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Travel's next big transformation, and nine other takeaways from the 2025 Abta Convention

Is cost or climate change driving shoulder season demand? What is social commerce? And will things actually get any better when Donald Trump completes his second term?

'We're all looking to grow': B Corps seek to dispel myth that being purpose-driven comes at the expense of profit

'It's shorthand for people to understand a business has a purpose and is the kind of business I want to buy from rather than just relying on a marketing message'

'Don't design the customer journey without first creating the colleague journey'

EasyJet holidays chief operating officer Matt Callaghan urges travel firms not to fall foul of errors in process that are costing the economy nearly $9 trillion

Madeira to host Abta Convention for the first time next year

Event will be held over 12-14 October at Funchal's Savoy Palace Hotel

Cost rather than climate change driving demand for shoulder season travel, Abta Convention told

Bosses of industry's two largest operators play down effect of climate change on demand for shoulder seasons

Rise of 'social commerce' set to transform how travel is sold over next decade

By 2033, social commerce – sales via social media channels – will be 10 times the size of Amazon today, Abta Convention delegates told

Abta: Travel agents driving people's 'confidence and keenness' to travel

Chief executive Mark Tanzer praises role of travel agents in driving up confidence among travellers, despite a slight drop in people using travel professionals to book

Eight takeaways from Abta’s Delivering Sustainable Travel Conference

Abta’s Delivering Sustainable Travel Conference on 15 May addressed overtourism, biodiversity loss and questions around collaboration and communication when it comes to sustainability in the industry

'More and more agents are concerned about sustainability in tourism'

Ahead of Abta’s Delivering Sustainable Travel Conference on 15 May, head of events Sulamith Waldmeier offers a flavour of what to expect on the day - from overtourism to the ’say-do’ debate

Booking with agents revealed as top confidence booster for travellers

Abta’s first Travel Confidence Index reveals how people who book with an agent or travel on a package holiday are the most confident travelling abroad

Faith in agents on the rise as travel emerges from the pandemic

Abta’s 2022 Holiday Habits report found 36% of people have so far booked with an agent this year, compared with 34% in 2019

Abta reveals dates for 2022 Travel Convention in Marrakech

Three-day event to take place from 10-12 October

The Abta Travel Convention: Day 3 highlights

Gold Medal and Travel 2 to demand client contact details post-Cook collapse

"The current Atol certificate is a waste of space"

Abta Travel Convention 2020 destination revealed

Next year’s conference will take place in Morocco, it was announced today

Travelopia to trim businesses from 50 to 10

The formerly Tui-owned company wants to develop its trade relationships across all brands

EasyJet Holidays to host agent days to develop trade partnerships

The operator wants to discuss how it can work effectively with travel consultants

Consortium threatens to end supplier relationships unless protection offering confirmed

Gary Lewis said Super Break’s failure to protect accommodation-only bookings had triggered alarm bells

All the highlights from the Abta Travel Convention

Japan’s prime minister, Hello Kitty and all the top stories from the first two days of the Abta Travel Convention

'Industry is slowing down as new Brexit date nears', says Abta CEO

Mark Tanzer told Abta delegates the UK needs to "find our way back to the middle ground"

Younger generations drive travel trade sales, Abta finds

‘There has been a noticeable boost in young holidaymakers choosing cruise’

Abta calls for ‘full consultation’ on Airline Insolvency Review findings

‘Change will come too late to help in the case of Thomas Cook’

Abta CEO: Thomas Cook's failure has been the vindication of package holidays

‘I’m confident the industry will expand to fill the space left by Thomas Cook’s demise’

Mind your language to help ensure marketing success

Brands should consider changing their language in marketing, even avoiding the word “luxury” as the market becomes more saturated and what people search for becomes more nuanced