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News Articles

• ATP TO BECOME TRAVEL INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL STANDARD
  09 October 2008
  The ATP – Accredited Travel Professional - scheme, developed by ABTA, in association with ITT and People 1st, is the travel industry standard for continuous professional development.
• Tourism 2023, the Travel Industry´s Plan for Coping with the Future
  08 October 2008
  How will the travel industry deal with climate change? How can it ensure that it offers the right holidays to Britain´s ageing population? Will it cope with increasing energy prices and tackle the dramatic increases in the numbers of holidaymakers from China and India?
• The Travelife Sustainability System rolled out to ABTA Members
  08 October 2008
  An all-in-one solution to help manage the environmental and social issues facing travel businesses is being rolled out to all ABTA Members, ABTA announced today, Wednesday 8 October 2008.
• OVER 80 PER CENT OF HOLIDAYMAKERS TO HOLIDAY ABROAD AGAIN NEXT YEAR
  06 October 2008
  Foreign travel for 2009 is very much on the radar for the majority who holiday overseas, with 83 per cent - who have been on a recent overseas holiday are planning to take another one in the next 12 months.
• ABTA and IPP launch Supplier Failure Insurance to cover ABTA Principals
  06 October 2008
  ABTA and leading insurer International Passenger Protection have joined together to offer ABTA Principals a unique insurance product, which will insure them against losses that they incur when one of their suppliers fails.
• Companies rush to join ABTA after XL collapse
  06 October 2008
  ABTA saw enquiries to join the Association double following the failure of the XL holiday group.
• CONFUSION REIGNS OVER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
  06 October 2008
  Fifty-eight per cent of respondents to the ABTA Holiday Survey conducted by Ipsos MORI have said that they were not aware, didn’t know or couldn’t remember if financial protection was included or not in their last holiday they booked.
• ABTA Most Recognised with the Public
  06 October 2008
  An Ipsos MORI survey has found that ABTA is still the most recognised brand amongst UK travel industry associations.
• ABTA Launches Media Campaign
  06 October 2008
  “Book with Confidence” is the clear message of a nationwide media campaign which will kick off with adverts in The Telegraph Travel section from October 4th.
• ABTA CRITICAL OF TORY AVIATION PLANS
  06 October 2008
  ABTA has written to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers, suggesting Tory plans for Heathrow and the aviation industry are illogical, ill-conceived and totally unworkable.