03/02/12 Two airlines cease operating in one week leaving thousands of passengers with no protection While the European Commission has been lingering for two years about initiating legislation to protect passengers against airline failure, Spanair suspended its flights on 28 January and the Hungarian airline Malev ceased operations on 3 February. More >
02/01/12 P.ICT.URISM project wins an EU bid to provide tailor-made ICT solutions for the tourism industry A consortium formed by ECTAA, HOTREC, ITH, Università Bocconi and ZN have been awarded a European Commission’ service contract to develop a demonstration project to facilitate the creation of a seamless digital environment for tourism in Europe and enable the integration of smaller enterprises in global tourism business networks. More >
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29/03/11 Position on the proposal for a Directive on EU Passenger Name Records (PNR) Travel agents and tour operators are involved in the booking and sale of air travel services, which would be subject to the Directive on EU PNR. The Directive proposal provides for the collection of PNR for flights between the EU and third states. It puts obligations on carriers to transfer the data to national authorities, but also refers to travel agents to inform passengers. More >
01/03/10 Response of ECTAA to the consultation of the European Commission on air passenger rights The consultation dealt with passenger protection against airline failure, mishandled luggage, the Regulation on Denied Boarding, Cancellations and Long Delays, the Regulation on Passengers with Reduced Mobility and certain airlines’ practices, more >
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17/12/10 ECTAA's Activity Report 2009-2010
The 2009/2010 ECTAA Digest: EU Legislation & the Travel Trade Over 160 pages long, this document offers an up-to-date overview of the adopted or proposed legislation and the different initiatives and programmes impacting on tourism. The issues presented range from general horizontal industry questions such as the development of electronic commerce to very specific travel trade problems, such as the implementation of the Package Travel Directive with regards to tour operators' financial guarantee in the case of bankruptcy. Table of contents of the ECTAA Report 2009
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Valencia, 27/11/08 "Decision-making process in the European Parliament" Presentation of Mr Aldis Kuskis, Member of the European Parliament, at the 98th bi-annual meeting of ECTAA
Vilnius, 19/11/08 "TA & TO in the EU in the context of Sustainable Management and Development of Tourism" Presentation of Mr de Blust, Secretary General of ECTAA, the LTA convention in Lithuania
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