
What exactly does the travel startup FLYLA.com do?
News, What's up with...?An interview with Ben Shaw (CEO and newest member of the FLYLA.com founding team).

The Travel Start-up Night 2022 Finals
Events, News, Start-upsFollowing the successful completion of six TIC & VIR Travel Start-up Nights, it is once again time to select the Travel Start-up of the Year for 2022.

Start your career at VIR!
News, Search4TalentsTo support our team, we are looking for a working student or mandatory intern to start immediately or in January 2023—full remote work is possible.

ATV submits a list of demands regarding the recruitment of skilled workers
News, Politics, VIR Press ReleasesIn its latest statement, the Tourism Diversity Action Alliance highlights the importance of attracting foreign skilled workers and strengthening the dual system for the tourism industry.

ATV Criticizes Third-Country Taxation of Non-EU Travel Providers
News, Politics, VIR Press ReleasesA disastrous signal to the industry and Germany as a tourist destination: This is how the Action Alliance for Tourism Diversity (ATV) describes the plans of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), which intends to tax travel services in the tourism and MICE sectors provided by companies based in third countries starting January 1 of next year.

Recap: The 6th Virtual TIC & VIR Travel Start-up Night 2022
Events, News, Start-upsAt the sixth virtual TIC & VIR Travel Start-up Night, five exciting travel startups once again had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to an interested audience and win them over with their concepts.

What exactly does the travel startup FairWeg do?
Sustainability, News, What's New?An interview with Ralf Hieke (co-founder of FairWeg).

Submission by the DFV, ASR, and VIR regarding the 11th Amendment to the Act Against Restraints of Competition
News, PoliticsThe draft bill for the 11th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) has caused great concern among the German Vacation Home Association (DFV), the Alliance of Independent Travel Companies – Federal Association (asr), and the Association of Online Travel Agencies (VIR). This bill represents a paradigm shift in competition policy in Germany. In a joint statement, they criticize specific points.

The 2022 VIR Exchange Meeting in Berlin
Events, NewsA look back at the VIR Exchange Meeting held on October 6 and 7 in Berlin. The agenda for the VIR Exchange Meeting included a policy discussion powered by booking.com, a group dinner along the Spree sponsored by TraSo, and our annual internal conference—this time held as a Barcamp—at our host’s office, traffics.

Statement on the Impact of the Amendment to Section 25 of the Value-Added Tax Act
News, PoliticsLetter on behalf of the Action Alliance for Tourism Diversity (ATV) regarding the impact of the amendment to Section 25 of the German Value-Added Tax Act (UStG) on Germany as a tourism destination.
