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The law applicable to contracts relating to touristic services booked over the Internet

Reinhard Steennot (UGent)
(2013) Technologies and Law. p.109-116
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Consumers progressively use the Internet when booking their holiday. Doing so, an increasing amount of contracts are concluded with foreign touristic services providers, without the intervention of an intermediary located in the consumers country. Within this context, the question arises which law is applicable to online consumer contracts relating to touristic services. This paper will show on the one hand that different rules of private international law apply depending on the type of holiday which is booked (which makes it all very complicated, especially for consumers), on the other hand that not all rules of private international law, which are important in the context of the provision of touristic services, protect consumers. Finally, it is examined as to what extent this finding really matters, taking into account the harmonization of consumer protection law within the European Union.
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Private international law, travel

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MLA
Steennot, Reinhard. “The Law Applicable to Contracts Relating to Touristic Services Booked over the Internet.” Technologies and Law, edited by Irene Portela et al., Institituo Politecnico, 2013, pp. 109–16.
APA
Steennot, R. (2013). The law applicable to contracts relating to touristic services booked over the Internet. In I. Portela, P. concalves, M. Cuna, & V. Carvalho (Eds.), Technologies and Law (pp. 109–116). Porto, Portugal: Institituo Politecnico.
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Steennot, Reinhard. 2013. “The Law Applicable to Contracts Relating to Touristic Services Booked over the Internet.” In Technologies and Law, edited by Irene Portela, Patricia concalves, Manuale Cuna, and Vitor Carvalho, 109–16. Porto, Portugal: Institituo Politecnico.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Steennot, Reinhard. 2013. “The Law Applicable to Contracts Relating to Touristic Services Booked over the Internet.” In Technologies and Law, ed by. Irene Portela, Patricia concalves, Manuale Cuna, and Vitor Carvalho, 109–116. Porto, Portugal: Institituo Politecnico.
Vancouver
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Steennot R. The law applicable to contracts relating to touristic services booked over the Internet. In: Portela I, concalves P, Cuna M, Carvalho V, editors. Technologies and Law. Porto, Portugal: Institituo Politecnico; 2013. p. 109–16.
IEEE
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R. Steennot, “The law applicable to contracts relating to touristic services booked over the Internet,” in Technologies and Law, I. Portela, P. concalves, M. Cuna, and V. Carvalho, Eds. Porto, Portugal: Institituo Politecnico, 2013, pp. 109–116.
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  abstract     = {{Consumers progressively use the Internet when booking their holiday. Doing so,  an increasing amount of contracts are concluded with foreign touristic services providers, without the intervention of an intermediary located in the consumers country. Within this context, the question arises which law is applicable to online consumer contracts relating to touristic services. This paper will show on the one hand that different rules of private international law apply depending on the type of holiday which is booked (which makes it all very complicated, especially for consumers), on the other hand that not all rules of private international law, which are important in the context of the provision of touristic services, protect consumers. Finally, it is examined as to what extent this finding really matters, taking into account the harmonization of consumer protection law within the European Union.}},
  author       = {{Steennot, Reinhard}},
  booktitle    = {{Technologies and Law}},
  editor       = {{Portela, Irene and concalves, Patricia and Cuna, Manuale and Carvalho, Vitor}},
  isbn         = {{9789899824133}},
  keywords     = {{Private international law,travel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{109--116}},
  publisher    = {{Institituo Politecnico}},
  title        = {{The law applicable to contracts relating to touristic services booked over the Internet}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}