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A new tourism minister was appointed this week. Picture: Marcin Nowak/Unsplash
'MPs can’t tell operator from agent - it's basic stuff'
"We are hounding all parts of government on the PTRs… but it’s not easy when MPs don’t understand our industry"
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Aito blasts govt for 'inexcusable' confusion over refund advice
’Our staff have been shouted at by anxious consumers and our members left hanging out to dry by the inaction of government on this front’
Aito has praised Abta and other industry bodies for their lobbying efforts
Aito: ‘Govt seems content to let us shrivel and die’
Association praises Abta and other industry bodies for efforts to highlight to Westminster the magnitude of the refund crisis in travel
The government has announced measures to help SMEs (Credit: James Newcombe/Unsplash)
Travel sector blasts transport sec's 'flippant' holiday quip
Aito urges Grant Shapps to retract his remark, apologise and provide travel businesses ‘some long-overdue practical assistance’
The measures were outlined in chancellor Rishi Sunak's March budget
Aito and UKHospitality urge government to back businesses
Package travel regulations ’no longer fit for purpose’ amid coronavirus outbreak says Aito, while UKHospitality says curbs on gatherings could be ’catastrophic’ for businesses
A panel at the Aito 2020 AGM
Travel must overhaul offering amid climate crisis, Aito hears
The latest data suggests travel contributes 8% to global carbon emissions, up from 2%
Signatories must produce a Climate Emergency Plan within 12 months. Picture: Li-An Lim
Derek Moore: 'Travel, if correctly delivered, can be a force for good'
Aito chairman reflects on the launch of the association’s climate think tank: ’We cannot claim to have all the answers, but we do wish to be part of the solution’
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Aito travel insights: Specialists well placed to profit from baby boomer spend
Clients of specialist tour operators are the ones with the time, money and motivation to travel, a survey of Aito members’ clients has concluded
Derek Moore at Aito in Jordan
Coronavirus: Bookings 'slow' as virus commands news agenda
Industry must play ’waiting game’ says Aito chairman Derek Moore
The consensus in travel is that a no-deal Brexit would have dire consequences for the industry
Travel industry sets out demands ahead of election
Travel’s leading organisations have laid down their priorities ahead of the 12 December election
Aito is setting up a climate crisis think tank
Aito to set up climate change 'think tank'
’We need to be able to justify ourselves to those who doubt us,’ said chairman Derek Moore
Derek Moore at Aito in Jordan
Hays Travel expansion ‘presents big opportunity’ for Aito specialists
Acquisition of the former Thomas Cook retail network presents a chance for Aito operators to bring their product to the high street
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Travel sector ‘must not lose focus on over-50s market’
While millennials and Gen Z have now become the travellers and clients of today, wealth remains concentrated in the hands of their parents’ generations
L-R: Matt Purser, Noel Josephides, Stephen Mason and John de Vial
Governments could start restricting flying ‘within two years’
Aito conference panel debates clash of climate science, public opinion, government action and airlines ‘burying their heads in the sand’
Cable also addressed the Aito conference in 2016
Vince Cable: Brexit effect ‘more slow puncture than blowout’
Former Lib Dem leader warns currency slide could hit travel sector immediately after the UK leaves the EU
Adventure specialist Exodus Travels joins Aito
Adventure specialist Exodus Travels joins Aito
Membership will allow Exodus to ’engage in meaningful discussions with other specialist travel providers’
Abta says the new government must provide the travel sector certainty
Derek Moore: ‘In times of need, travel shows its heart’
’There are a lot of downsides to this world of ours, but there’s goodness at the heart of our industry’
Maidman’s most recent role was at Belmond
Aito appoints first trade partnerships manager
Marietta Maidman has worked at Belmond, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines and P&O and Cunard
The winner
Derek Moore: Rivals can work together for the greater good
Recent events in Sri Lanka provided a perfect example of the benefits of self-help under Aito’s banner
Derek Moore at Aito in Jordan
Aito: 'Super Break should have communicated gap in protection'
Association says it was up to Super Break to have told agents and consumers it had opted not to protect accommodation-only bookings
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Brexit risks livelihoods of thousands across travel sector – Aito
Association has urged new prime minister Boris Johnson not to take the ’nuclear option’ and rule out a no-deal exit
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Giza attack 'no doubt a setback for Egypt' says Aito boss
Chairman Derek Moore confident Egyptian authorities ‘doing everything they can’ to minimise risk of repeat incidents
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Former Abta president and Aito chairman Colin Trigger dies aged 83
Trigger founded Scandinavia specialist tour operator Scantours and went on to hold several high-ranking roles throughout the travel sector
Ginny Russell Opinion
From Atol to PTRs, Aito aims to shake things up
Though Cedarberg Africa has been an Aito operator since 1997, I only volunteered to join the Aito council in 2012