Travel Industry Partners are companies operating in the UK whose primary business is the provision of products, services or information sold or used by tour operators and travel agents. Travel Industry Partners include companies from a variety of sectors. As a guide the current sectors are detailed below. A full list of Travel Industry Partners is available on request.

If you are primarily or substantially engaged in the business of a tour operator or travel agent you should seek Membership of ABTA.

The Travel Industry Partner scheme offers a range of benefits to participating companies. These benefits are generally designed to involve Travel Industry Partners in ABTA’s activities, and to raise their profile with ABTA Members. Some benefits also offer cost-savings.

Scheme benefits include:

• recognition as part of the ABTA family with the Travel Industry Partner logo
• visibility at ABTA’s events, through our publications and on our website
• priority over non-Members and a preferential delegate rate for the ABTA Convention
• access to a range of ABTA’s Member services, including the Single Payment Scheme – ABTA’s own direct debit scheme

• involvement in a range of ABTA’s activities, including events and lobbying activities
• representation to ABTA’s Board and Secretariat through dedicated Travel Industry Partner meetings and through the scheme’s Steering Group

Application forms are available on request, or in pdf format by clicking here. In order to view, or print out, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat viewer. If you are interested in this opportunity to develop your working relationship with ABTA, please complete the form and send it to:

Travel Industry Partner Department, ABTA Ltd, 68-71 Newman Street, London W1T 3AH

All applications are considered by ABTA’s Board of Directors before participation in the scheme is confirmed.

If you have any questions, or would like further information about the scheme, please contact (020 7307 2099).

Formed in 1950, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has 1,900 Members. Between them, these Members have 7,000 outlets, sell over 90% of UK package holidays and have a combined annual turnover of more than £29 billion.

ABTA has both a regulatory and a trade association role. It maintains Codes of Conduct governing the relationship between Members and also between Members and their clients. ABTA’s financial protection schemes are well known to members of the public and the Association maintains a high profile with the media to ensure continued public awareness of ABTA and its role at the forefront of the travel industry. Eighty-eight per cent of the travelling public recognise the ABTA logo*.

As the largest UK travel trade association, ABTA has continued to strengthen its role as the voice of the travel industry, and in representing its Members’ interests to government at both a national and a European level. With an ever-increasing volume of proposed legislation being imposed on the industry, particularly from Europe, ABTA also maintains a regular flow of information on these topics to Members.

ABTA has, over the years, developed and maintained strong links with travel industry principals in order to further the interests of Members. The Travel Industry Partner scheme is a natural development, extending the size of the ABTA family and further strengthening the industry’s voice.

*Package Holidays 2002, MORI, September 2002

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