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World Travel and Tourism Council

WTTC

WTTC mission is to maximise the inclusive and sustainable growth potential of the Travel Tourism sector by partnering with governments, destinations, communities, and other stakeholders to drive economic development, create jobs, reduce poverty, security, and understanding in our world.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Nikolina Brnjac (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jan 2026 · New Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

9 Apr 2025 · Presentation of the 2025 Annual Research on global data on Tourism

Meeting with Filippo Terruso (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas) and Global Business Travel Association and Travalyst Ltd

19 Mar 2025 · Sustainability in particular for hospitality and travelling; vocational training for SMEs in he tourism sector (for green transition); business travel sector. Presentation of the main activities of the stakeholders.

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · Tourism

Meeting with Filippo Terruso (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)

5 Feb 2025 · Presentation of WTTC activities for 2025

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

14 Feb 2024 · EU tourism policy

Meeting with Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

10 Oct 2023 · The Digitalisation of Travel Documents and the Advanced Passenger Information

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

10 Oct 2023 · - Introductory of the organisation - Major trends in terms of travel and tourism - Role of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in support of decarbonisation

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and FoodDrinkEurope and HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe

28 Sept 2023 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel and Footwear

28 Sept 2023 · Green Claims

Response to Environmental claims based on environmental footprint methods

20 Jul 2023

With appreciation for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed directive on substantiating claims in regard to environmental performance of products & businesses, please find attached the World Travel & Tourism Council's contribution to this public consultation.
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Response to Advance Information on Air Passengers

2 Apr 2023

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has been around for more than 30 years representing the private sector globally. Our members are the Presidents and Chief Executives of the most powerful travel businesses around the world. We bring together over 200 leaders of the Travel & Tourism companies including airlines, airports, hotels, cruises, travel agencies, tour operators and technology companies, among others. About a third of WTTCs Members are based in Europe. Since our formation, WTTC has been publishing data on Travel & Tourism, which comprehensively quantifies the economic impact of the sector across the worlds economies. This highly-respected data illustrates the importance of Travel & Tourism to the EU economy. In 2019, the sector contributed a total of EUR 1,411.4bn to the EUs GDP, representing one tenth of the EUs overall GDP. The sector is also a key source of employment, supporting over 11% of jobs in the EU 22.9 million jobs in 2019. Aviation is vital to the international Travel & Tourism sector, and thus policies impacting airlines also impact Travel & Tourism. Research shows that in 2018, 58% of international tourists travelled to their destination by air. As such, WTTC and the wider Travel & Tourism sector has an active interest in ensuring aviation remains both secure and passenger-friendly, while moving towards making journeys as seamless as possible. And when it comes to travel and aviation, Europe is one of the busiest regions in the world. This is due to its unique position as arguably the most strategic group of international continental destinations for arrivals and transfers from other regions, arriving at and passing through Europe. In this context, we are following the Commissions proposal for revised rules for advance air passenger information (API) with interest and appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed changes. We support the focus on improving efficiency while improving processes; recommend sufficient consideration should be given to consistency, practicality and proportionality of the data to be collected, and finally encourage the EU to take this opportunity to implement further improvements relating to passenger information through a Digital Travel Portal and interactive API. WTTC has done a large amount of work on the digitalisation of travel and we would be happy to discuss this, and our learnings, in more detail with you. We set out each of these considerations in more detail in the attached document.
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Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Dec 2022 · Sustainable tourism

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

7 Dec 2022 · 1) WTTC's role in the Travel and Tourism sector 2) WTTC’s Global Summit

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and FIPRA International SRL

13 Jul 2022 · Meeting with World Travel and Tourism Council delegation to discuss what the Commission is doing on transport resilience and tourism policies; to share update on the WTTC member priorities.

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

13 Jul 2022 · tourism ecosystem and transition pathway