Early bird registration opens for ABTA Travel Convention
Registration has opened for this year’s ABTA Travel Convention, taking place in Seville from October 8-10.
Early Bird registration fees are available to delegates until the end of June.
The Convention will be held at the five star Barcelo Sevilla Renacimiento hotel with ABTA delegates having exclusive use of the hotel.
Additional accommodation will be available at the nearby Eurostars Torre Sevilla, which opened last year and occupies the top 13 floors of the Torre Sevilla.
Headline partners for the three-day event include Royal Caribbean International and AVIS Budget, supporting ABTA’s yearly ‘Ride for your Lifeline’, a fundraising bike ride through Seville in aid of ABTA’s charitable trust.
This year, tour operators Gold Medal, Travel 2, Trafalgar and Insight Vacations will be hosting 30 UK travel agents at the Convention.
Optional Convention activities include a Golf Tournament at the Club Zaudin Golf Club and the annual Convention Football Match at the Isla Cartuja Sports Facilities.
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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