2024-06-03 11:10:46
A mean lodge right now is liable to not proudly owning its rooms on-line because of the practices of on-line platforms, and that’s the reason HOTREC is asking Europe’s new management that can emerge from the European elections on 9 June to offer the required instruments and the legislative framework to attain the sustainability of companies in tourism.
This place was supported by the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Resorts, Alexandros Vasilikos, opening an occasion organized by XEE on Wednesday, Might 29, 2024, for the presentation of HOTREC’s “Manifesto”, which incorporates the calls for of the European hospitality sector, in view of the European Parliament elections .
Mr. Vasilikos emphasised that hospitality is inclusion and a European lifestyle that ought to be preserved and that this could proceed to characterize us as Europe and Greece within the years to come back, as it’s the key to the longer term. In any case, tourism, as he mentioned, is delicate politics for locations.
Due to this fact, he urged for an enormous participation of the vacationer world within the European elections, in order that tourism may be positioned on the middle of the agenda of European politicians.
The largest supply of the tourism trade is that it gives employment options and social cohesion in distant areas, underlined the president of XEE, and, as he mentioned, “legislators mustn’t see us as businessmen who lease rooms, however as custodians of the European lifestyle , of the native custom”.
HOTREC’s ‘Manifesto’, which represents 2 million companies, representing 3% of EU GDP, was revealed in October and contains tourism and hospitality trade calls for from the brand new European Union management, in addition to enterprise commitments about the necessity to do what is important for the various transitions that lie forward, equivalent to technological and inexperienced. On this context, the president of the XEE underlined, it’s crucial to ascertain a Commissioner for Tourism in Europe, to have a selected finances line for tourism in addition to casual conferences of Ministers of Tourism.
HOTREC units out 5 clear priorities for EU decision-making establishments for the subsequent 5 years:
1. Strengthening tourism. Tourism ought to be on the coronary heart of coverage within the EU as a result of it’s associated to many different sectors and produces 10% of Europe’s Gross Product.
2. Addressing expertise and labor shortages. Taking efficient measures at European and nationwide degree is crucial to draw, prepare and retain expertise.
3. Making certain truthful digital guidelines. A good relationship should be maintained between internet hosting firms and on-line intermediaries. Particular emphasis on making certain efficient short-term rental guidelines that degree the taking part in area within the lodging sector and promote truthful competitors.
4. Put money into sustainability. Making a sustainable enterprise setting and offering enough EU assist to speed up the inexperienced transition within the hospitality sector and allow companies to put money into decarbonisation and sustainable practices.
5. Adaptation to shopper preferences. Placing a steadiness between assembly customers’ cheap calls for for readability and data, whereas imposing proportionate necessities on internet hosting companies.
The presentation was adopted by a dialogue with the participation of MEP candidates Eliza Vozeberg (ND) and Olga Markogiannakis (PASOK-KIN.AL.) moderated by journalist Makis Provatas.
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