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Welcome message from Carolina Avellaneda, Chair, Leisure Industries Section
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Section Update/ News Alert! |
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Australian hotel consumers now have redress if they do not receive what they expect. A resort advertising a “luxury room” cannot claim mere ‘puff’ or advertising slang and may be liable for damages flowing from misrepresentation. Read the full 2008 judgment in Stephenson v Flight Centre Flight Centre Ltd. and Club Mediterranee (Australasia) Pty Ltd click here
On 24 March 2008, the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), concluded its hearing of the appeal of Floyd Landis, the American cyclist who was banned from cycling by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) last year. He was stripped of his Tour de France title following a positive doping result. The CAS decision is expected in June 2008. Read the Reuters report>> |
Section Overview
The Leisure Industries Section comprises more than 250 international lawyers practicing in the fields of travel, tourism, hospitality, sports and gaming law. Initially, the Section started as the Travel Law Section and addressed the needs of travel law practitioners serving the travel industry. It grew to merge with the Tourism and Sports and Gaming sections expanding in its scope to provide a specialist network of professionals in the leisure industries.
The Section recognises that lawyers who work in the leisure industries often practice in one of the more traditional legal fields (aviation, property, finance, maritime, intellectual property, employment, litigation, conflict of laws, consumer law, insurance and trade law). The Section provides a focused forum on issues which emerge due to the greater amount of leisure time available and the increased internationalisation of sports and gaming.
International Travel and Leisure Organisations Database
Over past years, the Section has compiled a database of international travel and leisure organizations. This database includes associations, societies, councils and specialist events across the world, all in the travel and leisure industries.
Database of Travel and Leisure Organisations >>
If you wish to be added to our database or make appropriate suggestions, please contact Gabrielle Patrick
International Hotels Rating Guide
The Section is currently analyzing the ratings applied by the various jurisdictions to their hotels and the regulations which apply. For more information please contact Hans-Josef Vogel >>
Foreign Tour Operator Regulation
The Section will be addressing several regulatory issues of including whether jurisdictions require registrations, special licensing, insurance and/or bonds. We invite you to submit information on your jurisidiction to Hans-Josef Vogel >>
2008 Conferences and Events
This year the Leisure Industries Section will be holding a number of interactive sessions at the annual IBA Conference in Buenos Aires. Sessions on emerging and contemporary issues will include the Greening of Tourism, Travel Hotspots, Representing Athletes and Sports Franchises, Hot for Hotels...
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Section Scholarship
The section will be offering a scholarship to attend the IBA's annual conference in Buenos Aires in October 2008. The deadline has been extended to 19 May 2008!
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Past Conferences and Events
At the 2007 IBA Annual Conference held in Singapore, the Leisure Industries Section held a number of sessions on wide ranging topics.
Download the conferences report >>
For further information on any forthcoming or past IBA event, go to the conference homepage or contact the marketing department.
Section Publications
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The Leisure Industries Committee publishes a newsletter that provides professionals in the leisure industries with emerging legal developments and other useful information.
Download the latest and previous issues of the Section Newsletter: Leisure Industries Newsletter March 2008
You are invited to submit articles and other items of interest for publication. Please contact Shivendra Kundra or Gabrielle Patrick. |
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