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09/01/2025 ECTAA partners with Macau as its Preferred Destination for 2025
ECTAA and the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) are launching today a year-long joint campaign, showcasing Macau as a remarkable travel destination to ECTAA members and the broader European travel industry.
ECTAA, the European umbrella association representing travel agents and tour operators, and the Macau Government Tourism Office are starting their cooperation to promote Macau as ECTAA’s Preferred Destination for 2025. This partnership underscores the strategic importance of strengthening business and tourism ties between Europe and Asia, fostering mutual growth and collaboration in the global travel industry.
ECTAA will host the second edition of the ECTAA Travel Summit on 19 February 2025, at the Brussels Hilton Grand Place Hotel.
After addressing earlier this year the various aspects of payment in the travel industry, ECTAA is announcing that the 2025 edition of their annual Travel Summit will cover the critical topic of travel protection in both the business-to-business (B2B) and Business of Consumers (B2C) travel ecosystems. This event is set to bring together more than 100 leading industry professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders to tackle the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of travel protection.
10 leading European travel and tourism organisations convened in the European Parliament for a high-level meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, MEP Daniel Attard and other Members of the Tourism Task Force, as well as European Commission and EU Member States representatives. This meeting builds on the work initiated in Rhodes earlier this year, continuing efforts to foster collaborative dialogue between industry leaders and policymakers, with a focus on advancing the sector's efforts towards enhanced sustainability, resilience and effective climate change mitigation.