Membership benefits
- Profile on the LATA website
- Events and networking
- Marketing and communications
- Media exposure
- LATA Safety Scheme
Our Vision
To responsibly promote Latin America as a leading tourist destination. The association is comprised of over 400 companies including tourism boards, airlines, hotels, tour operators, cruise operators, representation companies and the travel press.
Our Mission
- Create and represent an ever-growing community of travel businesses that are passionate about Latin America.
- Be a trusted, leading voice for travel and tourism to Latin America.
- Facilitate meaningful connections between our members and encourage a collaborative culture that benefits all.
- Promote travel that supports, preserves and positively impacts people and environments of Latin America.
- Inform members of travel trends and serve as a valuable resource for best practices and industry guidance.
- Celebrate the diversity of travel experiences throughout Latin America.
- Advocate a community that fosters a culture of inclusion, equity and diversity regardless of gender, age, ability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
How do we meet our objectives
- Create an effective trade hub through the LATA website for all its members.
- Provide effective promotion for all members.
- Communicate with members on a regular basis to ensure inclusion and promotion for all members.
- Produce high quality, industry leading, networking events with topical, useful and up-to-date content.
- Stimulate Latin American press coverage through regular events and by creating a two-way channel of communication between LATA Members and the UK Media.
- Comment on any issue affecting Latin America to the UK media.
- Lobby and be the main point of contact for any media enquiry for Latin America.
- Lobby the UK government and FCO on issues affecting LATA Members.
- The funding and running of a far reaching Safety Scheme monitoring hotels, transport companies and boats throughout Latin America.
- The promotion and dissemination of information regarding sustainable travel, marketing, general best business practices.
Our EPIIC Values
We are experts on travel and tourism to Latin America and provide reliable information and insights that empower our members and their travellers.
Our actions will consistently advocate responsible and sustainable tourism that benefits local communities, preserves the environment, and contributes to economic growth in Latin America.
We demonstrate honesty, transparency and ethical behaviour in all our actions and decisions, always holding ourselves accountable to our members.
We aim to inspire wonder and adventure by sharing the diverse beauty and culture of Latin America.
We promote cooperation among our members, open communication, and opportunities to work together to amplify our impact.
Membership benefits
- Profile on the LATA website
- Events and networking
- Marketing and communications
- Media exposure
- LATA Safety Scheme