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Abta: ‘Give travel the right tax and policy framework to prosper’
Writing for TTG, Abta’s director of public affairs Luke Petherbridge looks ahead to next month’s Budget
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Havila Voyages confirms Abta membership
To help agents sell the line, a new 32-page brochure has been produced giving detailed information about the ships, route and excursions
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Agents reaping benefits of consumers’ search for value and reassurance – Abta
Abta research reveals holidaymakers now more than a third more likely to book with agents than they were pre-pandemic, with nearly half seeking the security that comes with booking a package holiday
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Will travel ever find its forever home?
Advantage Travel Partnership and Aito call on prime minister to use reshuffle to bring outbound travel under the sole control of the Department for Transport
Tanzer: 'More work needed to resolve Brexit issues'
Tanzer: 'More work needed to resolve Brexit issues'
Tanzer raised particular concern around employee mobility and the EU entry and exit checks due to come into force later this year
Angus Drummond founded the operator in 2015 to help those in the disabled community “travel without limitations”
Accessibility specialist Limitless Travel joins Abta amid expansion plans
Angus Drummond founded the operator in 2015 to help those in the disabled community “travel without limitations”
Alistair Rowland, Abta chair
Abta to increase member engagement with new activity programme
The new scheme has been developed in collaboration with Abta’s Council of Regions
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Abta predicts ‘bumper’ Sunshine Saturday for agents and operators
The first Saturday after the Christmas and New Year break, Sunshine Saturday is claimed to be the busiest day of the year for holiday bookings
Tanzer: 'We have been in touch directly with the government to share our dismay with ministerial comments this week'
Abta members ‘deserve great credit for delivering summer 2022’ – Tanzer
Abta chief reflects on 2022, and looks ahead to 2023, in candid turn of year blog post
Tanzer: 'We have been in touch directly with the government to share our dismay with ministerial comments this week'
Tanzer: Travel must be ready for ‘new challenges’ in 2023
Abta chief Mark Tanzer joined TTG for a wide-ranging turn-of-year chat as the industry bid farewell to an encouraging 2022 and set its sights on further renewal in 2023
Watch: Abta members’ customers star in peaks social media campaign
Watch: Abta members’ customers star in peaks social media campaign
The campaign was designed to promote and support members during the busy booking period
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Five million Brits to travel abroad over Christmas, Abta predicts
Friday 23 December is set to be the busiest day for departures and Christmas Day the quietest
A House of Lords committee has been listening to Abta
Abta spells out full extent of Brexit impact on travel industry
House of Lords committee told how Brexit has made it significantly more difficult to recruit and station staff overseas
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Abta warns Lords of 'dramatic' increase in passport queues to come
House of Lords committee told Brexit requirements will lead to big increase in passport queues
Abta is advising ski clients to ensure they take "appropriate" travel insurance for their trips
Abta expects 1.7 million Brits to hit the ski slopes this winter
Association’s members are seeing “very strong demand” for ski holidays
Abta launches bespoke foreign exchange service for customers
Abta launches bespoke foreign exchange service for customers
Abta’s new Forex service, ABTA Travel Money, will offer customers a range of more than 60 currencies
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Divide between small and large Atol holders growing
Larger firms’ efforts to bring peaks booking curve forward likely, though, to create ’halo effect’ for smaller businesses
Charlotte Vere is the new aviation and local transport minister
Aviation minister: ‘There’s no clear answer on Atol’
The aviation minister has urged the travel industry to get in touch, not just about the issues they would like changed, but also the positive elements of travel, “otherwise I might get rid of those things”, she warned.
Tanzer: 'More work needed to resolve Brexit issues'
Don't derail travel recovery, Tanzer urges government
Abta boss warns travel is ’not out of the woods’ and faces 2023 challenges
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Travel firms urged to lobby politicians during Small Business Saturday
Abta is encouraging smaller companies to show politicians how much the industry contributes to local communities
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Attraction Tickets ponders Abta membership fee legal challenge
Ticketing firm, which operates trade brand DoSomethingDifferent, has resigned its Abta membership
Vivid Travel's owner has paid clients with his own cash
‘Why more difficult decisions are likely after the Autumn Statement’
‘The real detail of the statement is not what’s said by the chancellor at the despatch box, but published by HM Treasury afterwards’
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Pandemic leaves people reluctant to cut back on spend in cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis is undoubtedly impacting consumer spend – but many people are refusing to cut back in certain areas due to their experiences in the pandemic.
Bell said the government "needs to step in now" to protect "viable businesses and jobs across the sector"
Consumers ‘seeking escapism’ in 2023, claims Abta trends report
Abta’s new Travel in 2023 report says consumers are seeking “much-needed escapism” from life’s current challenges