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Law and tax for travel and TravelTech businesses

Practical analysis of the rules that affect OTAs, bedbanks, hotels, tour operators and startups: artificial intelligence, data, package travel, digital taxes, competition and transfer pricing.

Map of Spain showing requirements by region, a statutory declaration form and a guarantee for opening a travel agency Do I need a travel agency licence? A guide for OTAs, DMCs and TravelTech startups When you need to be a travel agency, what changes if you earn commission or margin, and what each region requires before you start selling. Read article Official notice from the consumer protection authority with a deadline clock, a magnifying glass over a travel agency website and a case file stamp Received an inspection report or request from the consumer authority? What to do and by when Information requests, inspection reports, sanctioning proceedings and appeals: the steps and deadlines when the consumer authority reviews your agency or booking site. Read article Regulatory calendar showing the 2026 to 2029 milestones of the new Package Travel Directive and the Customer Service Law New Package Travel Directive (EU) 2026/1024 and Law 10/2025: what changes for agencies, OTAs and TravelTech Timeline and key changes in the new Package Travel Directive and Customer Service Law 10/2025 for agencies, OTAs and TravelTech. Read article Booking chat warning that an AI assistant is responding, a robot at reception and the AI Act risk-level pyramid The AI Act and the TravelTech ecosystem (I): what is in force today and who it applies to Which AI Act obligations are already enforceable, what role your company plays in relation to each system and which risk level each use falls into. Read article Hotel rooms passing through a bedbank platform to travel agencies, with a stamp showing they are not subject to the Digital Services Tax Bedbanks and the Digital Services Tax: the DGT ruling that could change your model The DGT concludes that a bedbank bearing its own risk does not provide online intermediation. Which factors count and what to review in your model. Read article Airport departures board showing cancelled flights to Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, with a traveller waiting Middle East crisis and package travel: a practical guide for organisers under Spanish law Three practical scenarios for tour operators and travel agencies: imminent departures, departures more than 48 hours away and travellers stranded at destination or in transit. Read article Hotel room with a connected thermostat, television, lamp and door lock sending data to the cloud The Data Act for TravelTech companies: what the EU data regulation requires and how to prepare Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 changes how data from connected products and digital services is accessed, shared and controlled. Read article Hotel, a crossed-out price parity clause, a judge’s gavel and an accommodation ranking Booking.com fined by the CNMC: can hotels claim damages? The CNMC fined Booking.com €413.24 million. Which conduct was penalised and how to assess a damages claim. Read article Parent company and subsidiaries of a tourism group exchanging invoices for intra-group services at arm’s length prices Transfer pricing in the tourism industry: key points for the year-end close Intra-group services, intercompany agreements, shareholder costs and the link between expenses and income: what the tax authorities are looking at today. Read article Passport and guest registration form at a hotel reception sent to the SES.Hospedajes platform, with a data protection shield How to comply with Royal Decree 933/2021 if you are an accommodation intermediary Record-keeping, reporting to SES.Hospedajes, penalties and data protection: what bedbanks, agencies and platforms need to do. Read article Seafront holiday apartments, a calendar showing weeks of use and a contract with a five-year deadline Timeshare contracts for tourist accommodation: what changes with the 2025 reform Organic Law 1/2025 brings legal certainty to timeshare contracts and sets a five-year deadline to challenge earlier contracts. Read article Biometric control at an airport, facial recognition and a chart showing rising technology investment The technology boom is driving the transformation of the travel sector The Amadeus study forecasts 14% more technology investment in travel, with machine learning, data and biometrics as priorities. Read article A parent company and two group subsidiaries linked by a signed intercompany agreement Intercompany agreements: easy to forget, costly to ignore Why TravelTech companies expanding internationally need intercompany agreements and a written transfer pricing policy. Read article Laptop showing code, an R&D&I flask and a corporate income tax return with the tax credit in question Technological innovation tax credit for software development: back to square one The National High Court denied the tax credit in 2022 and in 2024 the Supreme Court held the reasoned report binding. What it means for TravelTech companies. Read article

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