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News Articles

• ABTA launches Schools Art Challenge to celebrate 60 years
  15 March 2010
  Children across the UK are being invited to imagine their perfect holiday from the past, present and future as part of an innovative Schools Art Challenge celebrating ABTA’s 60th anniversary.
• Every Child, Everywhere A New Child Protection Training Tool for the Travel Industry
  15 March 2010
  The Training Course Every Child, Everywhere, developed by ABTA and ECPAT UK – a leading children’s rights organisation which campaigns to prevent commercial sexual exploitation of children, is now live.
• ABTA Gives Qualified Welcome to Conservative Support for the Travel Industry
  12 March 2010
  ABTA welcomed comments by Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP today in a speech in Blackpool, in which he promised support for domestic tourism but the Association was disappointed at a lack of concrete proposals for the outbound sector.
• ABTA Responds to European ‘Framework for Tourism’ Consultation
  10 March 2010
  The European Union should encourage tourism to be of the highest quality to flourish in a sustainable and safe way, ABTA has said in response to the first ever European consultation on creating a tourism framework for Europe.
• ABTA Launches its First Manifesto
  10 March 2010
  ABTA today launched its first ever Manifesto outlining ABTA’s position on the key lobbying issues facing the travel industry.
• ABTA’s Submissions on Key European Union and UK reviews of Transport and Tourism Legislation
  10 March 2010
  ABTA has submitted recommendations over the last two months on two out of three fundamental reviews of transport and tourism legislation being conducted in the UK and the European Union and will be responding on the third tomorrow.
• ABTA Comments on the European Commission’s plans for revising the 1990 Package Travel Directive
  09 March 2010
  Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection John Dalli gave an update yesterday on the Commission's work on the revision of the Package Travel Directive.
• Costa Cruises Joins ABTA
  04 March 2010
  We're delighted to welcome leading cruise company Costa Cruises into ABTA membership.
• Change of Name to Key ABTA Department
  04 March 2010
  ABTA’s Destination Strategy & Services Department has changed its name to Destinations & Sustainability to reflect the work that the department does and the importance of sustainability to the travel industry today.
• Aviation Tax Hikes Will Hit Family Visits
  25 February 2010
  As we approach next month’s budget ABTA is calling on the public to contact their MPs to protest about the Government’s intention to increase the flying poll tax, Air Passenger Duty, on 1 November 2010 following significant rises last year.