European Tour Operators Association Limited
Acronym: ETOA
General Information
Identification Code: 700500614404-28
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Company Limited by Guarantee
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 9/11/2014
Last Update: 3/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: ETOA is a trade association, primarily providing events and services for tour operators and suppliers with business in European destinations.
Over 1100 associate members contribute more than €12bn of business within Europe and include tour and online operators, intermediaries and wholesalers; European tourist boards, hotels, attractions and other tourism suppliers.
Our purpose is to provide valuable services, expertise and actionable information to the travel trade; design and deliver market-leading trade events and seminars (in-person and online).
We seek to act in the long term interests of European visitor economy such that destinations remain appealing places to live and visit and do business in, and thus remain a sustainable source of employment for the foreseeable future.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: The company provides support for the activities of European Tourism Association AISBL (Transparency Register 155317830583-03) so may act in relation to any of its policy priorities.
In general, these relate to the business environment for tourism within and to Europe.
Current areas of focus include:
- EES and ETIAS
- Package Travel
- VAT: both the VAT package on travel and tourism, and VAT in a digital age (ViDA)
- Mobility package as it affects driving hours and rest times for coach drivers
The organisation is currently involved in attempting to influence in the following ways:
- providing organisational support to European Tourism Association AISBL
- contacting travel industry stakeholders to elicit opinion as to potential impact of proposed measures
- coordinating joint efforts to illustrate impact of proposals
- assisting Frontex with dissemination of accurate information about ETIAS, thereby having an opportunity to influence how that information is shared to make recommendations as to its content
Communication Activities: We send out newsletters on behalf of European Tourism Association AISBL which include calls to action in relation to EU policy. And archive is maintained here: https://www.etoa.org/operators-update/
We participate in ETIAS outreach effort by posting on social media and hosting webinars. For example: https://www.etoa.org/research/etoa-webinar-etias-briefing/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 8th Floor Becket House36 Old Jewry
Post Code: EC2R 8DD
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: [object Object]
EU Office
Address: 8th Floor Becket House36 Old Jewry
Post Code: EC2R 8DD
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: [object Object]
Financial Data
New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
Current Year: [object Object]
Complementary Information: The association is a participant in ongoing EU-funded programme Euro-Emotur, but no payment was received during 2023.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 2
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: For all associate non-voting members see here: https://www.etoa.org/member-search/
The database on which the search tools accessible via the above link includes all partners in various categories (for example, 'trade associations') and partners may also be viewed at https://www.etoa.org/our-partners/
Note: the only voting member is European Tourism Association AISBL (transparency register 155317830583-03)
Organisation Members: The company is an affiliate member of European Tourism Association AISBL (transparency register 155317830583-03) and will continue to make its resources available for activity on behalf of that Association.
It is a member of the Tourism Alliance https://tourismalliance.com/