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			<title><![CDATA[The 5th Annual Travel Brit Awards 2012]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA’s UK Tourism and Leisure Committee is delighted to announce the venue for the fifth annual Travel Brit Awards, the only award ceremony exclusively celebrating travel agents selling domestic products.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA comments on Government's £4m funding of domestic tourism campaign ]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA welcomes CAA indications for staged implementation of ATOL Reform]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Reveals Brits’ Summer Holiday Plans During the Olympics]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[2.5 million planning to take time off to go to events]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Welcomes Taskforce Recommendations to Cut Red Tape]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Step In the Right Direction for ATOL Reform]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA welcomes 11 new Members in November and December]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA welcomed 11 new Members into the Association in November and December 2011.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Publishes 2012 Travel Trends Report]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA – The Travel Association, today released its Travel Trends Report 2012, developed in association with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Christmas TV Inspires Wanderlust]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Many holidaymakers’ choices will be inspired by the films and TV programmes they watch over the festive period.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Reveals Numbers for the Great Festive Getaway]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Submits Response to CAA Information Paper on ATOL Reform]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA has submitted its written response to the CAA’s Information Paper on the Government’s ATOL reform proposals.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Get Fit for Ski]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[With over a million Brits planning a Winter Sports holiday this season, ABTA is launching a new campaign to encourage travellers to ‘Get Fit for Ski’.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Disappointed by Government’s Failure to Reform APD]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Government today revealed that it will not make any structural changes to Air Passenger Duty (APD) following a lengthy consultation process.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[10% Air Passenger Duty Rise will Damage UK Jobs and Growth]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Ignoring calls from industry and MPs, the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement confirms that the Government’s flight tax (APD) will rise by an eye-watering 10% in April 2012.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Department for Transport Allows Scope for Inclusion of ATOL Reform in Draft Civil Aviation Bill]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA today welcomes an announcement by the Department for Transport that it may extend the scope of its Draft Civil Aviation Bill.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Public Says Enough is Enough to Sky High Aviation Taxes]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[“7 out of 10 consumers think that Air Passenger Duty is too high”]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ABTA Issues Update for Members on DfT’s ATOL Reform Proposals]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA today published updated guidelines and FAQs for Members on the Government’s proposed reform of the ATOL scheme of financial protection.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transport Secretary Meets with Senior ABTA Members in Park Street]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[“Greening discusses ATOL and Airport Infrastructure and APD”]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Travel Industry Unites to Provide Guide on Improving Safety and Security for Travel Agents]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABTA and eleven other organisations including the Metropolitan Police, have pooled their expertise to create a comprehensive guide to improving safety and security in the workplace for travel agents.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[‘A Fair Tax on Flying’ wins at ‘Public Affairs News’ Awards]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The ‘A Fair Tax on Flying’ campaign won ‘Private Sector Campaign of the Year’ at the ‘Public Affairs News’ Awards annual ceremony held in London last night.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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