LOBBYING & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
ABTA is a non-party political organisation which represents the interests of its Members to government and key opinion formers. In the UK these include government ministers, constituency MPs, Select Committee members, senior civil servants, and members of the political opposition parties both in Westminster and in the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Europe we have close ties with members of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and staff within the Director Generals’ Secretariats.
As well as working to make sure that governments are sensitive to the needs of the travel industry, we work with other leading travel industry organisations and maintain strong links with representatives of the main travel destinations and with other travel principals and suppliers. Many of these belong to our Travel Industry Partner scheme.
ABTA’s policies and views are actively promoted to international, national, regional and trade media. See our Media Zone for recent releases.
Current Issues
Issues that are currently under discussion by ABTA are listed below, in alphabetical order. Click on the link for more information.
If you’re an ABTA Member and there are any issues you’d like us to lobby on, please contact us (choose I have a comment/question about a lobbying/industry issue from the dropdown menu).
