Transport Secretary to speak at ABTA event
Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP, will deliver the keynote address at ABTA’s Travel Matters on June 26.
Under the theme ‘An Agenda for Growth’, the event will give delegates the chance to discuss and debate aviation capacity, the competitiveness of the UK’s travel and tourism sector, tourism’s Olympic legacy, and the opportunities, challenges and barriers to inspiring business and consumer confidence,
The Secretary of State will speak alongside ABTA chief executive, Mark Tanzer, and there will be an industry perspective keynote from Craig Kreeger, Virgin Atlantic’s new CEO.
It takes place at Millbank Media Centre in Westminster.
Additional speakers will be announced shortly.
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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