IFTTA - International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates

19th Conference

Portugal (Beja/Mértola/Tavira) : 11-14/10/2007
Developments in Travel Law Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays
Land Planning and Tourism Development Future of Travel Law & Other Subjects
 

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Presentations
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Opening of the Conference
John Downes, Scotland, President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “Creating a Coherent Legislative Framework for the Development of Tourism & Idem

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Developments in Travel Law
Hirohito Kaneko, Japan, Kaneko Hirohito Law Office - “The responsibility for overseas accidents in package tours organized in Japan & Idem

Stephan Keiler, Austria, Vienna Unversity of Economics and Business Administation - Current issues regarding the right to transfer a booking according to Art 4 para 3 PTD

Petteri Lehtonen, Finland, Finish Consumer Agency & Ombudsman - “Recent Package Travel Law Changes in Finland

Lilian Rikhye, Netherlands, De Vos & Partners Advocaten N.V., Denied Boarding, some issues

Michael Tanti-Dougall, Malta, Lofaro & Tanti Dougall Law Firm - “Unilateral Breach of Resolution 818 of the Passenger Sales Agency Agreement (PSSA) by major Airline Companies in respect of Travel Agents. The Malta scenario”

Antonia Paniza, Spain, University of the Balearic Islands (Palma de Majorca) - Rights of passengers: practical analysis of the decisions of Spanish Courts of Justice

João Vidal/Afonso Café, Portugal, University of the Algarve (Faro) - “The Recent Changes of the Portuguese Regulation on Travel Agents

Michael Wukoschitz, Austria, Schmidt, Kornfeld, Wukoschitz, Windhager - “Loopholes and Pitfalls in the EU Regulation 261/2004 & EU Regulation 261/2004 - Diagram

Thomas A. Dickerson, USA, New York State Supreme Court - False, Misleading & Deceptive Advertising in the Travel Industry

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Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays
Juan Carlos Fairstein, Argentina, Fairstein, Montesinos & Associates / President of the Argentinian Chapter of IFTTA  - “Moral damages for ruined holidays. Recent developments in the Argentine Jurisprudence
José Fosman, Israel / President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “Moral Damages in Tourist Cases in Israel – Jurisprudence & Idem
Prof. Henriette Cordeiro Guérios, Brazil - Positivo University Centre & Curitiba Integrated Faculties - “Moral Damages from the Advertising of Package Tours in Brazilian Case Law
Prof. Ana Branca Pina, Portugal, Viseu Polytechnic (Lamego) - “Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays in Portuguese Law
Prof. Alceste Santuari, University of Trento / Gianluca Rossoni, Studio Legale Rossoni, Italy - “Non Material Damage in Package Holiday in the Italian Law Perspective
Alfredo Soler, Spain, National University for Distance Education (Oviedo) - “Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays in Spanish Law
Jacqueline Tanti-Dougall, Malta, Lofaro & Tanti Dougall Law Firm - “Maltese Judgments on Damages. Why is the traveler almost always awarded damages?

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National Reports

Carlos Torres, Portugal, Lusophone University (Lisbon) - Report (In Portuguese)

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Land Planning and Tourism Development

Prof. Ventura Enrique Mota, Mexico, University of the Caribbean's (Cancun) - Tourism Planning and Development in Mexico: The Integrated Centers of Tourism

Prof. Graciela Güidi, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires - Legal Land Aspects of Tourism Development

Dov Kolani, President of IFTTA / Ovadia Kedmi, Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel - “Tourism Planning in Israel
Prof. Virgílio Machado, Portugal, University of the Algarve (Portimão) -  Land Planning in the Algarve: the case of Vilamoura
Prof. Marc McDonald, Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology -  “Are we all Bats? Tourism Development and the Habitat Directive in Ireland & Idem
Eva Rosal, Spain, Bellvehí Legal Link - Land Planning and Tourism in Spain
Uta Stenzel, Germany, University of Rostock (Ph.D Candidate) - Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region” & Idem
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Future of Travel Law & Other Subjects

Dorottya Gyenizse, Hungary, Hungarian Tourist Authority - “Latest Developments in EU-Legislation

Prof. Maria Goretti Sanches Lima, Brazil, FIEO University Centre (Osasco) - “Public Policies and Administrative Law in Brazilian Tourism & Idem

Patrice Tedjini, France, Documentation Resources Department of UNWTO - The UNWTO-IFTTA Interactive Forum on Tourism Legislation

Phil Cameron, USA, Anolik Law Corporation - “Space Travel Law

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Closing of the Conference

José Fosman, Israel / President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “The Future of Travel Law & Idem