Public Affairs Internship
Monday, 27 May 2024 HOTREC HOTREC, the umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe, is currently looking for an intern to support its daily work. Please see the…
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A Revised Package Travel Directive
HOTREC supports the European Commission’s efforts to simplify the Package Travel Directive (PTD). However, the current proposal lacks fairness between consumer protection and hotel viability. We must ensure economic sustainability…
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Digital Markets Act: European Commission designates Booking.com as gatekeeper
Booking Holdings is still attempting to prevent hotels from offering better prices on their own distribution channels than via the Booking.com platform. Moreover, Booking is not sufficiently sharing its data…
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Joint industry statement on the Package Travel Directive
Friday, 26 April 2024 Consumers Affairs Tourism Today, HOTREC co-signed a statement on the revision of the Package Travel Directive (PTD). The signatories represent a broad spectrum of travel organisers,…
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Hospitality industry prepares for EU elections and Hungarian presidency
Thursday, 25 April 2024 HOTREC HOTREC members and delegates from across Europe gathered in Budapest for the Association’s 88th General Assembly. Hospitality representatives discussed pressing concerns such as acute labour…
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Travel and tourism industry unites to tackle climate change
Association representatives from the European travel and tourism sector (business and leisure)[1] met in Rhodes, Greece, to sign a landmark declaration promising decisive action towards more sustainable travel and tourism.…
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Newsletter – Live from Brussels
Dear readers, Welcome to the latest edition of Live from Brussels. As we are approaching the end of the current mandate, important files are being finalised. In this newsletter, the…
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EFFAT-HOTREC Joint Declaration on Labour and Skills Shortages
Monday, 18 March 2024 Social Affairs The lack of skills and labour force is strongly affecting the hospitality sector. In order to overcome the challenges HOTREC and EFFAT agree that…
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New packaging rules: Mixed bag for hotels and restaurants
Monday, 18 March 2024 Food & Drink Sustainability On 15 March, new rules on packaging and its waste were adopted by EU ambassadors. The European hospitality association HOTREC commends EU…
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Joint industry statement on Google Search and Article 6.5 of the Digital Markets Act
Associations representing the airline, hospitality and retail sectors are closely following Alphabet’s recent changes to Google Search that aim to comply with Article 6.5 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).…
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