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Abta confirms taskforce involvement after meeting absence

Government
James Chapple
3 March 2021

Abta has reiterated its involvement with the government’s Global Travel Taskforce after missing the first meeting of the reconvened taskforce on Monday (1 March).

Grant Shapps was the UK's transport secretary during the Covid-19 pandemic (Credit: @GrantShapps / Twitter)

Shapps also chaired an ineffectual travel taskforce during Covid (Credit: @GrantShapps / Twitter)

The association was conspicuous by its absence from the meeting chaired by transport secretary Grant Shapps after the Department for Transport (DfT) provided the full list of 31 attendees to TTG.

The list included representatives from across the aviation, maritime and international rail sectors, as well as industry bodies such as VisitBritain, UKinbound and UKHospitality, but not Abta.