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A German court ruled a tour operator must refund a family about €986 for sunbed towel reservations, prompting hotels to tighten sunbed allocations and deter the 'dawn dash'; some properties now allocate sunbeds at check-in or remove unattended items, while travelers report varying success in enforcement.
A German holidaymaker won about €986.70 in compensation after arguing that towels reserved on sun loungers before sunrise made poolside use impossible during a Kos holiday. A Hanover district court ruled the package holiday was defective and that the tour operator should have ensured a reasonable number of sun loungers, potentially holding operators accountable for towel-reservation practices and pressuring resorts to tighten policies on sunbeds.
A Scottish tanning salon chain, Indigo Sun, was found to have made misleading claims that sunbed use reduces cancer and heart disease deaths, based on a University of Edinburgh study. The UK's advertising watchdog, ASA, ruled the claims irresponsible and unsubstantiated, leading Indigo Sun to withdraw the ad. The company argued the study supported their claims, but the ASA emphasized the ad omitted important health risk information and was misleading.
Anna McCartney, 43, who used sunbeds almost daily for years, was diagnosed with skin cancer after spotting a lump on her forehead in a selfie. Despite being sun safety conscious for the last 15 years, Anna says the damage had already been done to her skin after spending seven years regularly tanning using sunbeds. Now left with a visible scar on her face, Anna hopes to warn others about the negative effects of UV exposure and has even organised for her employees to undergo skin cancer safety training at work.