About Us

The Austrian Tourist Office, Inc. (ATO) is the official tourism marketing organization for the country of Austria. As such, we are your partners in promoting travel to Austria to your clients.

Our North America operation is headquartered in New York City, with field offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. Our organization takes an active role within the travel industry and is a member of several leading travel-industry organizations, such as:

• European Travel Commission (ETC)
• The Alps -,Alpine Tourist Commission (ATC)
• United States Tour Operator Association (USTOA)
• American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
• Crossphere – formerly National Tour Association (NTA)
• International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)
• Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
• Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE)
• Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)

In addition, we maintain active marketing relationships with travel industry groups, such as Virtuoso, Vacation.com and others.

Part of the ATO is our Travel Information Center, which is happy to assist you with any travel-related issues.

AUSTRIA TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTER
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm (EST)
P.O. Box 1142
New York, NY 10108-1142
Phone 212-944-6880
Fax 212-730-4568
E-mail travel@austria.info
Consumer Web site: http://www.austria.info/us
Travel Trade Web site: http://www.austria-tourism.biz/us

The Role and Mission of the Austrian Tourism Office
As the worldwide marketing arm of the Austrian tourism industry, we work through a variety of channels on several different levels to promote our charming destination. Our most important roles include:

• Extensive public-relations efforts
• Travel-industry education to increase destination knowledge among travel professionals
• Cooperative travel marketing with leading tour operators
• Interactive and online communications with both consumer and trade audiences.
• Convention, meeting and incentive marketing
• Consumer advertising and promotions

In short, our mission is to keep Austria in the minds of potential visitors and create a desire to include Austria in their travel plans.