8 March ATIA Celebrates International Women’s Day With a Look to the Future March 8, 2024 By Amanda Rixon Media Release 0 As the letters make their way back to their authors, ATIA is proud to reflect on the significant role women play in the Travel Sector and the ongoing progress towards creating an inclusive, equitable, and supportive industry. QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATIA CEO DEAN LONG: ‘With women making up 72% of the Travel Sector’s workforce, holding 74% of middle management positions, and representing 50% of our senior leaders and owners, Travel is one of the most female-dominated sectors. ATIA is proud to be reinforcing the benefits of this every day of the year in our advocacy work.’ ‘Our Women in Travel Summit provided an important forum to capture insights, which have informed ATIA’s approach and allowed us to capture the unique reasons for the Travel Sector’s approach, which supports such strong gender equity. We look forward to hearing from attendees once they have opened their letters to themselves about how far they have advanced in the past 12 months.’ ‘As we celebrate International Women’s Day, ATIA invites members and the broader community to join us in acknowledging the invaluable contributions of women to the travel industry and to continue working towards a truly inclusive future.’ Related Articles Travel has a new home – the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) The Australian Travel Industry has a new peak industry body representing travel agents and advisors, tour operators, consolidators and wholesalers replacing the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) effective today. ATIA continues international work The Australian Travel Industry Association continued its international advocacy and relationship building this week with CEO Dean Long speaking at the prestigious ITB Asia 2023 Conference in Singapore. ATIA Canberra-bound in strong support for Australian Travel With Parliament sitting again this week, The Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) is Canberra-bound to lobby across a number of key areas for its members and the future success of the Australian travel industry. ATIA tells Senate inquiry a revolution is needed With international fares from Sydney in 2023 up to 99% higher than pre-COVID, and a lack of competition and capacity, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) has told the Senate Committee Inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements a revolution rather than a recalibration of Australia’s aviation industry is needed to ensure consumers are better supported. ATIA Advocacy - October It’s been a big month in advocacy, with the Senate Select Committee’s swift Inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements both commencing and being finalised since the last newsletter! Dean and Ingrid have also been in Canberra, having met with key Ministers and Departments about progressing recommendations in Bilateral Air Services Report, priorities for the Aviation White Paper, as well as skills and training issues. ATIA Advocacy - September This month we have continued to be active in discussions with political leaders in Canberra to progress key member priorities. The rebranding to ATIA has already proven to be beneficial from a political perspective. Showing 0 Comment Comments are closed.