ABTA Today ... 03 November 2005
NOVEMBER 4, 2005.
AVIAN (BIRD) FLU. In accordance with the World Health Organisation, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is not currently advising against travel to any countries affected by Avian (Bird) Flu. Members should however, direct customers to the Travel Advice section of the FCO website to see if any particular precautions need to be taken in affected areas. These precautions normally take the form of avoiding contact with live poultry to minimise any potential risk. For further information, please see www.fco.gov.uk or contact the Travel Advice helpline on 0845 850 2829.
WORLD TRAVEL MARKET. Members and Travel Industry Partners attending this year's World Travel Market are invited to meet key ABTA staff and the Moroccan National Tourist Office on their stand (ME4500) between 12.00 hours and 13.00 hours on both Tuesday 15 and Thursday 17 November. If you are planning to attend, please contact the Members' Information line ([email protected]) on 0845 177 ABTA (2282) to let us know. Please note that Tuesday 15 November is only open to Meridian Club Members.
PRICING ERRORS ON VIEWDATA. Guidance on how travel agents should deal with pricing errors on viewdata, is now available at www.abtamembers.org/guidance/wrongprice.htm. A full list of other guidance notes can be found at www.abtamembers.org/guidance/index.htm. For further information, please contact the Members' Information line ([email protected]) on 0845 177 ABTA (2282).
TRAVEL INDUSTRY PARTNER SURVEY. To remind Members that tomorrow (Friday 4 November) is the deadline for returning our Travel Industry Partner survey. Please let us have your views by going to www.abtamembers.org/partners/survey2005.htm. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Victoria Poland ([email protected]) on 020 7307 1999.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM. There is so much happening on 'responsible tourism'. But have you ever asked yourselves how well you are doing as a business and do you even know where to start? As part of ABTA's strategy to promote sustainable business practices we are helping the European Commission with a project aimed at identifying the best ways for tour operators to integrate sustainability with core business goals. This is the first European survey of its kind on Sustainable Tourism. Please take just 20 minutes to complete it. Your response will be confidential and will be used for this research only and nothing else. The survey is available at www.abtamembers.org/ecsurvey.pdf. If you have any queries, please contact Keith Richards ([email protected]) on 020 7307 1972.
JUDICIAL REVIEW. The hearing of ABTA's application for a Judicial Review of the CAA Guidance Note 26 takes place on 8 and 9 November. Members will be informed of the outcome as soon as this is available. For further information, please contact the ABTA Legal department ([email protected]) on 020 7307 1961.
PREFERENCE SERVICES. Members are reminded of the Direct Marketing Associations' (DMA) Preference Services. These enable businesses to register their wish to opt out of receiving unsolicited telephone calls, and consumers to register their wish to opt out of receiving unsolicited messages by mail, telephone, fax or email. For full details of how to do this, please visit their website at www.dma.org.uk/content/Prf-Introduction.asp or contact the DMA ([email protected]) on 020 7291 3300.
NEW TRAVEL INDUSTRY PARTNER. Flagship Consulting Ltd is an award-winning public relations consultancy with a specialist travel and leisure division run by a team of PR experts, passionate about providing strategic and creative campaigns designed to get results. To find out how they can help make PR work for you, please log on to www.flagshipgroup.co.uk or visit them in the ABTA Talk Zone on 26 November during the ABTA Travel Convention. For further information please contact Sophy Norris ([email protected]) on 020 7886 8440.
THE ABTA TRAVEL CONVENTION 24-27 NOVEMBER 2005, MARRAKECH. There are only 21 days left until the ABTA Travel Convention. For further information see www.theabtatravelconvention.com or call CO Plus on 01920 873 030. You can change your email details at any time by going to www.abta.net/app/member.htm and following the prompts. Alternatively, contact Daryl Nurthen ([email protected]) on 020 7307 1996.
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