Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
None declared
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Tourism Association AISBL (ETOA)
EU Transparency Register
155317830583-03 First registered on 06 Mar 2018
Goals / Remit
The purpose of the Association is:
• to increase awareness and understanding of the socio-economic importance of European travel and tourism;
• to contribute to the sustainable development, training, research, and promotion of tourism in Europe;
• to act as a forum that brings together diverse sectors and stakeholders of European tourism to share knowledge and experience, discuss issues of mutual concern and facilitate cooperation;
• to encourage an efficient liaison with the European Commission and maintain a channel of mutual communication and information on European Union legislation and actions;
• to act as a permanent consultative body for the European Commission and other international institutions and organisations;
• to maintain permanent relationships with relevant European and other international institutions and organisations concerned with tourism in the public and private sectors;
• to support the common interests of members towards all international bodies whose actions have influence on European tourism.Main EU files targeted
Legislation that has or might have an impact on tourism in Europe, including:
- indirect taxation
- visa facilitation
- single market / digital single market
- online marketplace
- package travel
- coach and driver regulation
- joint promotion
- EU-China Tourism YearAddress
Head Office
Rue du Marché aux Herbes 61
Bruxelles 1000-B
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Timothy Fairhurst (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Timothy Fairhurst (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
None declared
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
The association has been largely inactive in recent years so financial assets and activity were negligible in year to end 2017. Its membership changed in the second half of 2017; a review of business model and related financial arrangements is in progress at time of update. The association's purpose remains the same.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Stakeholder expert group to support the application of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Directive (2015/2302)#E03617 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3617 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The association was previously known as the European Travel and Tourism Advisory Group (ETAG) and was founded in the early 1980s. In recent years it had become largely dormant.
The European Tour Operators Association Limited, (ETOA Ltd), known as the European tourism association, became a member of ETAG in 2017 at its invitation in order to support its formal purposes more actively.
ETOA Ltd. was established in 1989, initially as a voice of incoming tourism to Europe; its membership and partnership network includes over 1000 business and other organisations from B2B and B2C operators to suppliers and destination managements organisations. Its transparency register ID is 700500614404-28.
The association's name was changed to the European Tourism Association AISBL in 2017; its purposes are unchanged.
In April 2018 the association signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NECSTouR (the Network of European Regions for a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism). In January 2019 the association signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CELTH - Centre of Expertise, leisure tourism and hospitality.
July-Sept 2019 it conducted market research in China and India on the impact of Schengen visa processing. Results were published in January 2019 and are available at: https://bit.ly/2Rnxa07
The association is developing its dialogue with destinations, running working groups in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris.- Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Apr 2020 Location Video Conference Subject Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism: follow-up meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 02 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject COVID 19 economic impact on European tourism industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings