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As a small reminder, the second webinar on Marketing Your Business Online will be streamed live today at 15:00 BST, 16:00 CET and 17:00 EET. The aim of these live events on digital tourism is to offer a complete insight into what it means to be small or medium sized business welcoming visitors in 2015. …

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 09 January 2015 Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that a restructuring aid package of over €100 million for Cyprus’ ailing flag carrier Cyprus Airways gave the company an undue advantage over its competitors in breach of EU state aid rules. Cyprus Airways therefore needs to …

The Commission work programme will focus on the 10 priorities set by the Juncker Commission, which include, among other, boosting jobs, investment and growth, the creation of a Single Digital Market and a deeper and fairer Internal Market, with solid entrepreneurship. The work programme will concentrate on 23 initiatives in 2015, but will also undertake a …

The Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC, which lays down minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time. The questions raised in the consultation are unlikely to abolish the derogations available to the tourism sector. Members are invited to inform the Secretariat by …

The formation of a new Intergroup by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the subject of Tourism has sparked a coordinated cry of “Bravo!” from the tourism industry across Europe. A statement signed by the representative organizations of all the major sub sectors of the tourism industry in Europe represented in NET (Network for the European Private Sector …