eu travel tech

eu travel tech

eu travel tech, formerly the European Technology and Travel Services Association (ETTSA), was launched in 2009 to represent and promote the interests of global distribution systems (GDSs) and travel distributors, towards the industry, policy-makers, opinion formers, consumer groups and all other relevant European stakeholders.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

6 Oct 2025 · STR implementation and new initiative announced by the President

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

18 Sept 2025 · Sustainable Tourism Report, focusing on usage of data, generative AI

Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2025 · Count Emissions EU

Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

16 Jul 2025 · Spanish Royal Decree implementing the Short-Term Rental (STR)Regulation

Meeting with Eddy Liegeois (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

27 Jun 2025 · Review of the Air Services Regulation

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

28 May 2025 · Passenger rights

Meeting with Polona Gregorin (Head of Unit Climate Action)

19 May 2025 · Discuss the promotion of modal shift towards more sustainable transport modes, including multimodal ticketing initiatives: Multimodal Digital Mobility Services (MDMS) Single Digital Booking and Ticketing Regulation. (SDBTR)

Meeting with Daniel Boeshertz (Head of Unit Competition)

14 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the online rail ticketing market.

Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

13 May 2025 · State of play on the STR Regulation implementation

Meeting with Kai Tegethoff (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Apr 2025 · Panel Discussion on MDMS / SDBTR

Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

11 Mar 2025 · Implementation of the STR Regulation

Meeting with Elisabeth Kotthaus (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

5 Mar 2025 · Questions on Council’s two General Approaches on passenger rights of December 2024

Meeting with Kai Tegethoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Mar 2025 · Passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys

Meeting with Arash Saeidi (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Jan 2025 · Echange de point de vue

Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Dec 2024 · Passenger's rights - Travel Package Directive

Meeting with Pierfrancesco Maran (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Priorities new legislature

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Multimodal ticketing

Meeting with Adrian-George Axinia (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2024 · voice of travel tech players in Europe-make travel more sustainable, more accessible and more competitive

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Introductory meeting - EU Travel Tech

Meeting with Johan Danielsson (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Sept 2024 · Möjligheten att boka och resa med flera trafikslag med en biljett

Meeting with Borja Giménez Larraz (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Aug 2024 · EU Travel Tech priorities

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

22 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Meetings on Passenger Mobility Package

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

6 Feb 2024 · State of play of the MDMS initiative

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE

13 Sept 2023 · Green Claims

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jul 2023 · Multimodal Ticketing (Staff Level)

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Jul 2023 · "Short-term rentals" file in IMCO (meeting held by assistant responsible)

Meeting with Liliane Karlinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

28 Apr 2023 · Multimodal Digital Mobility Services.

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Apr 2023 · Multimodal Ticketing (Staff Level)

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Mar 2023 · "Short-term rentals" file in IMCO (meeting held by assistant responsible)

Meeting with Leila Chaibi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Mar 2023 · Short term rental

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Mar 2023 · Short-Term Rentals

Meeting with Josianne Cutajar (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

7 Feb 2023 · Short Term-Rentals Regulation

Meeting with Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

17 Jan 2023 · MDMS proposal

Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament) and

13 Jan 2023 · Passenger rights

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

30 Nov 2022 · Multimodal ticketing

Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 Oct 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Sara Cerdas (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Jun 2022 · Reunião sobre proposta legislativa de alegações sustentáveis

Meeting with Alviina Alametsä (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Jun 2022 · ITS Directive

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Jun 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2022 · EU Digital Policy

Meeting with Cláudia Monteiro De Aguiar (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2022 · EU Travel Industry

Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2022 · Multimodal Digital Mobility Services

Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jun 2022 · UCDP, CRD, STRs and Package Travel Directive

Meeting with Rovana Plumb (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

31 May 2022 · ITS Directive

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Mar 2022 · Regulation on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services

Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Rachel Smit (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

7 Mar 2022 · Meeting on multi-modality.

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

8 Jul 2021 · EU Digital COVID Certificate

Meeting with Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and ECTAA, Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU

25 Nov 2020 · Follow up meeting to discuss latest developments in the sector.

Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

12 Nov 2020 · Discuss horizontal developments in the transport industry.

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

30 Jul 2020 · DSA: ex ante gatekeeper proposal

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

8 Jul 2020 · To discuss Digital Services Act

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

15 Apr 2020 · impact of COVID-19 on the sector

Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

7 Apr 2020 · impact of COVID-19 on consumers

Meeting with Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Valère Moutarlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

7 Apr 2020 · Impact of Covid-19 crises on Tourism

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

17 Feb 2020 · Digital policy

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

7 Jun 2018 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

16 May 2018 · Illegal content online, P2B relations, collaborative economy

Meeting with Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Booking.com B.V.

1 Feb 2018 · Collaborative economy and regulatory developments impacting the short-term rental sector

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

13 Dec 2017 · Platforms-to-Business relations, DSM general

Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici) and Expedia Group

22 Jun 2017 · New taxation in Italy of short term real estate leases

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

20 Feb 2017 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

13 Oct 2016 · e-commerce, geoblocking, competition policy

Meeting with Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

13 Oct 2016 · the role of the travel technology sector in EU transport

Meeting with Joshua Salsby (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc), Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

13 Oct 2016 · Aviation

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

13 Oct 2016 · travel technology sector in the EU’s Internal Market

Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Inline Policy Srl

14 Jun 2016 · Digital single market

Meeting with Joshua Salsby (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

2 Jun 2016 · Aviation

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

25 May 2016 · Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

20 May 2016 · platforms, eCommerce, DSM

Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

14 Jan 2016 · AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

22 Sept 2015 · PDT Directive