Lo Bue-Said Advantage Travel speaks out

ON THE SOAPBOX contributor Lo Bue-Said of Advantage Travel has again spoken out and urged the industry to strengthen its government engagement and deliver "a clear narrative" on the overall value of the sector.

Speaking one year on from the Travel Day of Action outside parliament (BTN 23 June), which was attended by more than 800 people and 52 MPs, Lo Bue-Said said "many lessons" have been learnt.

"When we congregated at Westminster a year ago, we brought the entire industry together with the single aim of raising the plight of the travel industry, the risk to its future, job losses and economic impact", she continued. "The event was a mass lobby and proved successful in mobilising MPs to speak up for travel”.

Lo Bue-Said said the industry is "already in the next crisis", and there are still "many current challenges" despite the surge in demand for international travel.

Last year’s gathering was orchestrated by ABTA.  "A year on, there have been many lessons learnt, least of all that we need to put ourselves in a position of strength by improving our government engagement".

Also see BTN 4 April ON THE SOAPBOX.

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