ABTA confirms Gran Canaria will host the Travel Convention 2008
Date published: 31 January 2008The Maspalomas Conference Centre in Gran Canaria will be the venue for the 2008 Travel Convention, which will be held between Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 October 2008.
"The Maspalomas Conference Centre provides us with another stunning business setting which is perfect for the UK's premier travel event of the year," said Mark Tanzer, ABTA Chief Executive.
Chosen hotels are within walking distance or a five minute coach ride from the Convention Centre and 20 minutes from the airport and the Gran Canaria Tourist Board are providing 200 free hotel rooms for travel agent delegates.
Delegates can fly out to Gran Canaria on either 4, 5 or 6 October, and in addition to scheduled flights, special charters will be provided for returning delegates on 9 October.
Mr. Roberto Moreno Diaz President of the Gran Canaria Tourism Board said: "Gran Canaria is very much looking forward to hosting the Travel Convention in 2008 as we believe it is an excellent opportunity to present our destination to the best of the UK travel industry. We hope they will be impressed by the improvements we have made and become excellent ambassadors for the island."
For further information
Sean Tipton, Communications Officer, tel: 020 7307 1902/1900
Frances Tuke, Public Relations Manager, tel: 020 7307 1903/1900
David Marshall, Head of Policy and Communications, tel: 020 7307 1912
Out of Hours: Contact the Duty Press Officer via pager: 07659 190987
E-mail
Web: www.abta.com
Notes to editors
ABTA was founded in 1950 and currently has nearly 1,500 members with 6,000 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.
As part of its comprehensive package of services to members, ABTA, as a non-party political organisation, also provides an effective voice to represent the interests of its Members to government and key opinion formers at the highest levels. In the UK, these include, government ministers, constituency MPs, Select Committee members, senior civil servants and members of the political opposition parties in both Westminster and the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In Europe, ABTA is forming close ties with members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and staff within the Director Generals' Secretariats. ABTA works in partnership with ECTAA (the European grouping of travel agents and tour operators' associations) to lobby on interests relevant to its Members.
