http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/ en david.grant@tlq.travel Copyright 2011 2011-12-13T13:02:03+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/iba_leisure_industries_newsletter_number_30_december_2011/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/iba_leisure_industries_newsletter_number_30_december_2011/#When:12:02:03Z This issue contains a conference report from the Dubai Conference and articles on mergers in the travel industry and ‘brandjacking’ in the hotel industry. 2011-12-13T12:02:03+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/a_guest_editorial_by_alan_lumsden/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/a_guest_editorial_by_alan_lumsden/#When:11:57:27Z The author, a lifelong insurance man, responds to the articles by Roger Bray and Noel Josephides in this issue of the journal. 2011-12-13T11:57:27+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/airport_x-ray_scanners_do_the_benefits_outweigh_the_risks_part_one/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/airport_x-ray_scanners_do_the_benefits_outweigh_the_risks_part_one/#When:11:28:14Z This is the first part of an article on the controversial introduction of full body scanners at US airports. The articles examine both the legal and scientific cases for and against these devices. 2011-12-13T11:28:14+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/protecting_your_hotel_brand_from_online_brandjacking/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/protecting_your_hotel_brand_from_online_brandjacking/#When:11:26:32Z The hotel industry’s reliance on internet advertising makes it particularly vulnerable to online “brandjacking” by both legitimate and illegitimate means. Using examples from an Australian perspective, the authors outline strategies to secure, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights in an online environment. 2011-12-13T11:26:32+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/the_thomas_cook_cgl_midlands_merger/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/the_thomas_cook_cgl_midlands_merger/#When:11:22:04Z This article looks at the procedure which had to be followed, in the EU and the UK, before a merger could go ahead between Thomas Cook, the Co-operative Group Ltd and the Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd. 2011-12-13T11:22:04+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/agent_for_the_consumer/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/agent_for_the_consumer/#When:11:18:04Z This article examines whether travel companies can avoid the new ‘Flight-Plus’ arrangements in the proposed revisions of the ATOL Regulations by becoming an ‘agent for the consumer’ and if so, what the obligations will be for those companies which go down this route. 2011-12-13T11:18:04+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/insurance_as_a_means_of_arranging_financial_protection_for_consumers/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/insurance_as_a_means_of_arranging_financial_protection_for_consumers/#When:11:12:18Z In this article a prominent travel industry figure rails against the legal profession and the insurance industry for the way they have failed to protect school children on ski package holidays against the insolvency of their tour operator in the way that they should have. 2011-12-13T11:12:18+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/school_skiing_holidays_and_negligent_instruction/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/school_skiing_holidays_and_negligent_instruction/#When:11:06:03Z This article is a case note on Kearne v Ultima Tours Ltd which discusses the liability of tour operators for the negligence of ski instructors employed by the tour operator as part of a package holiday. In particular it focusses on the level of care owed to a child skier as opposed to an adult skier. 2011-12-13T11:06:03+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/age_to_me_means_nothing/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/age_to_me_means_nothing/#When:10:59:58Z This article discusses the author’s personal views on age discrimination practised by insurance companies.in relation to travel insurance. 2011-12-13T10:59:58+00:00 http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/exit_stage_..._right_part_two/ http://travellawquarterly.co.uk/index.php/journal_articles/view/exit_stage_..._right_part_two/#When:10:46:05Z This is the second part of an article discussing liability for ‘crowd surfing’ at live music events. This part of the article examines the liability of organisers and occupiers. 2011-12-13T10:46:05+00:00