WTM Associations' Pavillion Catalogue - World Travel Market

WTM Associations’ Pavilion CatalogueAssociations’ DirectoryLeading tourist companies assembled in Moscowon January, 2007 to set up a public association ATOR– Association of Tour Operators of Russia. Accordingto the information dated in January 2011, ATORunites 48 biggest Tour Operators of Russia, providingabout 70 % of tourist flow of Russia.BETA covers work exchange, gap years, schoolvisits, language schools, activity holidays, adventuretravel, as well as a whole host of specialist agentsand operators. It is the fastest-growing sector of theindustry, currently amounting to more than a third ofthe revenue of the entire UK travel market.The Cyprus Hotel Association is the Hoteliers NationalTrade Union. The history of its foundation goes backto the beginning of the 1930s. Today the vast majorityof all hotel establishments and other licensed touristaccommodation units, all over Cyprus, are membersof the Cyprus Hotel Association.A major role of our association is to channelinformation and breaking news to the membership.The Atta Newsletter Service distributes selectedinformation to advise members throughout Africa,Europe and the US about the rapidly changingaffairs of tourism. In addition we offer a variety ofservices and tools that help proactive members tomaximise their potential.The Belize Hotel Association (BHA) is a non-profit,non-government organisation and Belize’s oldestprivate sector tourism organisation. Its membershipis comprised primarily of accommodation providersincluding hotels, resorts, lodges, condominiums,educational facilities and home-stays with alliedmembers including tour operators and ancillarybusinesses that service the hospitality industry.CHTA, founded in 1962, represents the entire spectrumof the hospitality industry’s private sector including36 national hotel associations across the Caribbeanregion, over 850 hotel members with approximately125,500 rooms, and more than 600 suppliercompanies represented as ‘Allied’ members.The Association of Women Travel Executives (AWTEUK Ltd) was founded in 1954 to improve the statusof women in the travel industry and provide a basefor both national and international networking.The Association is non-profit making and run byvolunteer committees.The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association is thefirst and only association dedicated to uniting theworld’s boutique and lifestyle properties. Created tobe the unifying voice of this distinctive subset withinthe hospitality industry, its goal is to unite the world’scollection of boutique & lifestyle properties and thesuppliers that sustain them.Around nine million people take a coach tour eachyear while in the UK, coaches contribute £2.35 billionto the UK economy. CTC members play a majorrole in meeting the increasing demand for dayexcursions, short breaks and holidays by coachwhich offer unbeatable value for money.British Destinations is the membership organisationfor local authority tourism services, DestinationManagement Organisations and local tourismpartnerships committed to the creation of outstandingdestinations and the adoption of best practice inplace-making, development and promotion.Brazilian Tour Operators Association brings togetherthe most prestigious tour operators, collaboratingcompanies and representatives of products anddestinations in Brazil. With 94 companies, it accountsfor about 85% of all package tours sold in thecountry and 18% of airline tickets issued in Brazil.Caribbean Travel Marketplace is the requisitebusiness-to-business marketing event for theCaribbean hotel and tourism industry where hotels,tourist boards, transportation companies andattractions meet, network, negotiate, and conductbusiness with buyers from around the world. Over1000 supplier delegates attend each year from over350 companies.BAAT is a non-profit public benefit organisationestablished in 1998. The association unifies over 90members: national and regional tourist councils,nature parks directorates, tour operators forspecialised tourism, family hotels, guesthousesand individuals. BAAT encourages and supportspartnerships for the sustainable development of thealternative forms of tourism in order to preserve thenatural, cultural and historical heritage.CATO is the representative body for wholesale touroperators who supply travel and tour packagesto domestic and international destinations. Withthe primary source of distribution being via theAustralian retail travel agent.The German Medical Wellness Association(Deutscher Medical Wellness Verband) is arepresentation of interests for Medical Wellness.It offers operators, providers and project plannersin the medical wellness market a forum to focustheir activities and products as well to expand theirnetwork, plus supplies consumers with guidance in arapid growth health care market.04 World Travel Market | 05-08 NOV 2012• ExCeL LONDON | www.wtmlondon.com3760_WTM_association_brochure_f.indd 4 09/10/2012 10:01