Pete Waterman to speak at ABTA Convention

Sunday, 06 Sep, 2006 0

Pop industry guru Pete Waterman will speak at this year’s ABTA Convention on the parallels he sees between the travel industry and the music industry.

Waterman, responsible for over 200 hit songs in 25 years by Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Steps and more, will talk about how both industries need to embrace the technical developments that are revolutionising the way they do business.

Agents who have not yet registered for the convention should do so before September 18 when the registration fee goes up.

It takes place in Marbella on November 27-29.

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.