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Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) CEO Dean Long will remain at the helm of the industry body for at least another three years, following the signing of a new agreement.<\/strong><\/p>\n ATIA chair Christian Hunter confirmed the news at the association\u2019s Beyond Borders event in Melbourne this morning, praising Long\u2019s contribution to the organisation and its members.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve just entered into the new agreement that should see him connected to the association for at least the next three years,\u201d Hunter told delegates.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled about that. He does great work on behalf of all members, and we really look forward to great things in the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n The announcement comes as ATIA continues to implement its five-year strategic framework, Project A30, designed to strengthen the association and its representation of the Australian travel industry through to 2030.<\/p>\n Speaking at Beyond Borders, Hunter outlined the association\u2019s progress under the strategy, which is built around four pillars: business growth and support, connection and events, advocacy and industry representation, and accreditation and trust.<\/p>\n Hunter said the objective was to ensure ATIA remained equipped to respond to future industry challenges .<\/p>\n \u201cIt is to make sure that this association is match fit, not just for the industry that we see today, but for whatever is going to get thrown at us over the next five years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He highlighted the association\u2019s advocacy work over the past year, including its intervention over Fiji\u2019s proposed retrospective tourism tax, its response to international aviation disruptions and its efforts to protect members from additional regulatory costs.<\/p>\n Hunter also acknowledged that not every advocacy campaign had been successful, pointing to proposed credit card surcharging reforms as an example.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t win every single fight, and ATIA won\u2019t always win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what I can absolutely guarantee you is that we will always be putting our best foot forward.\u201d<\/p>\n The announcement also follows a period of structural change for ATIA, including the integration of the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) as a division of the association earlier this year.<\/p>\n Hunter said the expanded structure would give tour operators, wholesalers, corporate travel businesses and independent agents a stronger voice in industry decision-making.<\/p>\n ATIA is also overhauling its accreditation processes, with a target of turning around applications within 72 hours in 2027.<\/p>\n Hunter said the association\u2019s success should not only be measured by new services or products, but also by the additional costs and regulatory burdens it had helped members avoid.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes the things that we stop are actually more powerful than the things that we create,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) CEO Dean Long will remain at the helm of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATIA looks towards 2030<\/strong><\/h2>\n
A growing industry voice<\/strong><\/h2>\n