TRAVEL LAW IS A NEGLECTED LEGAL SPECIALTY
There's an old rule: Where business goes the law is sure to follow.
The global travel industry is the fastest growing industry in the world. It employs 204 million people, generates $3.4 trillion in annual revenues and accounts for 10 percent of the world's Gross National Product. One out of every 12 U.S. workers is employed in the travel industry.
The law should start catching up with the travel industry.
"The travel industry is emerging as one of the most regulated industries worldwide and travel law is a recognized speciality in Europe and Australia, but not in the U.S.," says Robert M. Jarvis, professor of law at Nova Southeastern University. He's author of the book, Travel Law: Cases and Materials and the teacher of the very first course in travel law at a U.S. law school.
One of the goals of Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad Law Center is to develop the specialty in the U.S. and become the academic center for its studying and teaching. The Nova Southeastern University is co-sponsoring a travel law conference, "International Travel and Tourism: Management, Law, and Regulation." It takes place April 10-13, 1999, in Fort Lauderdale. This conference is now an annual event. The topics for this year's conference haven't been finalized. Some of the topics should include: Tourism Safety, Regulating the Advertising and Sale of Travel Products Over the Internet, Accommodating the Disabled Traveler, and "There Oughta Be a Law!"--An Expert Analysis of the Toughest Consumer Issues.
The conference might be an opportunity for to examine the intersection of the travel industry and the law. Most of the speakers will be travel industry legal professionals, leaders from travel industry businesses, or officials from government agencies that regulate the industry. The attendees will include lawyers, academics, and representatives from the business and government sectors.
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Editors: If you'd like more information on the conference, call Joseph Harbaugh, dean of the Shepard Broad Law Center, at 954-262-6110. For stories on travel law, feel free to contact Jarvis at 954-262-6172 (office) or 954-452-0657 (home). His e-mail address is Internet: [email protected]. If you're interested in attending the conference, Linda Lahey at 954- 262-6110. She coordinates special events for the law school.
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