Firm ordered to end telemarketing work

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California travel agency Holiday Plus Travel has been ordered by a federal court to stop marketing its vacation packages through telemarketing and pay $20,000 to settle fraud charges. The court is also requiring Holiday Plus to post a $200,000 bond before undertaking any telemarketing efforts in the future. The company was offering travel packages for an incidental fee of $350 to $399 but did not disclose that consumers have to pay other fees and that no refunds would be made.

Travel agents, Holiday Plus Travel

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Travel company ordered to pay as FTC wins complaint

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Discovery Rental Inc was ordered in Jun 2001 to post a $100,000 bond and to pay consumer compensation of $125,000 before using any form of telemarketing in the promotion of vacation packages. The order was issued by a judge in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused the travel company of employing unsolicited fax advertising to sell a vacation package that bore hidden costs to consumers. The package was offered for $299 per person, according to the FTC.

Florida, Discovery Rental Inc.

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FCC's comment period on state telemarketing laws gets late start

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The details pertaining to the petitions filed by telemarketers to the Federal Communications Commission, asking it to extend its judicial powers over the interference of state telemarketing laws in their businesses, are presented.

Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Telemarketing Services, Telemarketing Bureaus, Legal/Government Regulation, Business services, not elsewhere classified, Telemarketing, Advertising Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Advertising, Powers and duties, Advertising law

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