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Βy Eric Dresin,

Secretary General

of ECTAA

Few months ago, HATTA sug- force that is painfully experienced since the restart of

gested to organise the ECTAA travel in spring 2022. Eventually, ECTAA will exchange
on the impact of the current energy crisis on the in-
fall event in Thessaloniki. dustry.

Once again, thanks to the excellent cooperation
The Executive Board was right to accept the idea: with the Greek National Tourism Organisation and the
there could not be a better location to honour Greece active support of HATTA, I am convinced that ECTAA
as ECTAA’s Preferred destination for 2022. The prepa- will hold an excellent event where qualitative debates
ration period has been smoothly and efficiently man- will take place in unforgettable surroundings.
aged by our local partners and it helped to set up one
the best ever agenda for such an event. We are sure
that the 50 participants coming from all over Europe
will enjoy the city, the social programme that will be
proposed.

This two-day event will be also an occasion to ad-
dress some of the most important and urgent topics
faced by the industry at the moment. Sustainable tour-
ism and more specifically CO² emission calculator stan-
dards will be examined carefully; the latter is indeed a
key element, in particular for corporate travel, to help
shaping offer describing the environmental impact of
a journey. Moreover, the delegates will take stock of Eric Dresin,
initiatives to overcome the shortage of skilled labour Secretary General of ECTAA

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