ABTA is continuing to support Members and the wider travel industry’s road to recovery by giving customers advice they need to book with confidence. 

ABTA is welcoming the return of summer holidays abroad.

ABTA has published a Post Pandemic Recovery guide to assist destinations and the travel industry in the complex transition to restarting travel.

ABTA has asked the Government to bring forward a coordinated plan for restarting international travel, enabling businesses and consumers to plan ahead.

Today ABTA releases new data which shows record levels of engagement with Members and consumers, indicating the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the travel sector for individuals and for companies.

Read our press release.

ABTA has introduced free-of-charge material, on-demand webinars and specialist expertise from ABTA Partners to its Coronavirus: support from ABTA Partners hub (abta.com/partnersupport).

ABTA – The Travel Association has written to the Prime Minister to provide an update on the specific challenges that the industry.

The European Commission has issued an official Recommendation on Refund Credit Notes offered to customers as an alternative to cash refunds for cancelled package holidays.

ABTA welcomes the Chancellor’s move today to extend and adapt the furlough scheme, but highlights other urgent measures which will be needed to protect the industry and the hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports.   

ABTA’s Chief Executive, Mark Tanzer, today gave evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee as it looks at the implications for transport of the coronavirus pandemic.

ABTA is stepping up its ask to the Chancellor to extend the government’s salary support scheme for the UK travel industry, in recognition that travel companies will emerge from the current crisis much slower than other sectors of the UK economy.