Cooperations

Travel associations

Travelife works closely with the European travel associations who are mostly organized within the frame of the ECTAA umbrella association. In the frame of the SUSTOUR project, over 20 European travel associations have signed an agreement with Travelife and are committed to support their members towards sustainability. Members of the following travel associations receive extensive benefits and support:

ABTO – Belgian Association of Travel Organisers – Belgium

ABTTA – Association of Bulgarian Tour operators and Travel Agent/ Асоциация на българските туроператори и туристически агенти - Bulgaria

ACCKA - Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agents of the Czech Republic  / Asociace českých cestovních kanceláří a agentur

ALTA – Association of Latvian Travel Agents and Operators / Latvijas Tūrisma Aģentu un Operatoru Asociācija - Latvia

ANVR - Travel Trade Association of The Netherlands / Algemeen Nederlands Vereniging van Reisondernemingen - The Netherlands

APAVT - Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies / Associação Portuguesa das Agências de Viagens e Turismo - Portugal

ASR – Alliance of Independent Travel Companies / Allianz selbständiger Reiseunternehmen – Bundesverband - Germany

ATTA – Adventure Travel Trade Association - Europe

DRF – Association of Danish Travel Agents and Tour Operators / Danmarks Rejsebureau Forening – Denmark

DRV – German Travel Association / Deutscher Reiseverband - Germany

EDV – The Travel Companies / Les Entreprises du Voyage - France

ETFL – Estonian Travel and Tourism Association / Eesti Turismi- ja Reisifirmade Liit - Estonia

ETOA – European Tourism Association - Europe

FATTA – Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents Malta - Malta

FTO – Federation of Organised Tourism / Federazione Turismo Organizzato – Italy

FUTOURIS - Germany

HATTA – Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies / Σύνδεσμος των εν Ελλάδι Τουριστικών και Ταξιδιωτικών - Greece

MUISZ – Association of Hungarian Travel Agencies / Magyar Utazási Irodák Szövetsége - Hungary

NTVA – National Tourism Business Association / Nacionalinė turizmo verslo asociacija - Lithuania

SACKA – Slovak Association of Travel Agents and Travel Agencies / Slovenskej sociácia cestovných kancelárií a cestovných agentúr – Slovakia

SETO – Union of Tour Operating Companies / Syndicat des Entreprises du Tour Operating - France

SMAL - The Association of Finnish Travel Industry / Suomen matkailualan liitto - Finland

SRF – Association of Swedish Travel Agents and Tour Operators / Svenska resebyrå- och arrangörsföreningen - Sweden

TTC - The Transformational Travel Council

UHPA - Association of Croatian Travel Agencies / Udruga hrvatskih putničkih agencija - Croatia

UPAV – Professional Union of Travel Agencies / Union Professionnelle des Agences de Voyages - Belgium

VvKR - Association of Small-Scale Tour Operators / Vereniging van Kleinschalige Reisorganisaties

VVR – Association of Flemish Travel Agencies / Vereniging Vlaamse Reisbureaus – Belgium

WKÖ – Austrian Economic Chamber Trade Association of Travel Agencies / Wirtschaftskammer Österreich Fachverband der Reisebüros – Austria

Moreover, best practices in sustainable tourism are exchanged between associations through an established permanent Sustainability Committee in the frame of ECTAA. The Dutch ANVR, who is one of the leading associations in terms of sustainability, currently fills the chair position of the ECTAA Sustainability Committee. Please find below a video with ANVR director Frank Oostdam explaining how the ANVR is engaging its members towards sustainability.

Cruise lines

To promote sustainability among shore excursion providers, a number of cruise lines have signed an agreement with Travelife to support their supply chain towards sustainability within the frame of the SUSTOUR project:

Royal Caribbean Cruises

MSC Cruises

Explora Journeys

Carnival UK

P&O Cruises

Cunard Cruises