What are the top 5 industry associations for travel professionals
(agents, consolidators, and tour operators) in Europe and the US. How
many members each? What % of the market to they cover?

<Top travel industry associations in Europe and the US.

Europe.

Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)
6025 Travel Agent Office Members
1040 Tour Operator Office Members
Combined Turnover GBP 26 billion.
85% of the UK?s package holidays are sold through ABTA members.
Source: ABTA
http://www.abtamembers.org/press/kit/facts.htm

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Deutscher ReiseVerband (DRV)
German Travel Association.
5000 members.
Source: DRV.
http://www.drv.de/

The DRV has 75% of the market.
Source: Top brass of German Federation of Travel Agencies in Dubai.
http://www.ameinfo.com/2689.html

The German market for travel agents? services has grown by 5.8% to
reach a value of Euro 21.7 billion in 2004.
Source: Euromonitor
http://www.euromonitor.com/reportsummary.aspx?folder=Travel_agents_services_in_Germany&industryfolder=Travel_and_tourism

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Syndicat National des Agences de Voyage (SNAV)
1,393 members
80% of the French market.
Source: SNAV
http://www.snav.org/sfrpu_presentation.php

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Algemene Nederlandse Vereninging Van Reisbureaus (ANVR) 
Association of Dutch Travel Agents.
650 members.
Source: ANVR.
http://www.anvr.nl/anvr/

ANVR agents account for 77% of the market.
Of the Dutch travel agents 1,680 belong to the ANVR and 500 are Rabobank outlets.
Source: Leisure Market Profile. The Netherlands.
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:f43K0wuDUIIJ:www.tourismtrade.org.uk/Images/Netherlands%2520September%25202004%2520-%2520Market%2520Profile_tcm12-11799.doc+anvr+%22travel+agents+in%22&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=8

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European Tour Operators Association
400 members
http://www.etoa.org/

ETOA members represent about Euro 6 billion of incoming business to
Europe and hold about 60% of the share of the market.
http://www.etoa.org/statistics.htm


This site lists other European Travel Agents? and Tour Operators? Associations.
Source: ebusiness-watch.
http://www.ebusiness-watch.org/network/links_tourism.htm


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United States

American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
20,000 members
22% market share
Source: ASTA
http://www.astanet.com/

Member demographics
http://www.astanet.com/about/agencyprofile.asp

ASTA travel agents manage $120 billion per year.
http://www.astanet.com/news/article_120billion.asp

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NTA
4,000 members
http://www.ntaonline.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=15&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=817&change_well_id=2

The NTA has an economic impact of $129 billion.
23% market share.
http://www.ntaonline.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=24&url_article_id=361&change_well_id=2

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National Business Travel Association
2,500 members
Expenditures - $170 billion
31% market share.
http://www.nbta.org/About/

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TIA
2000 members
Estimated 6% share based on average of other figures.
http://www.tia.org/join/index.html
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United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA)
750 members
Members sales volume - $8 billion
1.44% market share.
http://www.ustoa.com/fastfacts.cfm

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The US domestic travel market is worth $555 billion. Source: NTA
http://www.ntaonline.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=24&url_article_id=713&change_well_id=2>


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