ABTA welcomed the following 20 new Members into the Association from October to December 2012, 4 trading as retailers, 13 as principals and 3 in both classes of membership.

• The Travel Dept Ltd, Principal,  ABTA number Y5810 joined 2/10/12
   
• Arabia Tourism Ltd, Retailer, ABTA number P5498, joined 4/10/12
   
• Travel Indochina Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y583X, joined 4/10/12
   
• Wilderness Scotland Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5844, joined 5/10/12
   
• Carnival Corporation, Principal, ABTA number Y5878, joined 11/10/12
   
• Last Frontiers Ltd, Principal,  ABTA number Y5863, joined 11/10/12
   
• Africa Collection UK Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5882, joined 15/10/12
   
• Omega Events Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y590X, joined 17/10/12
   
• Omega Short Breaks Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5914, joined 17/10/12
   
• Premio Travel UK Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5929, joined 24/10/12
   
• Konagold Ltd, Retailer, ABTA number P5587, joined 24/10/12
   
• Snowfinders Ltd, Dual Member, ABTA number J5552/Y0111, joined 2/11/12
   
• Pak Travels Ltd, Dual Member, ABTA number P5676/Y5948, joined 9/11/12
   
• Lincolnshire Co-operative, Retailer, ABTA number P5888, joined 20/11/12
   
• Longevite UK Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5986, joined 27/11/12
   
• Consensio Holidays Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y5990, joined 3/12/12
   
• Travel Talk Adventures Ltd, Principal , ABTA number Y600X, joined 4/12/12
   
• Barefoot Traveller Ltd, Principal, ABTA number Y6014, joined 4/12/12
   
• Delmar World Ltd, Retailer, ABTA number 25169, joined 11/12/12
   
• Active International Ltd, Dual Member, ABTA number P6096/Y6033, joined 12/12/12

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Notes to Editors

About ABTA

ABTA has been at the heart of travel for more than 60 years. Our purpose is to help our Members to grow their businesses successfully and sustainably, and to help their customers - the travelling public – have confidence in their travel experience.

The ABTA brand stands for expertise, reliability and fairness. These qualities are core to us. They ensure that holidaymakers remain confident in the holiday products that they buy from our Members.

We help our Members and their customers navigate through today's changing travel landscape by providing schemes of financial protection and a course of redress if something goes wrong; by raising standards in the industry and by giving guidance on issues from sustainability to health and safety; and by presenting a united voice to government to ensure the industry and the public get a fair deal.

ABTA currently has around 1,200 Members and represents over 5,000 retail outlets and offices. For more details about what we do, what being an ABTA Member means and how we're working at the heart of the industry to ensure that we continue to build confidence in travel.