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ABTA widens membership
Nine new members and eight new partners have joined ABTA in the last three months.
Contemporary Travel Solutions joined as a dual member, Supercruises UK joined as a retail member and seven companies joined as principals, including South India Tours and Travel, Earthbound Expeditions, Ascot Travel House and Schools Go Surfing.
New partners include Damar Training, the Hungarian Tourism Agency, The Brighter Group and Trusted Travel.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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