E C T A A stands for the "Group of National Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU", and is an international non-profit association under Belgian law, whose offices are located in Brussels, Belgium. It was founded in 1961 at Bad Kreuznach (Federal Republic of Germany) by the national associations of travel agents and tour operators of the 6 founder Member States of the Common Market (Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands).
In 1973 the Group expanded for the first time, to welcome the associations from Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. ECTAA was then joined in succession by the Greek association in 1981, the Spanish and Portuguese associations in 1986 and the Austrian, Finnish and Swedish associations in 1995. ECTAA now represents the national associations of travel agents and tour operators of the 15 Member States of the European Union.
Executives & Departments
- Board of Directors
Members
- Mrs Anne Dolan
- Mr Attila Hajdu
- Mr Aurelian Marius Marin
- Mrs Danica Kazanegra Gregovic
- Mr Frank Oostdam
- Mrs Heli Maki-Franti
- Mr Iain Tonna
- Mrs Kitija Gitendorfa
- Mrs Kristen Lahtein
- Mr Luca Patane
- Mrs Ludmila Masarikova
- Mr Matej Knaus
- Mr Pawel Niewiadomski
- Mr Roman Skrabanek
- Mrs Susan Parsons
- Mr Sverre McSeveny-Aril
- Mr Walter Kunz
- Mr Zoran Arsenovic
- Mrs Zydre Gaveliene
- Administration
Assistant, Executive Assistant
- Committees Strategic Committee
Vice President
- Mr Boris Zgomba
- Mrs Corinna Kleinert
- Mrs Eva Blasco
- Mr Jan Van Steen
- Mr Jean-Marc Roze
- Mr Pedro Costa Ferreira
- Legal
Advisor, Legal Advisor
- Mr Benoit Chantoin
- Mrs Ewa Grabiak
Principals/HQ/participations...
Subsidiaries/affiliates/members...
- Members list:
- ACAVe - Asociacion corporativa de agencias de viajes especializadas, BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
- Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators & Travel Agents (ABTTA), SOFIA, BULGARIA
- Association of Croatian Travel Agencies (UHPA), ZAGREB, CROATIA
- Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA), NICOSIA, CYPRUS
- Association of Finnish Travel Agents (AFTA), HELSINKI, FINLAND
- Association of Hungarian Travel Agencies (MUISZ), BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
- Association of Latvian Travel Agents & Operators (ALTA), RIGA, LATVIA
- Association of Slovenian Travel Agencies (ZTAS), LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
- Association of Swedish Travel Agents & Tour Operators (SRF), STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- Association of Tour Operators & Travel Agents of the Czech Republic (ACCKA), PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Association of Turkish Travel Agents (TURSAB), ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) - Travel Agents Association, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- Austrian Travel Association (OERV), VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- Business Federation of Regional Associations of Spanish Travel Agencies (FETAVE), MADRID, SPAIN
- Confturismo, ROME, ITALY
- Danish Travel Agents & Tour Operators Association (DRF), COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ANVR), BAARN, NETHERLANDS
- Enterprise Federation of Norway (VIRKE), OSLO, NORWAY
- Estonian Travel & Touism Association (ETFL), TALLINN, ESTONIA
- Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (FATTA) - Malta, VALLETTA, MALTA
- Federation De L'Industrie Du Tourisme (FIT), ZAVENTEM, BELGIUM
- German Travel Association (DRV), BERLIN, GERMANY
- Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA), SYNTAGMA, GREECE
- Hotrec, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA), DUBLIN, IRELAND
- Italian Federation of Travel & Tourism Associations (FIAVET), ROME, ITALY
- Montenegro Tourism Association (CTU), BUDVA, MONTENEGRO
- National Federation of Travel Agents of Morocco (FNAVM), CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
- National Tourism Business Association (NTVA), VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
- Polish Chamber of Tourism (PIT), WARSAW, POLAND
- Portuguese Association of Travel & Tourism Agencies (APAVT), LISBON, PORTUGAL
- Romanian National Association of Travel Agents (ANAT), BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
- Serbia National Association of Travel Agencies (YUTA), BELGRADE, SERBIA
- Slovak Association of Tour Operators & Travel Agents (SACKA), BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
- Swiss Federation of Travel Agents (SRV), ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
- Syndicat National des Agences de Voyages (SNAV), PARIS, FRANCE
- Tunisian Association of Travel Agents (FTAV), TUNIS, TUNISIA