Press Releases Schengen and North American Market in 2021 09 February, 2021 Find out more Latent demand for travel to Europe is strong, ETOA discovers as it launches first online B2B event, City Fair, 20 July 2020 2 June, 2020 Find out more Tourist businesses worth billions may close because they are excluded from Government’s Coronavirus tourism and leisure rate relief scheme 29 April, 2020 Find out more ETOA’s new Coronavirus Hub provides vital business resources 20 April, 2020 Find out more US travel ban will have detrimental implications on European and American tourism 12 March, 2020 Find out more ETOA Calls on Italian Governments to respond now to support cultural tourism 9 March, 2020 Find out more ETOA calls on Governments to take measures to halt the economic impact of Covid-19 and restore confidence 6 March, 2020 Find out more ETOA calls for evidence-based response to COVID-19 26 February, 2020 Find out more ETOA’s first conference & B2B marketplace for the Italian market: VIVA 10 February, 2020 Find out more Last ‘Britain & Ireland Marketplace’ before Brexit reports overall positive outlook for 2020 5 February, 2020 Find out more ETOA Brexit Seminar for the Travel & Tourism Sector 16 October, 2019 Find out more Positive trends from major long-haul markets for European tourism 15 October, 2019 Find out more ETOA Summit in the Alps 2019: Tourism in Transition 4 October, 2019 Find out more Leading European travel trade association, ETOA sets up Iberia working group 19 September, 2019 Find out more ETOA’s 2019 review of European tourism taxes calls for destinations to recognise the value of the visitor economy and risk to competitiveness 12 September, 2019 Find out more ETOA celebrates 30 years in Brussels as new European Parliament opens 5 July, 2019 Find out more ETOA City Fair Conference 2019: Smart data, great leadership and destination management strategies key to solving visitor capacity issues 19 June, 2019 Find out more New partnership to focus on sustainable tourism in Europe 29 May, 2019 Find out more ETOA celebrated its 30th anniversary year with its members and partners at a networking cocktail in Paris 28 March, 2019 Find out more ETOA appoints President of Tauck and VP of Leisure Sales at Accor Hotels to board 23 March, 2019 Find out more ETOA partners with CELTH on ‘overtourism’ and sustainable destination management 5 March, 2019 Find out more 121 European travel industry companies come together to promote Europe as #1 tourism destination at Los Angeles travel & adventure show 15 February, 2019 Find out more ETOA calls for urgent reciprocal agreements to prevent airport queues 23 January, 2019 Find out more Rome’s Chaotic Coach Plan to Go Ahead 14 December, 2018 Find out more Plans to reduce coaches by 65% in Rome will inflict body blow to group leisure tourism sector 12 December, 2018 Find out more ETOA urges European Parliamentarians to rid Schengen visa processes of pointless red tape to boost tourism from long haul markets 29 November, 2018 Find out more ETOA welcomes 43 new delegates to its Britain & Ireland Marketplace (BIM) 29 November, 2018 Find out more Tourism bodies call on Irish Government to suspend plans to raise VAT on hotels by 50% on 1 january 2019 19 November, 2018 Find out more ETOA calls for suspension of new coach restrictions in Rome due for implementation 1 January 2019 07 November, 2018 Find out more Private sector driving pragmatic Brexit solutions while Governments remain in deadlock ETOA summit concludes 3 November, 2018 Find out more ETOA highlights need for collaborative destination marketing campaigns as multi-destination travel trends revealed at Summit 10 October, 2018 Find out more Visas cost European tourism industry $1 billion 10 October, 2018 Find out more Immigration changes will be a bureaucratic nightmare for skilled EU workers, says Tom Jenkins, ETOA 25 September, 2018 Find out more Freedom of Movement leads agenda at ETOA European Tourism Summit 2018 10 September, 2018 Find out more ETOA membership reaches 1000, putting product diversification in the spotlight 30 July, 2018 Find out more ETOA welcomes Schengen Visa reform and urges swift progress 20 March, 2018 Find out more ‘Overtourism’ – ETOA Chairman Speaks Out 5 December, 2017 Find out more ETOA Statement: Parsons Green Incident 17 September, 2017 Find out more ETOA reacts to attacks in Spain 18 August, 2017 Find out more ETOA comments on hostility to tourism in Barcelona, Mallorca and San Sebastián 9 August, 2017 Find out more
