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

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, ECTAA, Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU appears in 25 declared MEP meetings (20 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

25
declared meetings
with current MEPs
20
MEPs met
€800,000/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 25 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats832%
Renew Europe624%
European People's Party520%
European Conservatives & Reformists28%
Greens/EFA28%
The Left28%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2023
0
2024
6
2025
14
2026
2

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
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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
4 Mar 2025Arba KokalariPackage Travel Directive
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
27 Jan 2025Andrey NovakovPassenger rights file
27 Jan 2025Alice KuhnkePassenger rights
14 Jan 2025Vicent Marzà IbáñezEnforcement of passenger rights

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