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💸 Fiavet Confcommercio signed a national labor contract renewal affecting 25,000 travel and tourism agency employees, after extensive negotiations. The new contract, effective from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2027, includes a €200 salary increase for IV level employees over four years and excludes the one-time payment for the contractual holiday period since 2020. It introduces new professional roles and emphasizes the critical role of the technical director in combating widespread unlicensed activity. President Giuseppe Ciminnisi highlighted the satisfactory clarification of the technical director's role against unfair competition.

🌍 At Frankfurt Airport, eco-activists disrupted operations by gluing themselves to the runway at 5 AM, resulting in a NOTAM issuance, diversion of intercontinental flights, 140 cancellations, and significant delays. Environmental group Letzte Generation claims six activists cut through fences to gain access.

📂 Israel's Electronic Travel Authorisation (Eta) for visa-exempt countries will become effective on January 1, 2025. Initial Eta enforcement was planned for August 1, 2024, following a pilot period starting June 1, 2024. The pilot, initially for selected countries, was to expand to all visa-exempt nations from July 1, 2024. Due to airline requests for more preparation time for technological system integration, the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority extended the pilot by five months after a comprehensive review.

💳 Hospitality businesses are affected by the additional sickness contribution for hotel-associated restaurant, café, and bar employees. The Italian social security institute (Inps) introduced a new worker code "IA" meaning "Intermittent worker in public establishments owing an additional sickness contribution of 0.77%." Confusion arose, prompting Federalberghi and its General Director Alessandro Nucara to seek clarification. Inps clarified that establishments integral to and managed by hotels are exempt from the 0.77% contribution, while independent entities with separate licenses must pay. The exemption also applies to small boarding houses categorized as hospitality businesses, regardless of room numbers.