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IFTTA Advocates
IFTTA members are practicing lawyers and law professors who have years of experience dealing with the legal aspects of the travel and tourism industry. As such they have a great deal of experience working with travel and tourism litigation in both their home jurisdictions and internationally.
IFTTA members are experts in the travel industry and its legal aspects, and have frequently provided expert testimony for tourism lawsuits, advised international organizations and governments, and have written the travel and tourism laws of many countries.
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Country and Last Name Full Biographical Listing Mr. John J. DOWNES
89/30 Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8BA,
SCOTLANDTel: 0044 131 556 3954
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j.j.downes@btinternet.com Download vcard
English | | John Downes is an International Legal Consultant. Acknowledged as a world expert in Tourism Law by United Nations World Tourism Organisation, he has acted on behalf of the UNWTO, UNDP, European Commission, SNV (Dutch Aid Agency), USAID in Tourism Law projects throughout the world including Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Barbados, Bhutan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Dubai, Eritrea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Vietnam. He has undertaken work on behalf of a range of private sector businesses and entities, including Ernst and Young, Deloitte & Touché, Chemonics International Inc. (USA), Universal Federation of Travel Agents Associations, Airtours PLC, RCI International, FIAVET (Italy), GOPAS (Germany), Agri-consulting (Belgium), Ryanair Holidays, Tourism Development International (USA), AGER (Belgium), IDI Ltd (Ireland), PM Group (Ireland), Linpico Sarl (france), Guild of Travel Management Companies, Association of British Travel Agents, Institute of Travel and Tourism, Law Society of Scotland and JE Austin (USA). An acclaimed speaker at conferences and congresses around the world and has been regular broadcaster for the BBC and other broadcasting organisations. He was former Head of Law and Governor of the University of Abertay Dundee in Scotland and former President and founding member of IFTTA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Travel and Tourism, National Examiner in Travel Law for the City and Guilds of London Institute and Visiting Professor at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management. |
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