ABTA and 11 other travel associations join forces A number of the travel industry's biggest associations have joined forces to pressure the chancellor to produce a tailored package of support for the sector in next…
ABTA launches second part of Travel with Confidence…
Social media videos will feature ABTA Members The second stage of ABTA's turn-of-year campaign has launched today, featuring ABTA Members' videos on social media. The campaign, entitled Travel with Confidence, features retail travel agents, homeworkers…
New Travel with Confidence campaign
ABTA ranked as the most trusted travel organisation ABTA will put travel agents' expertise at the centre of its Travel with Confidence advertising campaign, which launches with radio adverts streaming on digital platforms from today.…
Travel ‘worst affected’, says ONS
Figures between February and October show industry suffered 90% drop Travel agents and tour operators have been hit worst by the pandemic than any other service sector, according to figures published by the ONS. However,…
ABTA ask for local grants for travel firms
Association creates templates for members to contact local councillor ABTA has written to local authorities and devolved nations to ask that travel businesses are included in local grant schemes. The letters have been sent to…
ABTA appoints new director of communications
Graeme Buck to replace Victoria Bacon ABTA has appointed Graeme Buck as its new director of communications. Buck, who will join the team on Monday 2, November, was previously head of communications at Waitrose and…
Quarantine shatters confidence
The government must bring in specific measures of support for the travel industry, ABTA has said. ABTA is urging the government to move to regionalised quarantine and introduce testing to restore confidence in travel, as new…
Meet the ABTA team: Den Ashby
Each issue we speak to an ABTA employee about their work. This time: Den Ashby, member engagement manager I joined ABTA as a fresh-faced 25-year-old in 1988, when I was employed to set up a…
Ask the ABTA expert: Greece advice
Have a burning question you can’t find the answer to? Be it travel trends, a regulatory riddle or destination dilemmas, send us your query for an expert response Q: I have a number of customers…