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ABTA fights back after Worldchoice Plus agents leave
Diane - Oct 12, 2024
ABTA claims it offers more than just financial protection as The Travel Network Group takes its 25 managed services shops…
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Thunderstorms rock Travel Convention – and we’re not just talking about the weather
Linsey McNeill - Oct 12, 2024
On Holiday Group chief executive Steve Endacott laid into ABTA's stance on reforms to the EU package travel directive on…
ABTA 2012: VisitEngland confirms 2 million pound travel trade campaign
Linsey McNeill - Oct 12, 2024
VisitEngland today confirmed it is planning a £2m TV advertising campaign next spring to encourage more people to book domestic…
Agency staff to act as ‘whistleblowers’
Diane - Oct 11, 2024
Agency staff are being encouraged to act as 'whistleblowers' as the CAA clamps down on those not complying with the…
ABTA 2012: Tanzer says he’ll be sorry to lose online travel agents
Linsey McNeill - Oct 11, 2024
ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer has acknowledged that he may lose his battle to keep the large online travel agents…
ABTA 2012: Trend-spotting guru tells agents to adapt
Linsey McNeill - Oct 11, 2024
Travel agents need to start selling different holidays to different people, rather than focusing on traditional sun and sea packages…
ABTA 2012: Hoseasons reveals worrying rise in late bookings
Linsey McNeill - Oct 11, 2024
The late bookings trend is here to stay, said domestic operator Hoseasons as it revealed that one in four of…
Antarctica Sightseeing cancels NZ flights
Ian Jarrett - Oct 11, 2024
Antarctica Sightseeing Flights has cancelled its planned flight from Auckland to Antarctica in February. New Zealand bookings have been insufficient…
ABTA 2012: Holidaymakers take fewer trips but more packages
Linsey McNeill - Oct 10, 2024
UK consumers are taking fewer holidays but they are increasingly likely to travel on a package booked via a high…
ABTA responds to critics
Bev - Oct 10, 2024
ABTA has defended itself against harsh criticism on the eve of its Convention. It has been accused of not protecting…
New Zealand puts big hopes in little Hobbits
Gretchen Kelly - Oct 10, 2024
In anticipation of the 28 November New Zealand premiere of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Wellington, New Zealand…
US Airways flight attendants nix contract
Gretchen Kelly - Oct 10, 2024
US Airways Flight attendants have rejected a tentative agreement to combine the contracts of pre-merger America West and US Airways…
