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Lufthansa Group Introduces Booking Fee On Tickets Booked Via GDS

As of Tuesday, September 1, all airline tickets issued by a booking channel using global distribution systems (GDS) for flights with Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Swiss, will include a new “distribution cost charge” (DCC) of 16 euros.

ECTAA Files Formal Complaint Against Lufthansa AG on 16-euro GDS Charge

The Group of national travel agents' and tour operators' associations within the EU (ECTAA) on Friday filed a formal complaint with the EU Commission - Directorate General for Mobility & Transport against Lufthansa Group concerning the announced new Distribution Cost Charge (DCC).

Debate: VAT Rate on Hotels in Greece

The hotly debated value-added-tax (VAT) rate issue has been the main topic of discussion among tourism professional circles for the past months in Greece.

ECTAA: Tourism Industry Needs Certainty About Upcoming VAT Reform in Greece

European tour operators and travel agents have called on the negotiating parties for the Greek bailout program to make a decision, without further delay, on the future VAT rates for tourism services in Greece.

Lufthansa Not Backing Down on GDS Fee But Willing to Discuss

Lufthansa said there will “not be any further negotiation” on the 16-euro GDS charge but is ready to cooperate with distribution partners to find new solutions.

EU Tourism Strategy Set Out by Commissioner Bienkowska

European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska set out her eight priorities for the future European tourism strategy, during ECTAA’s 111th General Assembly held recently in Montenegro.

Formation of Tourism Intergroup at European Parliament Receives Applause from Sector

The tourism industry across Europe has applauded the recent formation of a new Intergroup by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the subject of Tourism.
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HATTA: Ειδικό Καθεστώς Φ.Π.Α.-Η Ελλάδα κέρδισε την υπόθεση στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο

Η Ελλάδα, όπως και τα υπόλοιπα 7 κράτη μέλη (Πολωνία, Ιταλία, Τσεχία, Γαλλία, Φινλανδία, Πορτογαλία Ισπανία), δικαιώθηκαν από την Απόφαση του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαστηρίου, που εκδόθηκε πρόσφατα, σχετικά με τον τρόπο εφαρμογής του Ειδικού καθεστώτος Φ.Π.Α. από τα Του...
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HATTA: Πρόταση αναθεώρησης της Οδηγίας για τα Οργανωμένα Ταξίδια

Μετά από μακροχρόνια προετοιμασία που ξεκίνησε το 2009, η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή δημοσίευσε την πρότασή της για την αναθεώρηση της Οδηγίας για τα Οργανωμένα Ταξίδια (90/314/ΕΟΚ)....
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HATTA: Δημόσια Διαβούλευση της Ε.Ε. για την αναθεώρηση της πολιτικής Visa Schengen

O Σύνδεσμος των εν Ελλάδι Τουριστικών & Ταξιδιωτικών Γραφείων (ΗΑΤΤΑ) συμβάλλει μέσω της ECTAA στην αναθεώρηση του πλαισίου της Visa Schengen σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο.

Tourism Sector Lacks Pertinent Data

The decision making process for most business enterprises and for the formation of a general economic sector policy, such as a tourism policy, begins with the attempt to obtain as much data as possible.

Tourism Crisis Not Critical

European Union travel agencies may be suffering somewhat financially, but for the moment the repercussions from the September terrorism attack are not near as bad as first anticipated, said Carl Axel Rheborg, president of ECTAA, which is the group of national agents and tour...

Travel Agents Hold Annual General Assembly

On February 7, the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (HATTA) meet at the Athens Chandris hotel for their annual general assembly. Guest speaker at the event will be Michel de Bust, secretary general of ECTAA, which represents the national travel agent associations...