20514. Tourism Industry Contracts . Group 21
- Subject
- Context
- Requirements
- Skills
- Content
- Teaching methodology
- Student learning assessment
- Resources, bibliography and additional documentation
Subject
Name | 20514 - Tourism Industry Contracts |
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Group | Grup 21 |
Academic Year | 2019-20 |
Credits | 6 credits |
Period | 2nd semester |
Language | English |
Titulació |
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Lecturers
Lecturer | Office hours for students | |||||
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Start time | End time | Day of the week | Start date | End date | Location/Building | |
Juan
Franch
Fluxá
juan.franch ![]() Head of group | 10:00h | 14:00h | Wednesday | 01/09/2019 | 03/06/2020 | despacho profesor Jovellanos DA 121 |
Context
This course examines the regulation of domestic and european tourism activities and analyses key current issues arising in the subject area.
It aims to provide students with the understanding and insights required to provide specialised legal and policy advice to the many players in tourism including governments, investors, developers, operators, marketers, special interest groups, local communities and tourists themselves. Therefore the aim of the course is to make students familiar with the concepts, principles, theories and methodologies of tourism law applied to contracts.
The explanations and materials seek to provide our graduates the know-how and basic tools for contracting in a tourism industry environment, always from a legal perspective. The most important and frequent contracts are studied, namely: air transport, accommodation, allotment and tour operation,insurance, package holidays.This course takes place during the second semester of the second year.
The language of instruction for this course will be English. Students taking this course will learn specific economic /tourism-related vocabulary and develop
both their productive and receptive skills in English, and therefore acquire further knowledge of the English language
Requirements
Skills
Specific
- CE-2. Building up a global vision of tourism and understanding the links between the different subsystems and disciplines that it comprises.
- CE-7. Learning to gather, process, analyse and interpret information and to tackle tourism issues through the application of specific skills used by workers employed in different branches of tourism, including the appropriate use of information and communication technologies (ITC).
- CE-12. Applying knowledge, methods and techniques in the workplace that have been acquired during his/her undergraduate training and developing them with a high degree of responsibility, ethical commitment and capacity for integration in multidisciplinary teams.
Transversals
- CG-2: Knowing how to apply technical and methodological knowledge to his/her work and doing so in a professional manner, integrating the different tourism-related subject areas that he/she has studied. Possessing the necessary skills and demonstrating them by putting forward and defending arguments and solving problems in relevant subject areas.
General
- CG-1: Demonstrating and possessing a basic knowledge and basic understanding of tourism-related subjects through different scientific disciplines, together with their epistemological evolution and the links between each scientific discipline and all the other tourism-related ones, based on knowledge acquired at secondary school and onward up to a level that guarantees an awareness of spearhead studies in this field.
- CG-5: Having developed the necessary learning skills to undertake professional tasks and postgraduate tourism studies with a high degree of independence.
Basic
You may consult the basic competencies students will have to achieve by the end of the degree at the following address: http://www.uib.eu/study/grau/Basic-Competences-In-Bachelors-Degree-Studies/Content
Legal theory, contracts and regulatory issues
Travel contracts
- B2B contracts
- Contracts with consumers
Insurances and Insolvency
Thematic content
Law, contracts and tourism. The sharing economy (regulation and impact)
Companies and consumers regulation. Online contracts
Accommodation contract
Transport contracts
Package travel contract
Allotment, franchise and management contract
Time sharing and Condo Hotels
Insurances and tourism sector
Insolvency Law
Teaching methodology
Attended activities (2,4 credits, 60 hours)
Type | Name | G. type | Description | Hours |
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Theory classes | Large group (G) |
| 30 | |
Practical classes | Medium group (M) |
Promote discussion among students and apply the knowledge to specific situations. Students will be requested to explain and comment materials provided and their own research. Class debate, requires active participation and personal conclusions | 30 |
At the beginning of the semester the subject schedule will be available to students through the UIBdigital platform. This schedule will at least include the dates for the continuous assessment exams and assignment deadlines. Furthermore, the lecturer will inform students as to whether the subject syllabus will be carried out according to the schedule or otherwise, including Aula Digital.
Non-attended activities (3,6 credits, 90 hours)
Type | Name | Description | Hours |
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Group or individual self-study |
Students should analyze case law concerning to different topics. Use of data bases. Comprenhension of facts and determine applicable law | 90 |
Specific risks and protective measures
The learning activities of this course do not entail specific health or safety risks for the students and therefore no special protective measures are needed.Student learning assessment
In accordance with article 33 of the Academic Regulations, "regardless of the disciplinary procedure that may be followed against the offending student , the demonstrably fraudulent performance of any of the evaluation elements included in the teaching guides of the subjects will lead, at the discretion of the teacher, to an undervaluation in the qualification that may suppose the qualification of "suspense 0" in the annual evaluation of the subject".
Theory classes | |
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Type | Theory classes |
Technique | Short-answer tests ( retrievable ) |
Description |
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Assessment criteria |
Multiple Choice Test. Final test including all the Units. Minimun grade 1.5/5 |
Final grade percentage: 50% for the training plan A | |
Final grade percentage: 100% for the training plan B with minimum grade 1.5 |
Practical classes | |
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Type | Practical classes |
Technique | Short-answer tests ( non-retrievable ) |
Description |
Promote discussion among students and apply the knowledge to specific situations. Students will be requested to explain and comment materials provided and their own research. Class debate, requires active participation and personal conclusions |
Assessment criteria |
Multiple Choice Test. Lessons explained till the week before the test. Requested grade 1/3.5. In case is lower the grade is 0 |
Final grade percentage: 30% for the training plan A | |
Final grade percentage: 0% for the training plan B with minimum grade 1 |
Group or individual self-study | |
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Type | Group or individual self-study |
Technique | Observation techniques ( non-retrievable ) |
Description |
Students should analyze case law concerning to different topics. Use of data bases. Comprenhension of facts and determine applicable law |
Assessment criteria |
Class and CE Moodle participation (oral and written as requested). It is compulsory the 80% of participation in terms of class attendance and homework though Moodle (chat, forum, activities) if it is not reached the grade will be 0. Students will fulfill self evaluation form justifying and reporting their weekly participation (proposed grade might be requested) |
Final grade percentage: 20% for the training plan A | |
Final grade percentage: 0% for the training plan B |
Resources, bibliography and additional documentation
Basic bibliography
English:
Understanding hospitality law / Jack P. Jefferies, Banks Brown
Arxiduc Lluis Salvador - Turisme 343.730 798 1JEF
Hotel, restaurant, and travel law : a preventive approach / Karen L. Morris, Norman G. Cournoyer, Anthony G. Marshall
Arxiduc Lluis Salvador - Turisme 343.730 789 1MOR
Saggerson on Travel and Litigation (Fifth Edition)
Arxiduc
Spanish:
Introducción al derecho turístico : derecho privado del turismo / Adolfo Aurioles Martín
Arxiduc 343.460 78AUR
Manual básico del derecho turístico / Elena del Pilar Ramallo Miñán
Arxiduc - Bib. recomenada 343.078 91RAM
Other resources
http://llull.uib.es/search*cat/h?dret
Video Blog:
http://contratacionturistica.wordpress.com/