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ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF USTOA MEMBERSHIP
In
addition to its Active Member tour operators, USTOA provides for and
welcomes Associate Members into its membership. This invitation
is extended to responsible industry and governmental entities and
organizations whose interests and purposes are compatible with those
of USTOA... to encourage and support professional and financial integrity
in tourism and in the future of the travel industry.
USTOA's
programs, meetings, communications and services are devised and devoted
to an exchange of ideas, facilitation and development of travel on
a worldwide basis and to defining and advancing objectives of mutual
interest and benefit.
Click on this link to download the Associate Member Value Proposition Statement.
Associate
Membership is offered to airlines, head offices of organizations,
associations and locations of suppliers of tour products
and services, government agencies and others interested in developing
travel but not directly serving tour passengers.
Current Associate Member categories are:
| Advertising and Public Relations |
Insurance - Medical Assistance |
| Airlines |
Legal Services |
| Airport Authority |
Marketing - Travel Related Services |
| Attractions/Museums/Restaurants |
Media |
| Car Rental |
Technology - Reservations Systems |
| Cruise Line/Cruise Operator |
Tourist Board |
| Financial Services |
Trade Association |
| Ground Operators - Service |
Trade Show |
| Hotels and Resorts |
Visa and Passport Services |
An
Active Member (tour operator) of USTOA must sponsor your application
for Associate Membership. Click
here to download a complete list of Active Members.
USTOA Annual
Conference & Marketplace
An
Annual Conference and Marketplace enables Associate Members
to meet with top executives from the Active Member tour operators
on a one-to-one, buy-and-sell basis. Marketplace is not a trade show
and does not include exhibits. An
additional fee is required to attend the Annual Conference, which
must be paid along with annual dues by the registration deadline in
order to attend the Conference.
USTOA Annual Directory
USTOA
publishes an annual membership publication: USTOA Annual Directory,
for the travel trade. Travel Weekly produces the guide and distributes
it with its issue in early January. In
order to be listed in the USTOA Annual Directory, your membership application
and payment of annual dues must be received by August 31, 2012.
USTOA
Logo Use
Associate Members of USTOA do not carry the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistant Program logo on their brochures or websites; only USTOA Active
Members, who do participate in that plan, do so. You will receive
a Supplier Member of USTOA logo that may be used on your website, stationery
and business cards. Any alterations to the Supplier Member of USTOA logo could be terms for termination of membership.
Annual Dues
Associate
Membership 2012 Annual Dues: $800.00
Dues
are paid in full the year you join. There is no pro-rated fee.
Associate Member Application
Forms
Associate Membership application is available online. Please click on the link below. If you wish to have an application form
emailed or faxed to you instead, please e-mail
us your request.
Associate Membership Application Please review categories listed above to confirm Service type before submitting an application and payment.
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