The trademark application PREFERRED TRAVEL GROUP was filed by Preferred Hotel Group, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). Application refused.
The application was filed in English (French was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 21, 2022.
The Refusal with reference B 018666198 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 13, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with Encoded cards for use by participants in a membership scheme to access exclusive or discounted benefits and services provided through that scheme.
The mark was filed in class 16 with Magazines and hotel directories.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Promoting public awareness of sustainable travel
Association services, namely, promoting the interests of the travel industry in sustainable travel and tourism by providing business development opportunities and membership services, namely, business networking
Marketing services for others in the nature of developing marketing campaigns and initiatives for sustainable travel
Promoting public awareness of the need for sustainable tourism
Providing business advisory and consultancy services in the field of sustainable travel, destination planning and tourism development
Providing business consultation services and marketing research, assessments, and analysis pertaining to the background, purpose, finances, assessment, monitoring, evaluation, planning and capacity-building of sustainable tourism programs
Administration of a partnership program for enabling participants to provide improved services through discounts on goods and services and exclusive offers at hotels and resorts
The provision and administration of a partnership program to allow participants to access exclusive or discounted benefits and services
The provision and administration of a membership scheme allowing participants to access exclusive or discounted benefits and services through use of a membership card
Advertising travel or transportation services.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Real estate services, namely, condominium and vacation home time-sharing
Vacation real estate time-sharing
Real estate time-share and fractional ownership exchange services
Vacation resort time share services
Time share management services
Arranging of time share exchanges
Financial consulting in the travel and hospitality industries, namely, to cruise lines, riverboat companies, rail companies, airlines, destination management companies, and government tourism agencies.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Travel agency services
Travel and tour information services
Making reservations and bookings for transportation
Transportation consulting in the travel and hospitality industries, namely, to cruise lines, riverboat companies, rail companies, airlines, destination management companies, and government tourism agencies.
The mark was filed in class 43 with following description of goods:
Hotel services
Resort hotel services
Reservation and booking of temporary accommodations
Provision of hotel accommodations
Provision of hotel venues for meetings and conferences
Providing reviews of hotels
Providing advice and information to tourists and travelers on destination hotels and temporary accommodations
Reservation of hotel rooms or other temporary accommodation by travel agents or brokers.