Media Zone

For all media enquiries, please contact the Press Office on 020 3117 0513, during normal office hours.

We operate an out-of-hours service for the media and ABTA Members, which can be used in the event of a major crisis or emergency. Please call 07659 190 987 and leave a message with our pager service for the on-call press officer.

Member-only news releases can be found in the News section of the Members' area.

News Releases

• ABTA comments on Government's £4m funding of domestic tourism campaign
  03 February 2012
   
• ABTA welcomes CAA indications for staged implementation of ATOL Reform
  31 January 2012
  ABTA welcomes indications made by the CAA during today’s Select Committee hearing on ATOL that a staged implementation of the reform may be considered.
• ABTA Reveals Brits’ Summer Holiday Plans During the Olympics
  27 January 2012
  2.5 million planning to take time off to go to events
• ABTA Welcomes Taskforce Recommendations to Cut Red Tape
  25 January 2012
  ABTA welcomes the Tourism Regulation Taskforce’s report “Smart Regulation and Economic Growth – Seizing the Tourism Opportunity” released yesterday, which has endorsed all of the proposals put forward by ABTA recommending the scrapping of unnecessary bureaucracy impacting UK travel businesses.
• Step In the Right Direction for ATOL Reform
  19 January 2012
  Civil Aviation Bill includes clause to widen Secretary of State's powers to include holidays sold by airlines in the ATOL scheme of financial protection.
• ABTA welcomes 11 new Members in November and December
  05 January 2012
  ABTA welcomed 11 new Members into the Association in November and December 2011.
• ABTA Publishes 2012 Travel Trends Report
  27 December 2011
  ABTA – The Travel Association, today released its Travel Trends Report 2012, developed in association with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Christmas TV Inspires Wanderlust
  20 December 2011
  Many holidaymakers’ choices will be inspired by the films and TV programmes they watch over the festive period.
• ABTA Reveals Numbers for the Great Festive Getaway
  14 December 2011
  ABTA - The Travel Association estimates that 4.25 million Britons will be heading overseas this Christmas and New Year period [16 December – 3 January], compared to just under 4 million twelve months ago.
• ABTA Submits Response to CAA Information Paper on ATOL Reform
  13 December 2011
  ABTA has submitted its written response to the CAA’s Information Paper on the Government’s ATOL reform proposals.