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ECTAA, Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU

Business group · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, ECTAA, Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU appears in 29 declared MEP meetings (23 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

29
declared meetings
with current MEPs
23
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ECTAA is representing European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations. It counts among its membership associations of 27 Member States of the European Union as well as associations of Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom. All together, ECTAA is the umbrella organisatio some 80,000 European undertakings.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 29 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats828%
European People's Party724%
Renew Europe621%
Greens/EFA310%
The Left310%
European Conservatives & Reformists27%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (17 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
0
2024
6
2025
17
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Maria Grapini
2 meetings · S&D
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
2 meetings · Renew
Elena Kountoura
2 meetings · The Left
Daniel Attard
2 meetings · S&D
Vicent Marzà Ibáñez
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Sep 2026Sophia KircherPassenger Package
15 Jul 2026Daniel AttardMultimodal booking and tour operators
28 Jan 2026Valérie HayerPolitique commerciale de l'UE
4 Nov 2025Alex Agius SalibaPackage Travel Directive
20 Jun 2025René RepasiPayment Services Directive
26 Mar 2025Elena KountouraMeeting with ECTAA’s Ambassadors
11 Mar 2025Arash SaeidiEchange de point de vue
4 Mar 2025Arba KokalariPackage Travel Directive
19 Feb 2025Regina DohertyMulti-modal transport
19 Feb 2025Maria GrapiniProbleme din sectorul turismului
18 Feb 2025Elena KountouraMeeting with ECTAA representatives
17 Feb 2025Denis NesciPackage Travel
17 Feb 2025Nikolina BrnjacPackage Travel Directive
30 Jan 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúPackage Travel Directive
29 Jan 2025Kosma ZłotowskiPassenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys

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