Spanish Hoteliers Honour ABTA and its Members
Date published: 02 February 2010ABTA Chairman John McEwan was honoured to receive the Benidorm and Costa Blanca Hotel Association’s [HOSBEC] Golden Decoration in recognition for the role ABTA has played in the tourist development of Benidorm and Costa Blanca at a ceremony in Benidorm on 1 February. This award is the highest that HOSBEC can make and recognises the immensely mutually beneficial relationship between ABTA Members and the region over the past 50 years.
Mr McEwan said “This award is a touching tribute to the close working relationship between ABTA Members and the resorts of the Costa Blanca. I was honoured to accept it as recognition of a successful past and an exciting future”
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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.
