Category: OTOD
 
1 November 2016 - 17:29
FATTA is calling on Government and the Malta Tourism Authority to deny press reports implying that customers who suffered losses from the bankruptcy of Fantasy Tours will be compensated by the recently launched insolvency fund. The Legal Notice setting up the fund clearly states that the fund will only cover bookings made from the date...
 
26 October 2016 - 11:35
What is the scope of this Fund? The purpose of these regulations is to set-up an Insolvency Fund to provide security for the refund of all payments made by or on behalf of travellers insofar as the relevant services are not performed as a consequence of the organiser’s insolvency, including repatriation where applicable. The fund shall be managed and...
 
23 August 2016 - 12:00
The Federated Association of Travel & Tourism Agents (FATTA) notes with interest the Minister of Tourism’s statement denying media reports on the direction being taken in Air Malta’s negotiations with Alitalia. FATTA maintains its full agreement that strategic alliances with other airlines are essential to ensure the viability of Air Malta.   However, the prime objective...
 
18 August 2016 - 11:00
Total outbound tourists for the second quarter in 2016 were estimated at 104,331, an increase of 9.3 per cent over the corresponding quarter last year. April-June 2016 During the second quarter of 2016, the number of outbound tourist trips towards EU countries stood at 93,863, an increase of 9.0 per cent over the same quarter...
 
1 August 2016 - 11:02
The association has received an informative note, our Greek counterpart, with reference to the Greek legislation regarding the sale of travel services by tour operators and travel agencies established outside the European Union. This letter has been drafted in order to clarify the existing framework, following numerous violations of the rules by non-EU tour operators and...
 
8 October 2014 - 15:07
FATTA has appointed Mr Michael Kamsky as an Honorary President of the Association following a motion passed during the last Annual General Meeting. Mr Kamsky is currently General Manager at The Westin Dragonara, a post he has held since 2007 having previously served as the hotel’s Director of Sales and Marketing since 2003 acheter generique...
 
5 August 2014 - 13:03
Urge Government to Act Swiftly to Fill Vacancies at MTA. Travel and Tourism Operators express their thanks to Mr Josef Formosa Gauci, the outgoing CEO at MTA for his sterling contribution to the industry during his tenure as CEO of MTA. Under his direction, the MTA team succeeded in delivering five record years including the...
 
28 January 2014 - 13:13
The Association Calls for inquiry into malicious leak of distorted confidential information. The Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents expresses its full confidence in the MTA CEO, Josef Formosa Gauci, and unreservedly condemns malicious reports in a section of the media aimed at smearing his integrity. FATTA highlights that Mr Formosa Gauci was appointed...
 
8 January 2014 - 14:48
Malta has placed 24th in the tourism competitiveness index of the World Economic Forum, a gain of two Malta was placed ahead of Italy, Greece, Poland Bulgaria, Cyprus and Estonia. Switzerland and Germany remained in the top two positions, followed by Austria and the UK. The USA was in sixth. 140 countries were classified. A...