About ATTA
What services does ATTA provide?
1. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Network gatherings include - Social gatherings in UK and Africa. - The annual dinner and dance in London during World Travel Market week. Seminars in UK and Africa. These events allow members to establish relationships with their counterparts across the industry, connecting the wide membership in UK and Africa.
2. HELP LINE
We have dedicated advisors whose specialist knowledge in their fields is available to members when required. - Medical Advisor - Legal Advisor - Crisis Management Advisor - Insurance Advisor The annual seminar held in London usually hosted by one of our advisors.
3. DIRECTORY AND DATABASE
A comprehensive Directory is published each year listing members contact details. Indexed by Contact name, Category and Company this publication is the vital aide memoir for the tourism industry.
4. ATTA & THE MEDIA
Acts as the interface between its membership and the UK media, providing a two-way exchange of information to many of the influential travel and news journalists around the world.
5. WEBSITE
www.atta.co.uk Through our sophisticated website, which includes hyperlinks to members websites, ATTA provides a valuable exposure of membership product.
6. THE ATTA WEBSITE
Considered an "authority" website due to the sheer volume of other websites linking to it. By gaining a membership with ATTA, you will in turn receive a high quality link to your own website, further boosting your websites placement in the search results of Google for example.
7. TRAVEL TRADE SHOWS
ATTA plays a leading role as an exhibitor at the main travel trade shows -ITB in Berlin (March) -INDABA in South Africa (May) - WTM in London (November) We have a dedicated stand at these key exhibitions for exhibiting members to display their product. The ATTA stand is always a central rendez-vous for worldwide buyers of African product. At most shows we provide facilities adjacent to the main exhibition floors, giving members and their guests an opportunity to meet in quieter surroundings. Café ATTA provides hot drinks free of charge to members and their guests at WTM and Indaba.
8. The ATTA LOGO
Members display the ATTA logo on stationery and promotional material. With the distinctive outline of the African continent, the logo acts as a source of recognition throughout the industry.
9. ATTAK NEWSWIRE
Our website www.atta.co.uk has sophisticated communication facilities attached. The ATTAK facility distributes news stories on tourism related subjects, posted by members or the executive that can be filtered as required by country and category and distributed via the internet to your nominated email addresses.
10. JOBSPOT (The Travel Trade Employment Exchange)
A staff-recruitment advertising service, which is broadcasted across the membership. For a one-off fee, Job Spot provides an in-house employment agency using our ATTAK facility to distribute your requirements across the membership to members and their contacts.
If tourism to Africa is your concern, then
- ATTA will keep you informed
- ATTA will connect you and your product to the African tourism network
- ATTA will help find the answer to your questions
With over 1000 tourism & media specialists on our membership distribution list somebody out there knows the answer and we can access them for you.
ATTA is the hub for tourism in Africa.
ATTA is more than a trade association, it is a unique club for those who believe passionately in Africa and wish to share and promote their expertise to ensure that tourism plays a major role across this vast continent. |