ABTA files submission to BEIS flight cancellations committee
ABTA made a written submission to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee which has been looking at travel disruption over the May half-term period.
In a letter from Chief Executive Mark Tanzer, ABTA highlights how travel agents have been helping customers organise their holiday as well as supporting when things goes wrong.
The submission also aims to provide MPs with background on the impact of the pandemic, including how Government decisions not to offer sector-specific support have worsened the recruitment challenges facing travel businesses.
Mark Tanzer, Chief Executive at ABTA said:” It’s important they understand the travel industry’s complex supply chain. Travel agents in particular are wholly reliant on the published inventories and flight schedules of airlines and tour operators.
“The hearing rightly focused on what had happened and how the companies involved responded, but we felt it was necessary and helpful for the Committee to hear from the wider industry.”
“We continue to work hard to make sure that politicians don’t lose sight of the challenging environment the whole industry has had to operate in over recent years.”
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