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In the 1960s, voluntary organisations such as the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) provided a degree of financial protection for air travellers. In 1970, the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) (then the Tour Operators Study Group) introduced a bonding scheme whereby their members had to obtain bonds to the value of 5% of their annual turnover.
AITO members offer full protection of consumer holiday funds, a wide range of specialist holidays, quality customer service and a sustainable approach to travel. [2] There are around 120 Tour Operator members, but around 250 members within the association including AITO Specialist Travel Agents, AITO Tourist Board Partners and AITO Business Partners.
The UK government has a list of professional associations approved for tax purposes (this includes some non-UK based associations, which are not included here). [1] There is a separate list of regulators in the United Kingdom for bodies that are regulators rather than professional associations.
ABTA has existed for over 70 years and is the UK's largest travel association, representing travel agents and tour operators that sell around £32 billion of holidays and other travel arrangements each year. The main functions of ABTA are: Raising standards in the industry and by giving guidance on issues from sustainability to health and safety,
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Jet2holidays is a British package holiday provider and tour operator. It was formed in 2007 as a subsidiary of Dart Group plc (now renamed Jet2 plc), and a sister to Jet2.com, the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK. [1] As of 2023 Jet2holidays is the largest tour operator in the United Kingdom, by ATOL licenses in 2023. [2] [3] [4]
Cosmos (formerly Cosmos Tours) is a UK independent tour operator providing a range of package holidays to the UK market. The tour operator is connected to the international Globus Travel Group , founded in 1928, which remains family owned with headquarters in Lugano , Switzerland .