THE Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) has reactivated its membership with world body United Federation of Travel Agents’ Association (UFTAA).
Now that UFTAA is under the leadership of Joe Borg Olivier, PTAA president Michelle Victoria said that the PTAA Board has decided to reactivate its membership so that they “can be part of the activities and advocacies as they apply to our country (the Philippines)”.
These include dialogues and consultations with International Air Transport Association. Recently, PTAA supported UFTAA’s stance against Lufthansa Group charging 16 euro (US$18) for every ticket issued using the global distribution system.
Victoria told TTG Asia e-daily: “There is also a need for national associations (like PTAA) to have representations in regional as well as international federations of travel industry stakeholders.”
She added that she would be attending a UFTAA meeting – that will tackle how the federation is being revitalised – in November.
It’s understood that PTAA put its status as inactive about three years ago when UFTAA was assessing its direction due to funding problems.
