ABTA Chairman Collects Three Awards in Three Weeks
Date published: 17 February 2010ABTA Chairman John McEwan was deeply honoured to receive three major awards on behalf of ABTA and its Members from the Spanish Tourist industry over the last three weeks. The awards from the Hotel Associations of Menorca, Benidorm and Costa Blanca and the Government of the Balearic Islands, were in recognition of ABTA Members’ fundamental role in developing and supporting UK tourism to Spain, both in recent and past years, as the Association celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2010.
John McEwan ABTA Chairman said: “I was touched and honoured to accept these awards on behalf of ABTA and its Members from our Spanish tourism partners, a country which has been at the heart of our Members’ business throughout ABTA’s history. We look forward to another successful and fruitful 60 years of working together”.
The awards were: the Gold Medal from HOSBEC the hotel association of Benidorm and Costa Blanca; the Annual Award for Service of Distinction to Tourism from ASHOME the hotel association of Menorca; a Special Award from the Government of the Balearic Islands presented by Tourism minister Joana Barcelo to celebrate ABTA’s 60th anniversary.
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Notes to editors
ABTA – The Travel Association was founded in 1950 and currently has 1,351 members with 5,700 outlets. Members include travel agents, tour operators and support services right across the spectrum from small family-owned businesses to the largest tour operators.
ABTA is the largest travel association in the UK and its members provide 90% of the foreign package holidays in the UK as well as selling millions of independent travel arrangements.
In 2008 ABTA merged with the Federation of Tour Operators [FTO], thereby cementing its role as the leading travel association and increasing benefits for both ABTA and FTO members. Both the ABTA brand which is highly recognised by consumers and the FTO brand which is well known in destinations will be retained.
As part of its comprehensive package of services to members, ABTA, as a non-party political organisation works to represent the interests of its Members to government and key opinion formers in the UK and EU.
