'WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

GENERAL A/17/19(11) ASSEMBLY Madrid, October 2007 Original: Spanish

Seventeenth session Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 23 - 29 November 2007 Provisional agenda item 19

NEW MEMBERSHIP

II. Affiliate Members

Note by the Secretary-General

In this document the Secretary-General, in accordance with Article 7 of the Statutes, submits the applications for affiliate membership. He reports to the General Assembly on the changes in membership of the Organization since its sixteenth session, as well as on the notification of withdrawals. A/17/19(1I) 2

NEW MEMBERSHIP

11.Affiliate Members

1. The purpose of this document is to inform the General Assembly of changes in the Organization's membership since its sixteenth session and also of applications for Affiliate membership, which the Assembly is required to examine in accordance with Article 7 of the Statutes and rules 49 and 50 of its Rules of Procedure.

AFFILIATE MEMBERS

a) Applications for affiliate membership

2. In accordance with the Executive Council decisions at its 78th session (Quito, Ecuador, 27-28 June 2006) (CE/DEC/18 (LXXVIII», its 79th session (Algiers, Algeria, 20-21 November 2006) (CE/DEC/16(LXXIX)) and its 80' (Hammamet, Tunisia, 12-13 June 2007 (CE/DEC/24(LXXX), the Executive Council provisionally admitted to affiliate membership the following bodies, subject to subsequent approval by the General Assembly:

International organizations - Article 7(3) of the Statutes Commercial bodies or associations - Article 7(4) of the Statutes

1. AMADEUS IT GROUP SA () 2. AMBROSETTI S.pA () 3. AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (Jordan) 4. ARAB TOURISM ORGANIZATION (Saudi Arabia) 5. ASOCIACION CATALANA DE AGENCIAS DE VIAJES (ACAV) (Spain) 6. ASOCIACION DE HOTELES DE TURISMO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA (AHT) (Argentina) 7. AUTHENTREX SA (visithuelva.com) (Spain) 8. AVIEMORE AND THE CAIRNGORMS DESTINATION MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION (United Kingdom) 9. BROCK UNIVERSITY (Canada) 10. BUSINESS ARCHITECTS CONSULTANCY SA (Greece) 11. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (United States of America) 12. CAMARA DE PERIODISTAS Y COMUNICADORES DE TURISMO (Spain) 13. CAMARA OFICIAL DE COMERCIO, INDUSTRIA Y NAVEGACION DE LA PROVINCIA DE MALAGA (Spain) 14. CAPGEMINI SPAIN, S. L. (Spain) 15. CHARISMA PUBLIC RELATIONS (United Kingdom) 16. CONFEDERACION NACIONAL TURisTICA, A.C. (Mexico) 17. CONSORCI ESCOLA D'HOTELERIA DE LES ILLES BALEARS (Spain) 18. DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, LEISURE, HOTEL AND SPORT MANAGEMENT GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY (Australia) 19. ELITE TRAVELER (United States of America) 20. ENCIRCA, INC. (United States of America) 21. ENTE BILATERALE NAZIONALE TURISMO (Italy) 22. EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANISERS (EFAPCO) (Spain) 23. FUNDACION EMPRESARIAL COMUNIDAD EUROPEA (EUROCHILE) (Chile) 24. FUNDACION IBIT, ISLAS BALEARES PARA LA INNOVACION TECNOLOGICA (Spain) 25. FUNDACION MUNICIPAL "TURISMO PARA CUENCA" (Ecuador) 26. FUNDACION TURISMO VALENCIA (Spain) 3 A/17/19(1I)

27. GIT CONSULTORS S.L. (Spain) 28. HOHOE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY (HDA) (Ghana) 29. INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM (Croatia) 30. INSTITUTO DISTRITAL DE TURISMO (Colombia) 31. INSTITUTO MUNICIPAL DE TURISMO (IMTUR) DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE PALMA DE MALLORCA (Spain) 32. INSTITUTO PARA LA CALI DAD TURisTICA ESPANOLA -ICTE (Spain) 33. MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION - META (France) 34. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (United States of America) 35. NON-COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM INTEGRATION "THE WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS" (Russian Federation) 36. ROTEIROS DE CHAR ME HOTEL ASSOCIATION (Brazil) 37. SEBRAE - SERVIQO BRASILEIRO DE APOIO As MICRO E PEQUENAS EMPRESAS 38. SECRETARIA DE TURISMO DE FORTALEZA (Brazil) 39. THE INTERNATIONAL ECOTOURISM SOCIETY (TIES) (United States of America) 40. THE SUN CHANNEL TOURISM TELEVISION C.A. () 41. TOURISM TRADEMARK (Spain) 42. TURISMO Y COMUNICACION DE SALAMANCA, S.A.U. (Spain) 43. UNION HOTELERA DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS (Spain) 44. UNIVERSIDAD PEDRO DE (Chile) 45. WEST AFRICA TOURISM UNION (WATU) (Ghana)

b) Withdrawals

3. Since the sixteenth session of the General Assembly, the following bodies have ceased to be Affiliate Members or have announced that they will be withdrawing from affiliate membership in accordance with Article 35(5) of the Organization's Statutes (one year advance notice):

2006: COMITE REGIONAL DU TOURISME D'ILE-DE-FRANCE (16/12/2006) DELUXE VISION, S.L. (22/12/2006) HTL CONSULTING (18/01/2006) INSTITUT DE MANAGEMENT HOTELIER INTERNATIONAL (IMHI) (20/09/2006) O.J.S.C. HOTEL DNIPRO (19/01/2006)

2007: ALLSTATES TRAVEL AND TOURS LIMITED (20/11/2007) CAIRO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE - CICC (09/10/2007) CONSEJO NACIONAL EMPRESARIAL TURisTICO (CNET) (30/10/2007) FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS (FIYTO) (03/01/2007) FEDERAZIONE ALBERGATORI ISOLE MINORI D'EUROPA (FAI.M.E.) - EUROPEAN SMALL ISLANDS HOTEL FEDERATION (21/12/2007) MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL (02/01/2007) NAHAS TRAVEL AND TOURISM (13/02/2007) SWISS HOTEL ASSOCIATION - HOTEL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL "LES ROCHES" (08/11/2007) THED INTERNATIONAL (02/01/2007) A/17/19(11) 4

c) Affiliate Members with more than four years accumulated debts (Article 34)

4. In accordance with the Secretary-General's decision, Affiliate Members subject to the provisions of Article 34 of the Statutes are granted a period of six months to regularize their situation with the Organization or to establish a payment plan aimed at settling their arrears, before their membership is cancelled.

5. Therefore, Affiliate Members that have not settled their situation within such period are considered to be former members with contributions owing, effective on the corresponding dates. These Members are as follows:

AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION (03/07/2007) AMIN TOUR AND TRAVEL (03/07/2007) ARTHUR ANDERSEN (03/07/2007) ASOCIACION ECUATORIANA DE AGENCIAS DE VIAJES (ASECUT) (06/04/2006) ASOCIACION MEXICANA DE AGENCIAS DE VIAJES, A.C. - AMAV (03/07/2007) CENCAP - ESCUELA INTERNACIONAL DE HOTELERfA Y TURISMO (03/07/2006) COMMITTEE FOR TOURISM & DEVELOPMENT OF RESORTS OF ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNMENT (03/07/2006) DCDM CONSULTING (03/07/2006) EAST NEW BRITAIN TOURIST BUREAU (03/07/2006) FEDERATION NATIONALE DE L'INDUSTRIE HOTELIERE (FNIH) (03/07/2007) GABON-CONTACTS (03/07/2006) INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL LTD. (03/07/2007) IRAQI AIRWAYS (03/07/2007) KERALA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. (KTDC) (03/07/2006) MABOQUE. GESTAO DE EMPREENDIMENTOS (03/07/2007) MASYARAKAT PARIWISATA INDONESIA (MPI) - Indonesia Tourism Council (ITC) (03/07/2006) ORGANISATION DU TOURISME EURO-MEDITERRANEEN (OTEM) (03/07/2006) RENT SAFE INTERNATIONAL (03/07/2007) ROYAL AIR MAROC (03/07/2006) ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISES (03/07/2006) SGS GROUP MANAGEMENT LTD. (03/07/2007) TRAVEL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE - FINLAND LTD. - CENTRE FOR TOURISM STUDIES (03/07/2007) UNIVERSITY OF - INTERNATIONAL TOURISM PROGRAM (03/07/2007) UNIVERSITY OF VESZPREM (03/07/2006) WINZRIK TOURISM SERVICES CO. (03/07/2006)

d) Merger

2007 :

6. Our Affiliate Members INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL CONFEDERATION (ISTC) and FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS (FIYTO) have merged. Therefore, only the WORLD YOUTH STUDENT & EDUCATIONAL (WYSE) TRAVEL CONFEDERATION appears as an Affiliate Member. 5 N17/19(11)

e) Change of registered business name

7. The General Assembly is informed that the companies indicated below have modified their registered business name:

Former name Present name

CENDANT VACATION NETWORK GROUP NORTHCOURSE/RCIGLOBAL (CVNG) VACATION NETWORK (RCI GVN)

KOREA NATIONAL TOURISM KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION

NORTHCOURSE/RCIGLOBAL RCI GLOBAL VACATION NETWORK (RCI VACATION NETWORK (RCI GVN) GVN) ROUTES THE ROUTE DEVELOPMENT GROUP

SCHOOLS OF TOURISM EDUCATION ORGANISATION OF TOURISM EDUCATION AND TRAINING (OTEK)

TOURISM HOTEL SECURITY TOURISM HOTEL SECURITY WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE / POL YMEDIA MEICHTRY SA

Former name Present name

EUROPEAN CITIES TOURISM EUROPEAN CITIES MARKETING

INSTITUTO DISTRITAL DE CULTURA Y INSTITUTO DISTRITAL DE TURISMO TURISMO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL WORLD YOUTH STUDENT & CONFEDERATION (ISTC) Y FEDERATION EDUCATIONAL (WYSE) TRAVEL OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL CONFEDERATION ORGANIZATIONS (FIYTO)

PATRONATO MUNICIPAL DE TURISMO PATRONATO DE TURISMO DE MADRID DE MADRID RCI GLOBAL VACATION NETWORK (RCI GROUP RCI GVN)

f) Present number of Affiliate Members

8. Taking into account, on the one hand, the applicants for affiliate membership provisionally admitted by the Council, the withdrawals mentioned above, the number of th Affiliate Members as of the date of the 81sl session of the Executive Council prior to the 17 session of the General Assembly is estimated to be 335, without including the candidates to be submitted to the 81sl session of the Executive Council.

9. A list of Affiliate Members will be distributed during the General Assembly. ,