Booking.com now has six months to comply with all the do's and don'ts as a gatekeeper. HOTREC strongly supports the official designation. European hoteliers are confronted with far too many unfair business practices and impairments by Booking.com that have a huge impact on their performance.
HOTREC members and delegates from across Europe gathered in Budapest for the Association's 88th General Assembly.
Association representatives from the European travel and tourism sector (business and leisure) met in Rhodes, Greece, to sign a landmark declaration promising decisive action towards more sustainable travel and tourism.
HOTREC and its members are concerned by the imbalance between ambitious environmental goals and the practical needs of the hospitality sector. Clear and consistent limitations on single-use plastic packaging in hotels and restaurants are needed.
The changes proposed by Alphabet to Google Search should ensure a level playing field among all market participants and offer the best options to consumers. Concretely, it should not lead to situations where the economic power of large online intermediaries is further entrenched and where consumers are not presented with a variety of choices.
The European hotel industry has been long warning of unfair business practices of the largest Online Travel Agent (OTA) and calls for more fairness and transparency in the online accommodation market. We hope that the European Commission will designate the company as a gatekeeper as soon as possible.
The latest Eurostat data reveals that the 2023 figures not only surpassed those of 2022 but also exceeded the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 by 1.6%.
If you use Google Search to help you find your dream holidays, your user experience will be very different compared to last year.
On the occasion of European Hospitality Day, HOTREC presents its Manifesto for the future of European Hospitality ? a strategic roadmap that outlines top priorities for the sector to be addressed during the upcoming 2024-2029 Legislative Term.
Against the backdrop of the European Year of Skills, and hosted an event at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels centred around the theme, Education and Training: the driving force of skilled hospitality workers in Europe.