Alistair Rowland- ABTA’s new elected chairman

Thursday, June 27, 2019

After the annual general meeting of ABTA, Alistair Rowland was elected as its chairman.

Rowland will be taking up the position with immediate effect and was the chief retail officer with the Mid-Counties Co-operative.

He will be succeeding Noel Josephides, chairman of Sunvil Holidays who completed his term in office.

For the last seven years Rowland served on the ABTA board of directors and represented the retail members having a turnover of £20 million.

Mark Tanzer, ABTA chief executive, said that on behalf of the board, he felt delighted to welcome Alistair Rowland to his new position as chairman of ABTA.

Alistair is known to serve with distinction on their board of directors and his expertise, professionalism and enthusiasm will be invaluable in their ongoing work to support their members and their customers along with helping to deliver ABTA’s business plan.

He went on saying that he would also like to extend their  warmest thanks to the  outgoing chairman Noel Josephides for the exceptional contribution he has made to the association throughout his six years in office.

So far ABTA is known to have 1,200 Members, with a combined annual UK turnover of £38 billion.

Rowland was looking forward  to taking on his  new role as chairman of the UK’s leading travel association.

According to him it was  vital that they had an association that represented the voice of the industry and supported  the needs of its members and helps their customers to feel confident in travelling.

Under the able guidance of chief executive Mark Tanzer and the chairmanship of their predecessor Noel Josephides , Rowland was keen to further build on that good work.

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