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Tanzer to urge sector to act collectively on climate


Abta chief hopes next month’s convention will ‘stir the industry’. Ian Taylor reports


Climate change and sustainability will feature strongly at Abta’s Travel Convention in October and form a key part of the association’s new five-year plan. Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer


told Travel Weekly: “Tim Williamson will throw down the gauntlet to the industry on climate change at the convention, and [speaker] Gabrielle Walker will say ‘Tis is not a problem for the future, it’s a problem now’.” Williamson, Responsible Travel


director of marketing, will tell the convention: “Companies can’t


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measure themselves on growth [anymore].” (Travel Weekly, August 15). Tanzer hopes the convention will


“stir the industry to act on a collective basis”. He said: “We need real industry commitment. What are we going to do differently, and how are we going to take consumers with us?” A new industry approach to Air


Passenger Duty (APD) could be part of this. Williamson argues APD should be made a carbon tax and hiked. Tanzer said: “We call for a 50% reduction in APD, but we recognise tax has a role to play [in cuting


carbon]. We would like to see a more targeted tax strategy. “If we could work with the


government we could come up with a new tax system. I have writen to the chancellor along these lines. I met Sajid Javid to discuss APD when he was economic secretary to the Treasury and he asked ‘What would I replace APD with?’ “Tings have changed since then. Te government is commited to a


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