Travel Regulation

A comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements is crucial to operating a business in the travel sector.

“The group is renowned for its commercial skills in the handling of contracts, transactions and regulatory issues for a range of clients across the industry.”
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We provide specialist advice, assistance and representation in all areas including:

• CAA requirements and powers
  • ATOL Regulations, Standard Terms and Guidance Notes
  • when is it necessary to hold an ATOL
  • selling as agent of an ATOL holder
  • requirements for ATOL holders and agents
  • ATOL to ATOL sales
  • ATOL holder failure and the protection afforded by the Air Travel Trust
  • suspension and revocation of an ATOL
  • Information Commissioners’ Office
  • Data Protection Act 2018
  • UK General Data Protection Regulation – UK GDPR
  • Electronic Marketing
• Competition and Markets Authority powers and enquiries
  • Consumer Rights Act 2015 inc unfair contract terms
  • Competition Act 1998 – anti-competitive behaviour and agreements
  • Enterprise Act 2002 – enforcement of consumer law
  • Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988
• Advertising Standards Authority
  • CAP Code
  • ASA investigations
• Trade body membership and financial security requirements
  • ABTA Code of Conduct and Code of Conduct Committee referrals
  • ABTA financial protection rules
  • trust accounts
  • bonding

For further advice, please contact:

Claire Ingleby claire.ingleby@mb-law.co.uk

Becky Cackett becky.cackett@mb-law.co.uk