Trade urged to support counter-terrorism campaign
ABTA is supporting an initiative designed to encourage members of the public to help defeat terrorism.
It is offering its members special training as part of the Government’s Counter Terrorism Policing’s campaign ‘Make Nothing Happen’, which launches this week.
The campaign urges the public to report suspicious activity to the police to help keep communities safe, in the UK and overseas.
"We believe that the industry has an important role to play in educating staff and customers in how to detect and react to the threat of terrorism," said Nikki White, ABTA director of destinations and sustainability.
"We are working with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office to provide our members with industry training, customer advice and support related to counter terrorism."
ABTA will be supporting the #ActionCountersTerrorism hashtag with posts across its consumer-facing social media channels and will encourage members to also share campaign information.
In addition, its spring regional meetings will include new counter terrorism awareness training developed in association with experts.
ABTA members and partners who attend regional meetings will be able to take part in an introduction to the series of training modules, which are specifically tailored to the travel industry.
The training will highlight some of the measures agents and operators can introduce within their own businesses for staff in the UK and overseas.
Anyone unable to attend a meeting but interested in the training should email [email protected].
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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