Tourism branch expects light growth in 2010

The German tourism industry sees an end to the current economic crisis. Indeed, Klaus Laepple, President of the German Tour Operators Federation (DRV), predicts light growth in 2010. In 2009 turnover...

Every third German will soon be over 65

Researchers from the German Statistics Office predict that in 50 years time there will be just as many Germans over 80 years as children and teenagers under 20 years. Every third German will be 65 or...

Innovations Seminar: Seniors Travel – Challenges and Opportunities

The Innovations Seminar is the RDA Academy’s think-tank. It approaches the classic coach tourism market - where fundamental changes are occurring – and develops future-oriented methods and business...

New offices in Cologne: RDA and RDA-Workshop Touristik-Service GmbH

The RDA International Coach Tourism Federation and its daughter, the RDA-Workshop Touristik-Service GmbH, are moving to new premises (all on one floor level) in a modern and representative office...

Fresh Impulses in a young country – RDA and gbk joint AGM 2010 in Bratislava, Slovakia

The second joint RDA International Coach Tourism Federation and gbk Coach Quality Association Annual General Meeting & Annual Conference will take place from 22nd to 24th April 2010 in...

Promoting your Business in the German Coach & Group Travel Market – RDA UK & Ireland Members Get-together and Forum 2010

The next RDA UK & Ireland Members’ get-together and discussion forum will take place from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm on 28th January 2010 in the Canterbury Cathedral Conference Centre, Canterbury,...

Taxation issues and coach tourism

German corporate taxation reforms have introduced many changes for small- to medium-sized companies. Knowledge of such may not only be of immediate interest to thoise directly affected but also to...

Current legal issues for tourism practitioners

Tourism law is always changing, indeed, it’s getting far more complicated. Developments that affect German coach holiday operators’ legal and contractual obligations and coach passenger rights are...

Business is booming in Germany’s leisure and theme parks

Whether Tropical Islands or Legoland, Babelsberg or Bavaria Film Studios, Phantasialand or Sea Life, BMW World or VW Autostadt: business – despite the financial crisis – is booming as never before in...

RDA President Richard Eberhardt meets German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel in the Office of the Federal Chancellor in Berlin

A General Election was held in Germany on Sunday 27th September 2009. It saw a comfortable majority returned for a new coalition government which will be composed of Christian Democrat (CDU),...