Thank you Josianne Cutajar for all your energy and leadership to support #tourism and #hospitality over the past years. Best wishes for all your next endeavors 🙏 In French we say ‘ ce n’est qu’un au revoir’ A très bientôt 🙌 .HOTREC

🇬🇷 #RhodesForum successfully brought together all the private sector tourism stakeholders to discuss how to address the climate crisis and deliver truly sustainable tourism.
#CLIA is proud to sign this landmark declaration and play its part.

➡️ Read more: europe.cruising.org/knowledge_hub/…

Greek PM: New Unique Experiences Key to Extending #Tourist Season news.gtp.gr/2024/04/09/gre… Prime Minister GR HOTREC Alexander Vassilikos Aegean Like No Other Ξ.Ε.Ε.
ACI EUROPE Airlines for Europe (A4E) CLIA | Cruise Lines International Association ECTAA Europe European Regions Airline Association (ERA) #Greece #Greektourism #EUtourism #tourism #climatechange

Το Φόρουμ “Ευρωπαϊκός Τουρισμός, Ανθεκτικότητα στην κλιματική κρίση-EU Tourism: Resilience in the Era of the Climate Crisis” στη Ρόδο, η πρώτη πανευρωπαϊκή συνάντηση αυτού του επιπέδου, πραγματοποιήθηκε με πρωτοβουλία της HOTREC, σε συνδιοργάνωση με την Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου…

⁦HOTREC⁩ delighted to welcome its 🇪🇺partners from travel and tourism industry to #Rhodes for first Forum on sustainability. Tonight we are very honoured to welcome ⁦Kyriakos Mitsotakis⁩ for inspirational exchange on #tourism #sustainability #resilience

HOTREC President Alexander Vassilikos: 'Today, Rhodes becomes the point of reference for sustainable tourism and climate action'. Tomorrow, private sector organisations in EU Tourism will sign a Joint Declaration towards Resilience in the Climate Crisis Era.

#Tourism | I was glad to attend yesterday the celebration of 5⃣ Transformative Years of #EUTourism Policy at the 🇪🇺Parliament 🌅🚵🏰.

The 🇧🇪Presidency is committed to pursue the twin transition🍃📲 of the tourism ecosystem and to keep tourism on the EU agenda

Our Director General Marie Audren speaks at the 🇪🇺 Parliament.

'The #tourism taskforce must remain for the next 5 years.'

'Labour shortages and the lack of skills are crucial issues in the #hospitality sector.'

'We must be aware of the #climate crisis and commit to action.'

Tonight, we celebrate five transformative years of 🇪🇺 #tourism policy.

MEP Josianne Cutajar opened the floor:
'Tourism is like music. It connects people.'
'To attract and retain the right workforce is incredibly important.'

#Hospitality #Skills

Our Director General Marie Audren talked to Hospitality ON about future challenges facing the #hospitality industry.

'The tourism sector is a force for openness and stability. Less Europe is not better for business. Tourism works, it brings in money'.

👉 hospitality-on.com/en/csr/we-wish…

📣 Big news!

Labeled as misleading, Booking .com ends their sustainability program after pressure from the 🇳🇱 Authority for Consumers and Markets Autoriteit Consument & Markt | ACM

Read all about it 👇
travmagazine.nl/en/booking-com…

📢In a new joint statement on the revision of the European Works Councils Directive with HOTREC, @eurocommerce, European Banking Federation 🇪🇺, ECEG, and Ceemet, BusinessEurope emphasises the need for evidence-based revision to enhance operations & foster trust-based social dialogue…

Want to learn how the #DMA will impact the 🇪🇺 #hospitality sector?

➡️ Changes in Google’s search results give more visibility to online travel agencies like Booking .com

➡️ European #hotels have seen a 30% drop in web traffic

Ivan Stefanec MEP SME Europe

smeeurope.eu/digital-vs-bri…

🆕 Commission Action Plan to tackle labour and skill shortages

HOTREC is committed to:
🔸 Promote education and training
🔹 Reduce inactivity
🔸 Encourage collective bargaining
🔹 Promote the EU Talent Pool

We hope this will help attract and retain workers in #hospitality !