ABTA members get ATOL reform guidelines
ABTA has published updated guidelines and FAQs for its members on the planned ATOL reform.
The guidelines aim to clarify the new ATOL scheme following the publication of the CAA Information Paper last week.
ABTA is still hoping to make some changes to the proposals and will submit its formal response to the CAA’s informal consultation by 14 December.
“There is still time to shape the reforms and ensure that key issues are addressed, such as holiday sales by airlines coming within the ATOL scheme of financial protection,” said CEO Mark Tanzer.
“We are in close negotiations with the DfT and CAA, on behalf of members, with the aim of ensuring that the reforms deliver the changes we need to give customers clarity and are workable and fair for UK travel businesses.”
The DfT will publish its full formal response to the consultation towards the end of the year or early in 2012.
After this there will be a six-week, formal consultation on the full Standard Terms. This will outline how the CAA intends to enact all of the proposed reforms.
ABTA members are invited to submit their feedback to [email protected].
by Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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