AITO chairman: We face a new world

Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2016 0

AITO chairman Derek Moore is urging the travel industry to look forward and adjust to the new realities outside of the European Union.

"Well, the people have spoken and now we face a new world, not least in the world of travel," he said today.

"Whether you were in favour of leave or remain, it’s now time to look forward and adjust to the new realities.

"It’s too soon to know exactly what effect leaving the EU will mean for our businesses; there may well be supplier cost, and thus customer price, implications and we will have to wait to see how airlines react to the situation.

"One thing is certain: whatever effect our new-found independence from Europe has on travel, it will affect us all equally so the playing field will still be a level one – at least to the degree that it always was.

"Hopefully now that the uncertainty of the referendum campaign days are behind us, people will book to travel abroad. It will be interesting to see what our relationship with the rest of Europe and further afield will now prove to be."

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.