ABTA has postponed the 2020 Morocco-based Travel Convention, due to be held in Marrakech in October 2020, until the same time in 2021.
Instead, ABTA will hold a UK-based Travel Convention at a similar time in the autumn.
Following discussion, Moroccan National Tourism Office and ABTA agreed to focus on dealing with the current critical situation impacting the travel industry in the UK and Morocco.
ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer said: ?We are very disappointed to have to postpone this year?s planned Convention in Marrakech, but the current circumstances left us with little choice. I am delighted that the Moroccan National Tourism Office has confirmed its support for hosting the event in October 2021, and I have no doubt that the Convention then will be a great success for our hosts, our delegates and our headline partners.?
?Instead, this year we?ll host an industry event that will combine the annual Travel Matters policy event, normally held in June, with a Convention focusing particularly on issues and opportunities as the industry rebuilds from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.?
Details of the Autumn 2020 Travel Convention is expected to be released in due course.
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