The Travlaw Blog

As many of you will already know, ABTA have this morning announced that they are holding a General Meeting on 2nd October for members to vote on proposals to change ABTA’s Articles of the Association which will strengthen customer protection for those booking with an ABTA Member. The main changes Members will be asked to vote on are:- i)                     to ensure all ABTA Members take responsibility for money paid by their customers to companies through whom they distribute their travel services. ii)                   to change the qualifications for membership so that applicants for membership or continued membership would be subject to greater scrutiny in respect of previous directorships of failed companies, and to provide a greater restriction on the use of trading names that have been associated with failed companies.It will be interesting to see just how these changes (if they get through) will affect and be interpreted by members and the industry as a whole; and how booking conditions and other documentation may need to be amended as a result. We will of course keep you informed as things unfold.  ABTA’s press release about this is at www.abta.com/about/news/view/180 Call or email Sarah Lacy- Sarah@travlaw.co.uk for further information.