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E L L I O T T' S TRAVEL NOTES
Travel news, opinion and analysis

January 27, 2004

Europe Approves Passenger Rights
European Union governments gave their final approval yesterday to legislation giving airline passengers more rights to compensation when hit by delays, canceled flights or overbooking. The move by EU foreign ministers means that the new passenger rights will come into effect in 2005 across the 15 nation bloc and the 10 members that join May 1. The law will force all airlines - including charter airlines for the first time - flying to and from EU airports to pay 600 euros ($754) to passengers bumped off long-haul flights, 400 euros ($502) for medium-length trips and 250 euros ($314) for short hops. The current maximum is 300 euros ($377). AP | Posted 6:40 a.m.
<-- Scotsman: Europe lobbied on DVT

• Let's hope this effort to define the rights of the passenger isn't as ill-fated as the last one in the United States. Send us your comments.

Province Eyeing New Hotel Fee
A move by Toronto hotels to charge a three percent destination marketing fee is being closely followed by industry representatives in Ottawa. Toronto hotels have volunteered to support the city's beleaguered tourism industry by charging the fee to bring in more marketing dollars. Ottawa's tourism industry hopes to do the same in the next few months. On Jan. 1, more than 100 hotels in the Greater Toronto Area began charging each guest a three percent fee. The funds generated, estimated at $15 to $16 million annually, will be given to Tourism Toronto for marketing initiatives. Chicago Tribune | Posted 6:20 a.m.
<-- IWN: Irvine bed "paying off" for hotel business

Most Romantic City? Poll Says Paris
Paris tops the the list of most romantic cities in a new Hotels.com poll, followed by New York and ... Cancun, Mexico. (Huh?) The survey, out just in time for Valentine's Day questioned more than 500 people who use the online hotel-reservation service. Hotels.com | Posted 7:15 a.m.

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• And finally ... further evidence that our frequent flier miles aren't worth as much as they used to be. The bulletin boards are buzzing with complaints about Northwest Airlines' practice of charging double the miles for an award ticket when the request overlaps with a blackout date. The so-called "rule buster" is similar to a Delta program I recently wrote about. Posted 7:20 a.m. | Send us your comments.

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