Buckworths advises travel businesses and travel technology companies, including online travel agents, booking platforms, tour operators, travel management companies, and businesses developing technology for the travel sector.
We advise on consumer-facing terms and conditions for travel businesses, including compliance with Package Travel Regulations and distance selling requirements. We advise on supplier agreements, agency and distribution arrangements, and technology platform agreements.
For TravelTech businesses, we advise on SaaS agreements, software licences, DPAs, and GDPR compliance. We handle IP protection and technology licensing. On employment, we advise on contracts and HR policies. For funding, we advise on SEIS and EIS, investment rounds, and shareholder agreements. For M&A activity, our team provides full transaction support.
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Our Services
- Commercial
- Commercial Property
- Corporate
- Data Protection
- Dispute Resolution
- Employee Incentivisation
- Employment
- Franchising
- Funding
- General Counsel
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Regulatory Services
- Secretarial Services
- Strategy and Business Support
FAQs
The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 apply to businesses that sell combinations of travel services such as flights and accommodation as a package. They impose significant obligations including insolvency protection, pre-contract information requirements, and liability for the proper performance of the package. We advise travel businesses on whether the Regulations apply to their business model and what compliance requires.
Travel businesses face specific consumer law obligations around cancellation and refund rights, price changes, significant alterations to bookings, and liability for travel disruption. The rules differ depending on whether you are selling packages, flights, or accommodation-only. We advise travel businesses on their consumer law obligations and draft compliant terms and conditions.
A TravelTech business typically needs a SaaS agreement if selling software to travel agents or operators, data processing agreements covering traveller personal data, distribution agreements with airlines or hotels, and terms and conditions for consumer-facing bookings. We advise TravelTech businesses on the full range of commercial and regulatory agreements they need.