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The Travel Foundation beat off stiff competition to take the top prize in the Animals and Environment sector in an award ceremony held last week in London.

Travel Foundation founder James Skinner and chief executive Sue Hurdle collected the award at a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in front of 1,000 of the charity world’s most senior representatives and celebrity guests including Jo Brand, Greta Scacchi, Lynda Bellingham, Jon Snow and Peter Bowles, who presented awards in 10 separate categories.   

John de Vial, ABTA Director and Head of Communications said: “We are delighted to see the hugely successful and important work of the Travel Foundation given proper recognition with this significant award. The Travel Foundation as a charity, innovates and moves sustainability forward, benefiting the whole industry, our customers and the communities we visit. ABTA and ABTA Members have given the Foundation long term support and we will continue to work closely together .This award is richly deserved ” 
David Phelan, organiser of the Charity Awards 2010 said: “What the winning charities all have in common is their ability to turn innovation, passion and vision into an effective project or organisation demonstrating considerable impact.  It’s vital that we acknowledge these achievements, which is why I’m delighted The Travel Foundation has won the Animals and the environment award.  It is a fantastic organisation and the award is thoroughly deserved. I congratulate everyone involved.”

The Charity Award judges recognised The Travel Foundation for the invaluable work it does helping the travel industry to understand, manage and take effective action on sustainable tourism helping to protect and enhance the environment and to improve the well-being of communities at the heart of travel destinations.  


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Sean Tipton, Senior Press Officer, tel: 020 3117 0513,
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Notes to Editors
ABTA – The Travel Association was founded in 1950 and currently has 1,351 members with 5,700 outlets. Members include travel agents, tour operators and support services right across the spectrum from small family-owned businesses to the largest tour operators. 

ABTA is the largest travel association in the UK and its members provide 90% of the foreign package holidays in the UK as well as selling millions of independent travel arrangements. 

In 2008 ABTA merged with the Federation of Tour Operators [FTO], thereby cementing its role as the leading travel association and increasing benefits for both ABTA and FTO members. Both the ABTA brand which is highly recognised by consumers and the FTO brand which is well known in destinations will be retained.

As part of its comprehensive package of services to members, ABTA, as a non-party political organisation works to represent the interests of its Members to government and key opinion formers in the UK and EU.