Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
Sections
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II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
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Other similar organisations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Frank Brehany
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| Position: |
Consumer Director/Managing Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Frank Brehany
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| Position: |
Consumer Director |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
100 Talbot Road Stretford
Manchester M16 0PG
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44845) 0179229 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
Consumer Postal Address:
HolidayTravelWatch
25-29 High Street
Kingston-Upon-Thames
KT1 1LL
United Kingdom
E Mail Address:
information@holidaytravelwatch.com
Consumer Helpline Contact Telephone Number:
08450179229
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The Holidaymaker or Traveller:
The primary function of the Organisation is to assist holidaymakers or travellers who have suffered as a result of travel problems. It is a further aim to act as a resource, provide information, advice and assistance to those who use our services. It is a further goal to promote better health and safety warnings for the holidaymaker or traveller. The Organisation will seek to, where possible, to guide the holidaymaker or traveller toward options to resolve their complaints.
The Holidaymaker or Traveller’s Health & Safety:
The Organisation will seek to create a wider dialogue through National or International Medical & Environmental agencies or bodies. Such contact is to be designed with the aim of improving hygiene, sanitation, and safety standards both within the UK and in other countries. In addition, through the assistance of such experts and bodies, to promote the goals of sustainable tourism.
The Travel Industry:
The Organisation will seek to ensure that all Travel Arrangers, Providers or Organisers be honest in their brochures or through selling by other methods. It is the aim to promote the provision of reliable and appropriately trained resort representation. It is the goal of the Organisation to encourage the Industry to promote a fair and timely handling and redress of complaints.
The Travel Debate:
The Organisation aims to facilitate an open and frank exchange of views on a wide range of travel opinion. Such debate to be open to governments, travel providers, lawyers, health & safety experts, holidaymakers or travellers.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
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1
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Complementary information:
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The primary lobbying activities are carried out by Mr Frank Brehany on behalf of HolidayTravelWatch
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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The primary focus of HolidayTravelWatch is the collation of data and Consumer experiences. The Organisation compiles that data and submits reports both in and out of Consultative periods, which present the Consumer travel experience. The Organisation further presents the Consumer experience and detriment suffered, through meetings with UK Members of Parliament, House of Commons Select Committees and by attending various political functions at Westminster. Presentations are made to professional conferences, for example, The Chartered Institute for Environmental Health, Cranfield University, Royal Aeronautical Society, local Trading Standards, Environmental Health. Cooperation is given to EU sponsored inquiries and meetings are held with EU Commission Officials. Further reports are submitted to the FAA, CASA, UNWTO (2013) & The Australian House of Representatives
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Consumer Affairs
- Culture
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
- Regional Policy
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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HolidayTravelWatch supports the aims of Tourism Concern
HolidayTravelWatch supports the aims of CO Gas Safety
HolidayTravelWatch support the aims of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group
HolidayTravelWatch is an Associate Member of the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive.
Mr Frank Brehany serves on the ASHRAE SSPC 161 Cabin Air Quality Committee which meets twice a year in the USA.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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5,000 €
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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HolidayTravelWatch is licensed to provide Referral Activities through the UK Claims Management Regulator (Licence Number CRM2162). This is its principal commercial activity. Due to the substantial changes in the UK legal market and the threat to referral fees in the UK, the Organisation has secured a new partnership to ensure the continuation and operational independence of HolidayTravelWatch - this was achieved in July 2011. Referral activities are openly declared to Consumers and full details are provided within the webpages of HolidayTravelWatch. Referral activities account for 10% or less of its commercial activities. The following are the links to those pages:
Solicitors & The Referral Code:
http://www.holidaytravelwatch.net/2008/06/07/referral-code-solicitors/
Claims Management Rules & Consumer Rights:
http://www.holidaytravelwatch.net/2008/06/07/referral-code-claims-management-rules-your-rights/
The total budget for all of the Organisation's activities in 2011 is estimated to be €200,000. Our total spend on political lobbying (both at Westminster, EU & USA) for the 2009, 2010, 2011 financial years was €3,200 to €4,000 pa. Our estimate on total spend for political lobbying for the 2012 financial year is a maximum of €5,000.
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