ABTA Events – The Travel Association has launched its events programme for the first half of 2022 offering a host of high-quality opportunities for businesses of all sizes to stay up to date on crucial industry matters, gain insights on business strategies and practical advice
ABTA is offering a 10% discount on all event bookings made before 31 January – those wishing to attend can use the code ABTAJAN22 when booking to get the discount.* The events are open to the whole travel industry with reduced rates available for ABTA Members and Partners.
The new programme includes a mix of in-depth conferences and training days that will take place in the first half of the year, including:
ABTA Events – Conferences
- Crisis Management in Travel – 9 February
- Travel Finance – 22-23 February
- Delivering Sustainable Travel – 2 March
- Health, Safety and Security in Travel – 23-24 March
- Travel Marketing – 4-5 May
- Travel Law Seminar – 9-10 May
ABTA Events – Training
- Claims Handling in Travel – 16 March
- Crisis Communications in Travel – 30 March
- Complaints Handling Training for Travel – 11 May
ABTA will also offer business support webinars that are free for ABTA Members and Partners, with non-Members able to pay to attend. Upcoming webinars include ‘Mental health training for travel workforces’ (19 January), which will look at key mental health and wellbeing risks and advice on businesses’ legal obligations. ‘Diversity and inclusion in travel’ (2 February) will cover the value of an inclusive workforce, good practices and how to implement strategies for inclusion.
ABTA will announce additional dates and events for 2022 soon, including the date for ABTA’s flagship policy conference Travel Matters, which is earmarked to take place in June.
ABTA’s Head of Events, Eve Coburn, said:
“The new year brings us a new chance to brush up on our knowledge and skills. ABTA’s events offer additional support to Members, as well as the opportunity for professionals in the travel industry to foster business growth by getting up to date insights and advice from key specialists and leaders.”
To find out more and register, visit abta.com/abtaevents.
About ABTA
ABTA has been a trusted travel brand for over 70 years. Our purpose is to help our Members to grow their businesses successfully and sustainably, and to help their customers travel with confidence.
The ABTA brand stands for support, protection and expertise. This means consumers have confidence in ABTA and a strong trust in ABTA Members. These qualities are core to us as they ensure that holidaymakers remain confident in the holiday products that they buy from our Members.
We help our Members and their customers navigate through today’s changing travel landscape by raising standards in the industry; offering schemes of financial protection; providing an independent complaints resolution service should something go wrong; giving guidance on issues from sustainability to health and safety and by presenting a united voice to government to ensure the industry and the public get a fair deal.
ABTA has around 4,000 travel brands in Membership, providing a wide range of leisure and business travel services, with a combined pre-pandemic annual UK turnover of £40 billion. For more details about what we do, what being an ABTA Member means and how we help the UK public travel with confidence visit www.abta.com.
