25 April 2015 | travelweekly.co.uk


SECTOR ’NEEDS A SINGLE VOICE’


WTTC CHIEF SAYS


UK SUFFERS DUE TO LACK OF A SINGLE


BODY TO REPRESENT THE UK INDUSTRY.


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David Scowsill: ‘It has been true of various UK governments that


they have not been very coordinated in their


approach to the industry’


The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) aims “to sit down” with the next UK prime minister to highlight the sector’s contribution to Britain’s economy and employment, and the barriers to growth. WTTC president and chief


executive David Scowsill confirmed he would write to the new prime minister after failing to secure a meeting with David Cameron. He said: “We tried to sit down with


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David Cameron. We certainly want to sit down with the new prime minister, whoever that may be.” He said leaders of the WTTC and


UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had been “frank and sometimes brutal in outlining four or five points” in meetings with the government. “It has had an impact on quite a few,” added Scowsill. The organisations issued a joint open letter to heads of state four years ago – an initiative that led


to the establishment of the Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC) to align the industry’s lobbying. Scowsill said: “The UK is a


problem. It has been true of various UK governments that they have not been coordinated in their approach to the industry. “It is partly the industry’s fault.


There is no one association to represent the industry in the UK.


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