Contact
RDA International Coach Tourism Federation e.V.
Hohenstaufenring 47-51
50674 Cologne, Germany
Phone: +49 221 91 27 72 0
Facsimile: +49 221 12 47 88
E-mail: info@rda.de
Information Membership
Benefits of RDA membership
News
10.01.12
30th Day of Coach Tourism on Monday, 9th January 2012 in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg
Some 250 colleagues attended the 30th Day of Coach Tourism on Monday 9th January in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg - home of VW automobiles. As ever, this lively and informative meeting provided a...09.01.12
RDA Annual General Meeting & RDA / gbk Conference 2012 in Graz
This year’s RDA Annual General Meeting & RDA / gbk Conference will take place from 26th to 28th April 2012 in Austria’s second largest city, Graz in the Steiermark. Invitations to attend along...09.01.12
Working with German coach and group travel operators
Germany’s coach and group travel operators start planning and contracting for the following tourism year in spring and in early summer. The highlight of their purchasing year is the annual...RDA Consultants
Press and Public Relations
Annette Heinemann
Editor
Telepfone: +49 22 44 90 33 33
E-mail: presse@rda.de
Responsibilities
- General press work
- Editor "RDA aktuell", "RDA-Telegram" and RDA website
- Moderation RDA press conferences
- Positioning and placing coach tourism and RDA in the media
Legal issues
Prof. Dr. Harald Bartl
Lawyer
Responsibilities
- Author of the RDA Booking Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
- Expert appraisals vis-à-vis politics and government authorities and on special questions of travel lawiserechts
Offices
- Chairperson of the RDA Legal Committee
- Scientific director of the RDA Academy and regular lecturer on legal issues
Brigitte A. Bech-Schröder
Lawyer
Telphone: +49 61 74 96 83 11
E-mail: bechschroeder@t-online.de
Responsibilities
- RDA corporate attorney
- Legal advice for board and members
- Representation of the federation and their interests at the German and EU legislation, politics and public authorities
Offices
- Vice chairperson of the RDA Legal Committee
- Member of the Quality Classification and Quality Protection Committee
Taxation issues
Dipl.-Kfm. Artur Dammasch
Chartered accountant
Taxation and legal advisor for civil and trade law
Telephone: +49 2 11 7 40 13
E-mail: info@artur-dammasch.de
Responsibilities
- Advising RDA members on taxation issues
- Representing the RDA to the tax authorities and on the DRV Taxation Committee
- RDA Academy Tax Seminar lecturer
- Author of tax column and tax letters
Representation in Brussels
Sandra van de Walle
RDA Representative
Responsibilities
- Monitoring EU legislation
- Expertise and logistical support in the representation of coach tourism interests
Image
Gerd-Niels Wötzel
Trade journalist, PR and marketing expert
Responsibilities
- Support in image activities and editor RDA "Diary of Coach Tourism" annual report
- Lecturer for the RDA Academy "Partner", "Marketing" and "New Markets" seminars
- Initiator of the "Roter Bus" (Red Bus) marketing initiative
Offices
- Member of BTW PR Committee
Safety
Johannes Hübner
Responsibilities
- Representative for RBI - RDA Bus Intervent
- Head of the AvD and RDA management interface Intervention Teams and inner-federation crisis management
Environment
Holger Fröhlich
Dipl. Biologist and Environment Computer Scientist
Responsibilities
- Advice to and representation of the RDA on environment and mobility issues
- Support, evaluation and presentation of RDA projects
- Research on environment issues
- Input to the RDA "Klima schonen - Bus reisen" (protect the environment –holiday by coach) climate campaign and to the ifeu-Institute climate study
IT and Internet
Dipl.-Eng. Christian Bintz
Responsibilities
- IT specialist and RDA webmaster
- Maintenance and care of the RDA internet presence
- Maintenance and care of the IT hardware and databanks
- RDA data protection officer