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European Commission press release,  Brussels, 28 April 2016 The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its failure to properly apply the special value added tax (VAT) scheme for travel agents, as provided for in the VAT Directive (Council Directive 2006/112/EC). The scheme aims to …

This 24th of July 2015, ECTAA filed a formal complaint with the EU Commission – Directorate General for Mobility & Transport, based on the EU Regulation N° 80/2009 on a Code of Conduct for Global Distribution Systems, GDSs. On the 2nd of June 2015 the Lufthansa Group announced that as from 1 September 2015 a …

Tunisia’s Tourism Minister, Selma Elloumi Rekik, has announced a series of special measures for the country’s tourism sector following the attack in Sousse on 26 June. The measures include, among other: – strengthening security around tourist places and sites. A thousand additional men are deployed, including armed guards in hotels since 1 July . – …

Cuban hotel companies and ground handlers have requested a change in contracts with tour operators to allow them to bill prices in US dollars, but continue to receive payment in Euros or British Pounds, as the case may be. Previously the contracts were quoted in Euros and/or British Pounds. This will come into effect as …

A fourth trilogue meeting has been organised on the 5th of May to discuss the revision of the Package travel directive (PTD). An agreement has been reached between the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission. Business travel: An agreement to exclude business travel, both managed and unmanaged, had been reached. Click-through: The EP …