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  • ITTI - Improving Accessibility Through Training In Tourism

    The main aim of the project ITTI is to improve accessibility of tourism services through tailored training for tourism employees on working with disabled and elderly guests, and to increase the competitiveness of tourism facilities and tourism workers on the labour market.

ENAT Library Items

  • Accessibility to Cultural Heritage. Nordic Perspectives

    This report discusses different ways of making cultural heritage accessible to everyone - not only the obvious priorities of physical accessibility but also accessibility in the form of understanding and experience.

  • Accessible Tourism: Making it Work for Your Business

    No sensible person in business makes life more difficult for their customers. The most successful businesses make life easier. The information in this leaflet will make both your life easier and your business more successful.

  • CEN Summary, Background and Proposals related to European Commission Programming Mandate M/371 in the Field of Services

    Following the European Commission's Mandate/M371 this Final Report provides an overview of current and future European service standardization activities, bringing together the results of all 11 projects into an overall comprehensive analysis. The report: Summarizes the methodology and activities undertaken; Outlines the overall findings from the research and seminars, highlighting: details of standardization work already started at the CEN level; details of standardization work to start following the feasibility work and needs for future service standardization activities; Provides recommendations and conclusions, Outlines the next steps.

  • European Disability Forum Comments on AFNOR Feasibility Study on Accessibility to Tourism and Transport Services to Disabled People

    EDF considers that the developments of terminology and classification standards are necessary in these areas as a pre-requisite for any future initiative on access to transport and tourism services. Clarifying the definition of disability on one hand, and of accessibility to transport and tourism services on the other, is crucial. EDF underlines the importance of basing all standardisation initiatives on the social model of disability and on a human rights approach.

  • ANEC Comments on AFNOR Feasibility Study on Accessibility to Tourism and Transport Services to Disabled People

    ANEC considers that a European horizontal legislative framework should be established to cover the safety and quality of all tourism and transport services. Such a framework should apply also to more vulnerable consumers, such as children or older persons. This framework should be underpinned by formal standards. Moreover, ANEC stresses the need for CEN to put in place an effective strategy to ensure the balanced involvement of all relevant stakeholder groups in the development of any standards in this field, and in particular to ensure the involvement of organisations representing disabled or older persons.

  • A Profile of Travellers Looking for Accessible Travel Destinations

    This report is based on the 2006 Travel Activities and Motivations Survey (TAMS), which examines the recreational activities and travel habits of Canadians and Americans over a two-year period (2004 and 2005), relating to travel of one or more nights. The survey provides detailed information on travellers’ activities, travel motivators, places visited, type of accommodation used, their impressions of Canada, demographics and media consumption patterns.

News Items

  • UK's TourismSouthEast Podcast on Accessibility for Business

    TourismSouthEast in the United Kingdom reviews some of the ways in which businesses can invest to make their facilities and services accessible for all. For relatively small costs it is possible to offer accommodation that is suitable for everybody. The podcast offers tips and advice to help businesses tap into the accessible tourism market, worth some 40 billion pounds a year.

  • Public Consultation: Review of the European Package Travel Directive

    The Package Travel Directive (PTD), which came into effect in 1990, is aimed at protecting consumers in the area of package travel. Some of the most important rules concern the liability of package organisers and retailers, who must accept responsibility for the performance of the services offered. The Commission is now inviting comments from consumers and businesses as part of its review of the PTD.

  • Air France May Bar Obese Passengers From Flights

    Te BBC reports that Air France may prevent obese economy passengers from boarding its planes for "safety reasons". It said that, under new rules, if a flight was full an overweight person who did not fit into a single seat might have to take another plane.

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