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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ABTA
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) was founded in 1950 to represent travel agents and tour operators in the UK and to promote and develop members’ collective interests. It sets codes of conduct governing relationships among members, between members and the public, and between members and travel principals, and it has historically stated an aim to discourage unfair competition while still allowing fair-trading initiative (noting the practical difficulty of this under UK competition law). ABTA is governed by a board of twelve, consisting of ten elected members plus two co-opted members, including the Chief Executive and Chairman; members also elect a president, who serves as the public face of the association and chairs the board. The entry lists eleven ABTA travel agent regions (Eastern, Greater London, Midland, North Eastern, North Western, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Southern, South Wales, South Western, and Yorkshire and North Midlands), each with committees and officers. Smaller agent members (turnover below £10 million) elect members to an eleven-person Council of the Regions, where the Regional Councillor automatically becomes Regional Chairman; regional committees mainly organize activities and meetings, discuss national matters, and make recommendations, but propositions passed regionally are not binding on the Council or Board and mainly indicate viewpoint.
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) was founded in 1950 to represent travel agents and tour operators in the UK and to promote and develop members’ collective interests. It sets codes of conduct governing relationships among members, between members and the public, and between members and travel principals, and it has historically stated an aim to discourage unfair competition while still allowing fair-trading initiative (noting the practical difficulty of this under UK competition law). ABTA is governed by a board of twelve, consisting of ten elected members plus two co-opted members, including the Chief Executive and Chairman; members also elect a president, who serves as the public face of the association and chairs the board. The entry lists eleven ABTA travel agent regions (Eastern, Greater London, Midland, North Eastern, North Western, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Southern, South Wales, South Western, and Yorkshire and North Midlands), each with committees and officers. Smaller agent members (turnover below £10 million) elect members to an eleven-person Council of the Regions, where the Regional Councillor automatically becomes Regional Chairman; regional committees mainly organize activities and meetings, discuss national matters, and make recommendations, but propositions passed regionally are not binding on the Council or Board and mainly indicate viewpoint.
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