HOTREC European Hospitality

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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).…

Monday, 04 March 2024 Digital Booking.com announcement on its gatekeeper status is the first step to its formal designation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European hotel industry has…