Revision of the New Package Travel Directive by Directive (EU) 2026/1024
1st Seminar 27 May 2026, 13:30 | ESHTE Hybrid event
Apostolos Tassikas | Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Articles 1 Subject matter and 2 Scope
Michael Wukoschitz | Austria, President Emeritus of IFTTA
Article 5a Pre-contractual information in specific booking situations
Matija Damjan | Slovenia, University of Ljubljana
Article 12a Vouchers
Angelo Venchiarutti | Italy, University of Trieste
Article 16a Complaint-handling
Chiara Tincani | Italy, University of Verona
Article 22 Right of redress and right of organisers to a refund
Carlos Torres | Portugal, ESHTE
Conclusions
The amendments to the New Package Travel Directive lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2026/1024/oj/eng are approved by Directive (EU) 2026/1024, and this will be the central theme of our international conference, which will be held in a hybrid format, as has been the case since the pandemic, on 12 and 13 October 2026.
Prior to this, the second CPLP tourism law congress will take place, with the launch of the hardcover publication, available in Open Access, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ESHTE | INATEL conferences, the 30th anniversary of the CPLP, and the centenary of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Although accommodation is booked, there are concerns about air travel, including high costs that may discourage travel to Portugal and fuel availability instability.
Therefore:
The conference will take place on 12 and 13 October, either exclusively online if the international situation worsens, or in person if it normalises, as we all hope. A decision should be made in the first week of September.
The goal is to update the Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive (https://tourismlaw.pt/books/). Colleagues may choose one of the options:
1) Update their commentary, as in the following example by Michael Wukoschitz http://files.tourismlaw.pt/14NPTD-Price-Reduction-and-Compensation-for-Damages-according-to-the-New-PTD-by-Michael-Wukoschitz/, incorporating doctrine produced in the meantime and CJEU decisions;
2) Annotate a new article (given the inclusive nature of the publication, several authors may annotate the same article, thus providing different perspectives);
3) The topic to develop is better suited to an article for the International Journal of Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Law (IJTTHL).
There will also be a series of seminars on NPTD and other topics.
New Package Travel Directive: Conference and an Upgraded Edition in October 2026
