Abta

Travel bodies unite to lobby government for support

Efforts to focus on making sector-specific support for travel a focus of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s autumn budget

Abta: 'As long as quarantine remains, travel will suffer'

Leading travel associations react to government’s latest travel corridor announcements

Abta warns pandemic threatens more than 90,000 travel jobs

Association says member survey shows nearly 20% of roles in outbound travel already lost or placed at risk

Join the TTG Debate: Can we still trust the FCO on travel advice?

This free-to-attend panel discussion marks the latest in TTG’s events programme, and follows on from the successful TTG seminar series, which will be returning on September 10.

Tributes paid to 'true travel industry character' Angelo Carraro

Former Carefree Travel chief and Abta ’stalwart’ passes away aged 76

Abta: Urgent plan needed to save 220,000 travel jobs

Association says government’s latest travel corridor decision of France, Malta and the Netherlands ’will result in livelihoods being lost’

FCO changes: Abta says clients should be offered full refund

Abta board votes to crack down on members who don’t refund

Abta must act on growing chargeback issue, says agent

Chargeback problem will get worse as the summer goes on, industry warned

Abta Travel Convention to return as one-day October event

WTTC’s Gloria Guevara and dnata Travel Europe’s John Bevan among confirmed keynote speakers

Abta LifeLine to help travel pros transition into other sectors

New partnership with People 1st International will help those whose careers in travel have been hit by Covid redeploy their skills

Abta to run webinar ahead of September licensing renewals

Atol and Abta licensing webinar to take place in run-up to tense renewals period

Abta: 'Travel's recovery will be longer than most'

it is very welcome that TTG has launched its #SaveTravel campaign to raise awareness and campaign for help. Abta is very glad to lend our full support.

Abta backs global effort to tackle plastic pollution

Association signs up to Global Tourism Plastics Initiative

Abta urged to crack down on late credit note refunds

Operators need to be brought into line over RCNs, says agent

Abta re-enters insurance market offering Covid-19 cover

Policies designed to help members as they try to recover from the pandemic

Chancellor's summer statement 'a missed opportunity' – Abta

Association welcomes boost for domestic tourism, but accuses government of failing to back UK’s outbound tourism sector

Abta: 'Industry can now start meeting pent-up demand'

Easing of quarantine measures and FCO advice ’will be greeted with huge relief by the travel industry’ says association

Brits set to be able to take European summer breaks from 6 July

A traffic light system will see countries awarded green, amber or red status, based on the prevalence of coronavirus

Abta: 'Travel remains in a perilous state'

Association welcomes UK government efforts to ease lockdown, but warns ’process of sending people on holiday not like turning on a tap’

Josephides: 'We'll all be much smaller companies after Covid'

Ex-Abta chair assesses how operators will adapt to the new landscape facing travel

Abta: 'Restarting travel one step at a time'

"It’s critical government adopts a strategic, cross-departmental approach to recovery planning"

Abta demands government roadmap to restart overseas travel

There are many livelihoods at stake, and bookings will only start to pick-up in earnest when people and businesses have a better idea as to what the Government’s plan is’ says CEO Mark Tanzer

CMA 'much less concerned about delayed refunds'

Abta’s financial protection chief says refunds probe more concerned with sectors denying refunds altogether

'Abta has fought for us and its critics have been unfair'

"Our industry has done a very good job in the face of a very poor performance from government."