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java has killed at least 122 people and forced over 150,000 persons to flee their home. Air transport from and to Java Island was dealing with chaos as airlines started to cancel flights due to the ...

UNWTO will assist the government of China in the formulation of its first ever national tourism law. Visiting the organization's headquarters, a high-level delegation led by parliamentarians of the China National People's Congress and the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), agreed to request the technical and political support of UNWTO ...

Ryanair filed a complaint with Nominet, the internet registry for .uk domain names, against Robert Tyler as registrant of "ihateryanair.co.uk", claiming Tyler's blog which the domain pointed to, contained “vitriolic and highly disparaging” comments about Ryanair. The website also contained links to competing airlines and other commercial links which earned ...

Mr Dimitrios Gratsias has been appointed by the Member States as Judge at the General Court of the European Union. He replaces Mr Mihalis Vilaras. Mr. Gratsias was born 1957; graduated in law from the University of Athens (1980); awarded DEA (diploma of advanced studies) in public law by the ...

The Scottish Law Commission has established a link with the Malawi Law Commission. Both are law reform bodies. The link is a contribution to the Scottish Government's Programme on Capacity Building for Justice in Malawi which progresses the provisions in the Scotland-Malawi Co-operation Agreement in 2005 to strengthen governance in ...

As a consequence of the impact of this April's "ash cloud" on tourism activity in Europe, the 89th Session of UNWTO Executive Council (Kish Island, I.R. of Iran, October 25-26, 2010) has decided to initiate a study on a possible new legal instrument for protecting tourists. The study will focus ...

Plaintiff had booked a package with "Meier's Weltreisen". The package included air transport from Düsseldorf to the Dominican Republic and vice versa, hotel accomodation and all inclusive board. With regard to getting to the airport, plaintiff chose to book a rail ticket offered by Meier's Weltreisen in connection with the ...

While the United States, Canada and Australia insist on access to the passenger name records of all passengers entering their airspace, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) - an independent supervisory authority devoted to protecting personal data and privacy and promoting good practice in the EU institutions and bodies - ...

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against United Airlines. The suit alleges that United is violating the California Disabled Persons Act and the Unruh ...

A multidistrict litigation (MDL) court in California has dismissed claims filed against Air France arising out of an air disaster on a flight between Brazil and France that killed all 228 passengers and crew. In re Air Crash over the Mid-Atl. on June 1, 2009, MDL No. 10-2144 (U.S. Dist. ...

An Austrian collecting society filed a law suit against a hotel company and claimed for rendering of accounts with regard to satelite TV provided to guests in defendant's hotel rooms. Both, court of first instance (Handelsgericht Wien) and apellate court (OLG Wien) granted the claim. In judgement 4 Ob 120/10s ...

A proposed change would see all sales of a flight and at least one other significant element coming under ATOL (Air Travel Organizers' Licensing), the UK financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”). Agents who dynamically package are becoming increasingly concerned that the flight-plus change to the ...

The Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier is organising a seminar on "EU Passengers' Rights - Strengthening the role of transport users" the objective of which is to analyse and discuss the existing legislative framework and its application, proposals for further initiatives in the field, as well as the ...

Last 8th of October 2010, Ministry of Tourism presented a draft of a law called "Tourism Code".Actually this draft is under the approval of Parliament Commissions and State Council.The draft includes economic measures in favour of little tour operator and for the first time a proposal to rule expressly the ...

UNWTO welcomes the decision of the Second T.20 Ministers' Meeting, held in Bueyo, Republic of Korea (11-13 October), to convey to the President of the Republic of Korea in his capacity as Chair of the forthcoming G-20 Seoul Summit, the message that: “Tourism can make an important contribution to the ...

I mentioned this case before but I can now provide more information fromthe judgement O'Carroll v Ryanair, Sheriff Court, 2008Ryanair appealed against a decision of the Sheriff Court to award damagesagainst it for "stress, inconvenience, frustration and disruption" totheir holiday as a result of delayed baggage. The appeal was to ...

KLM sued a passenger for the price of a return ticket from Berlin via Amsterdam to Curacao. The passenger argued that due to cancellation of the feeder flight from BER to AMS, as a consequence of which he and his wife had missed the long haul flight and had to ...

Defendant, a tour organizer organizing packages for children announced on his website an early booking discount of EUR 25 for a particular package if booking was made until March 31, 2009 latest. He then extended this period to April 17 and on Arpil 21 announced that the discount will be ...

To keep pace with the changes in how vacation ownership products are structured, marketed and sold, Alberta provincial government has adopted Regulation 105/2010, also known as the “Time Share and Points-Based Contracts and Business Regulation”, to replace the “Time Share Contracts Regulation” as of November 1, 2010.The new Regulation broadens ...

A couple booked a holiday package to Greece including hotel accomodation and half-board at EUR 2.074. When entering the restaurant, the man was requested to change his shorts to long trousers. He felt compromised and treated unfair. Upon return he claimed fo a price reduction of EUR 414: he had ...

Russian Federal Law No. 242-FZ of July 30, 2010, “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with Organizing and Holding the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in the City of Sochi and Developing the City of Sochi as ...

90% of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October. This is a consolidating piece of legislation. The nine pieces of legislation being brought together under the Act are:Equal Pay Act 1970 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Race Relations Act 1976 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Employment ...

Upon a complaint by a consumer, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) found that El Al denied all liability for the loss, damage or delayed delivery of certain items in checked baggage in international transportation, including fragile items, cameras "or other valuables." The DOT noted that carriers are prohibited from ...

The Global Observatory on Sustainable Tourism (GOST), a UNWTO initiative for the monitoring and evaluating of sustainable tourism policies, received a significant boost following the signing of a Collaboration Agreement between UNWTO and Sun Yet-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Strengthening cooperation between the two partners, the agreement represents an important ...

The State Department on Sunday issued a travel alert for all of Europe, saying that there is a heightened terrorism threat from al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations. At the same time, the British Foreign Office updated its travel advice for France and Germany. The updated travel advice says that like other ...

Plaintiff booked a combination of air travel and sea cruise and two hotel nights in Jamaica. The combination was put together individually by a travel agent, according to plaintiff's request. At the outward flight her luggage was left behind and only deliverd to her after the cruise was finished. She ...

In GoIsrael's advertising, in brochures as well as website, occupied Palestinian Territories alledgedly are shown as part of Israel. According to an eTN report, the Dutch Advertising Standards Authority (Reclame Code Commissie) agrees with two Dutch activists who have filed a complaint, that GoIsrael's advertising is misleading and against the ...

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee postponed an eagerly awaited vote on lifting the ban on travel to Cuba. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.)said lawmakers had too busy a schedule to allow a debate and vote on the Cuba measure. Those supporting the lifting of the ban had ...

Following a widespread outbreak of legionella cases in France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and other European tourist destinations, EU health authorities are considerung a black list unless strong measures are scheduled.Source: PATA; find article here>>.

The Belgium consumer association Test-Achats claimed that the websites and contractual conditions of three airlines - Brussels Airlines, Ryanair and EasyJet - were incompatible with Belgium's fair trading legislation which inter alia implements EU Directive 2005/29 on unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices.On March 10 2010, the Tribunal de Commerce Namurissued three ...