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Articles tagged “regulations”

Cruises

Cruise passenger bill of rights: Is it dead in the water?

It would be a much more difficult task to bolster passenger rights on board cruise ships than on planes, but the need is no less necessary.

Cruise passenger bill of rights: Is it dead in the water?

Tourism

Dept. of Transportation auditing 10 large travel agencies on airline codeshare compliance

We don't know who these 10 agencies are, likely all offline ones. DoT has of late become a lot stricter on enforcing the decade-plus old rule, and with humans involved with travel agencies, enforcement becomes an issue.

Airlines

FAQs on the new European airline passenger rights

FAQs on the new European airline passenger rights

Airlines

European airline passengers get a big boost on flying and compensation rights

Europe has now jumped ahead of North America when it comes to airline passenger rights, and with low cost-zero-service carriers ruling the skies there, these new rules are surely needed.

Media and PR

FTC rules on stricter disclosures for advertisers in mobile and social media

Huge implications for travel advertisers as well, who advertise and promote heavily online, mobile and now social media as well. Also, for travel bloggers used to taking free junkets, disclosure isn't enough, as the accompanying embedded document explains.

FTC rules on stricter disclosures for advertisers in mobile and social media

Cruises

Why the cruise industry has so much trouble with rules and standards

International operations make it difficult to create an oversight body as forceful as the FAA is in aviation, but streamlining the related work of Coast Guard and CDC would be the place to start.

Why the cruise industry has so much trouble with rules and standards

Airlines

Domestic airline code shares can’t be free-for-all: DoT Inspector General

FAA needs to become a lot more accountable for its lack of accountability oversight over regional airlines and their code shares with mainline carriers. This report and hopefully action after will be a step in right direction.

Domestic airline code shares can’t be free-for-all: DoT Inspector General

Cruises

Carnival Triumph fiasco could be heading for a Congressional inquiry

As we have said from the beginning, Triumph fiasco will likely have more short to medium term effects than Concordia disaster. The hearing will be the start of it.

Cruises

Post-Triumph-mortem: Cruise industry a mess of agencies & regulations

This is cruise industry's worst nightmare come true: scrutiny and regulation. But for its own future, even if increased regulation isn't the answer, simplified regulation surely is.

Post-Triumph-mortem: Cruise industry a mess of agencies & regulations

Hotels

Deadline for hotel swimming pools being disabled-friendly passes. Now what?

Expect a series of lawsuits to come in from law firms that claim hotels and others have violated ADA.

Deadline for hotel swimming pools being disabled-friendly passes. Now what?