The head of members of the Association of British Tour Agents (ABTA), Danny Waine, is expected to leave the association after four years at the end of the year, with the search for his successor underway. Mr Waine joined ABTA in October 2020, at a difficult time for the travel sector, from Hotelplan Group, where […]
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Extra tourist boost and at the same time economic in terms of working in Spain even when Mallorca is considered the first travel trend internationally. 13 % of bookings are from British travellers this year. Hotel bookings have increased by 8.3% in the Balearics in the last week and are 19.5% above last year’s figures […]
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Around two million British holidaymakers travelled abroad for Easter between 29 March and 1 April, with Good Friday and Easter Sunday being the busiest days for travel, according to estimates from the Association of British Travel Agents – ABTA. ABTA members reported strong demand for holidays abroad, with the Canary Islands, mainland Spain, Portugal, Cyprus […]
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–Latest economic research reveals outbound travel’s contribution to the UK economy and potential for growth ABTA has released headline findings from its latest research on the economic contribution made to the UK by outbound travel, with the full findings due to be published next month in a joint report with UKinbound. According to the analysis, […]
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A replacement for ABTA’s Single Payment Scheme (SPS), developed by technology company Travel Ledger, is to launch late summer 2021 to ABTA Members. The scheme is ABTA’s direct debit system for allowing fast online payments between travel agents and tour operators. Transactions are consolidated by the payment scheme, so that each week only a single […]
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The Travel Association (ABTA) says the travel industry has had no opportunity to recover since the start of the pandemic, as new figures1 reveal that despite the opening of travel corridors – 9 in 10 (91%) holidays in July and August were changed or cancelled due to restrictions. The lack of an opportunity to recover means […]
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ABTA is unveiling a new, dedicated, customer-focused webpage titled ‘Restarting travel – a guide for customers’ which is designed to take travellers through extra steps to consider as their holiday experience is likely to be different. Available at abta.com/restartingtravel, the advice includes how to plan for their trip abroad, what to expect from their package holiday […]
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ABTA has published a Post Pandemic Recovery guide to assist destinations and the travel industry in the complex transition to restarting travel. The current pandemic has had a catastrophic impact globally and the travel and tourism industry has suffered on an unprecedented scale, and the guide, titled ‘Post Pandemic Recovery: A guide to assist destinations and […]
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ABTA has asked the Government to bring forward a coordinated plan for restarting international travel, enabling businesses and consumers to plan ahead. In a letter to the Home Secretary, Tanzer has reiterated the serious impact quarantining restrictions will have on customer demand for holidays and business trips, and highlighted the serious knock-on impacts the measures will […]
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In a new statement ABTA is taking position about the hot topics of Air bridges, quarantine and indefinite travel restrictions that are monopolizing the stage of the tourism & travel business in Britain. The statement of the CEO of ABTA, Mark Tanzer, goes as follows: There has been more talk this week on how to open […]
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