Trade Associations and Regulatory Bodies have an impact on the tourism sector as tourists know that they can trust companies who are members of ABTA and ATOL. it makes them feel like they are safe as if anything went wrong whilst they was on holiday they would get in touch with ABTA or ATOL and they would sort your problems out also it means that travel agents have to follow set rules and regulations.
P1 Description of component - trade associations and regulatory bodies - and examples AJW
P1 Description of component - trade associations and regulatory bodies - and examples AJW
ABTA and ATOL
ABTA has been at the heart of travel for more than 60 years. Our purpose is to help our Members to grow their businesses successfully and sustainably, and to help their customers – the travelling public – have confidence in their travel experience. The ABTA brand stands for expertise reliability and fairness. ABTA ensure that holidaymakers remain confident in the holiday products that they buy from ABTA Members. ABTA is an association that works with most travel agents and online travel agents to ensure people feel safe when booking a holiday for example when XL Airways went bust in September 2008, this statement was released
'The XL Leisure Group has entered administration and all flights have been cancelled. Passengers whose holiday was booked as part of a package through an ATOL tour operator will be protected and should visit the CAA website for full details: www.atol.org.uk'and a lot of tourists were stuck in airports around the world as they were not ATOL or ABTA protected.
When you book an overseas package holiday operated by Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd, your payment is financially protected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), under ATOL. This means that should the unexpected happen, you won’t be left stranded abroad or out of pocket. And a lot of tourists were stuck in airports around the world as they were not ATOL or ABTA protected.
'The XL Leisure Group has entered administration and all flights have been cancelled. Passengers whose holiday was booked as part of a package through an ATOL tour operator will be protected and should visit the CAA website for full details: www.atol.org.uk'and a lot of tourists were stuck in airports around the world as they were not ATOL or ABTA protected.
When you book an overseas package holiday operated by Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd, your payment is financially protected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), under ATOL. This means that should the unexpected happen, you won’t be left stranded abroad or out of pocket. And a lot of tourists were stuck in airports around the world as they were not ATOL or ABTA protected.