The Travel Convention 2009 TTG is the official trade media partner for this year’s Travel Convention. The three-day event took place in Barcelona from October 6-8.
See coverage of last year's event here
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All the news Keep up-to-date
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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The Abta Benevolent Fund raised more than £50,000 at the Travel Convention in Barcelona. ...">
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Abta hailed the Travel Convention a success after it beat last year’s delegate numbers despite...">
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Friday, October 09, 2009
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Early cruise bookings for 2010 are a healthy 29% higher than this time last year but customers are n...">
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Friday, October 09, 2009
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Abta’s role is more important now than it has been for two decades.Cosmos boss Stuart Jackson,...">
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Friday, October 09, 2009
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Sustainability, leadership, conversation, cash and culture are the five main elements that business ...">
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Friday, October 09, 2009
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Thomson Cruises has announced its winter programme for new ship Thomson Dream, which it hopes will a...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Keep it simple and stupid, was the advice of Dan Gregson from BMB giving tips on travel marketing ca...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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A slow economic recovery will be more beneficial to the travel industry than a rapid return to forme...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Tui boss Peter Long refused to admit cutting commission to 7% on the eve of the Abta convention four...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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The UK government has been warned that imposing more green taxes on the travel industry to raise rev...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Findings of the exclusive PricewaterhouseCoopers research into luxury travel have been deemed overly...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Don’t rely on top performers in a time of recession, was the advice from training expert Hoda ...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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British Airways head of UK and Ireland sales Richard Tams has refuted claims that the airline is shi...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Hoseasons chief executive Richard Carrick has continued his attack on outbound operators who provide...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Tui Travel boss Dermot Blastland has called on all travel companies to improve reporting of their ca...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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People will not be booking holidays via mobile phone in large numbers in the near future.Travelbuddy...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Demographic marketing is dead, the future is tracking people’s individual behaviour, according...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Four future scenarios for how the industry will look by 2023 were presented to delegates at the Trav...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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The company behind UK operator Cottages4you has combined its European brands including French Life, ...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Abta chairman John McEwan has invited Travel Counsellors chairman David Speakman to meet him and chi...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Abta has been told to target its retail members rather than bed banks if it wants to tackle risky bu...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Abta is launching free online training for the travel industry on child protection issues. The Every...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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The luxury market is insulated from the economic decline but luxury customers are now "buying c...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Trips based on unlikely themes such as punk rock weekends could be the future for domestic operators...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Watch a video of TTG editor Lucy Huxley interviewing Carnival Corporation boss Micky Arison at the T...">
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Caught on camera See all the photos and videos
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Avis gave away a car at the Travel Convention Starlight Party on October 8. Check out the photos
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See snaps from the annual 3km Fun Run, which took place along Bogatell Beach in Barcelona
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See photos from the inaugural Cruise and Luxury Travel Forums
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See photos of the Host Party, which took place on Wednesday night in Barcelona
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Arison talks about ship sizes, the UK market, pricing and his vision for the future of Carnival Corporation
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Speakers include Carnival Corporation boss Micky Arison and PriceWaterhouseCoopers's Malcolm Preston and Mark Hudson
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See photos from Complete Cruise Solution's cocktail party on Tuesday evening
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See photos from Tuesday night's Ice Breaker party at the Convention
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See photos of the annual football match between C&M Travel Recruitment and Youtravel.com
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See photos from the launch of the TTG Travel Intelligence Report 2009
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See photos from the Rock Insurance cocktail party on Tuesday evening
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The Get Connected party is for people attending their first and fifth Travel Convention
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Roving Readers Agents' reports
Discover what our team of Roving Readers think of the Travel Convention by reading their reports below
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Monday, October 12, 2009
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Roving Reader Tracey Selmes looks back at her third Travel ConventionOnce again, I find myself ...">
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Monday, October 12, 2009
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First Choice agent and Roving Reader Lisa McEwan enjoyed hearing from her boss - Tui Travel chief ex...">
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Monday, October 12, 2009
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Roving Reader Penny Crampton found a masterclass by Reality Training to be packed with good ideas Wh...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader Dean Sleep enjoyed listening to the views of the experts at the cruise forumAfter a gr...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader Penny Crampton discusses what she learned at the Innovative Thinking masterclass at th...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader and Face of Travel winner Paul Hope found the assistant editor of the Daily Tel...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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The masterclass on award winning travel marketing was the convention highlight for TTG Face of Trave...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader Sara Faulkner navigates the cruise forumIt was an early start today but one I didn&rsq...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader Phil Hindle boarded Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas during the cruise forum, a...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader Lisa McEwan found presentations from two PricewaterhouseCoopers partners took her back...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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TTG Travel Awards Agent of the Year Penny Crampton reports on the Barcelona Host PartyI have owned m...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Roving Reader and Face of Travel winner Natasha Grech finds the convention is great for networkingBa...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Lee Moreland finds his nerves are misplaced as he joins TTG's Roving Readers at Abta's Travel C...">
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
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Abta has introduced a Luxury Forum as part of the Travel Convention for the first time this year. Je...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer opened the convention with his take on the current market. Roving R...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Roving Reader Sara Faulkner met a range of suppliers as she found out more about cruising at the Tra...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Roving Reader Louise Bates arrived at the Travel Convention a day early and decided to take a tour o...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Carnival Corporation chief executive Micky Arison is the most powerful man in the cruise industry. R...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Shearings Group chief executive Denis Wormwell and Royal Caribbean managing director Robin Shaw...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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A select few Abta delegates got to enjoy a tour and supercar driving experience at Barcelona's Circu...">
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Delegates at the Luxury Forum at Abta's Travel Convention were hosted at a welcome reception at the ...">
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