Aviation may take a back seat to urban ground transportation under President Obama's nominee for transportation secretary, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, who was named Monday.
In making his announcement, Obama commended Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for his leadership in building or improving 350,000 miles of road, upgrading 6,000…
BY DENNIS SCHAAL, SKIFT
APR 19, 2013 11:50 AM
Major online travel agencies, including Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity and Orbitz, notched a big win in an almost decade-long hotel tax fight in California.
A state Superior Court judge, hearing claims from the cities of Los Angeles, Anaheim,…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge of the Transportation Department’s authority to require airlines to include taxes in their advertised fares.
The decision leaves the rule, imposed in 2012, in place.
Objections from airlines
Spirit Airlines, Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines had asked…
By Mimi Kmet
Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association has applauded the Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee for voting against Senate Bill 212, which would have created new taxes on brick-and-mortar and online travel services. Online travel companies (OTCs), Tennessee travel agents, anti-tax organizations, independent Tennessee…
Expedia Inc. (EXPE) and other online travel agencies should be taxed on what they pay for hotel rooms, not for what they charge customers for those accommodations, a Florida state appeals court ruled.
In a 2-1 decision upholding a lower-court ruling, the Florida First District Court of Appeal…
Washington, D.C., May 1, 2013—The closed-door deliberations by a group of major airlines to significantly limit how consumers shop and compare airline fares and schedules should not be endorsed by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), a leading trade group representing travel distribution urged in its filing to the…
Washington, D.C., April 29, 2013—Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association welcomed the nomination of Mayor Anthony R. Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation, saying his experience in executive decision-making would help the department reach effective outcomes on a number of important issues facing airline consumers.
“As the…
April 19, 2013—The Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles ruled decisively in favor of online travel companies (OTCs), affirming once again that OTCs are not subject to the application of lodgings taxes to their services. The City of Los Angeles initiated the…