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The Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) has announced the appointment of David Hosking, CEO, The Travel Corporation (Australia) to its board.
Hosking is a lifetime travel industry leader, serving as both a director and c-level executive in one of the largest private global tourism businesses.
Hosking’s work in travel began as a trip leader for Contiki in 1976, quickly progressing in his career to oversee Contiki’s expansion, setting up operations and offices in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and America. Hosking became Contiki CEO in 1990 and remains a director of the company.
In 1996 Hosking established the TTC Geneva office with expanded TTC group responsibilities that included global insurance. He became a director of TTC in 2001. Hosking, along with TTC Global CEO Brett Tollman, created the Swiss-based TreadRight Foundation in 2009.
ATIA chair Tom Manwaring said his team was delighted to welcome “a director of David Hosking’s calibre to the board and have TTC rejoin the board.
“We have always been dedicated to mirroring the diversity of the travel industry at board level to ensure we support the broad membership base. We became the Australian Travel Industry Association in August because of this commitment to inclusivity and comprehensive sector representation.”
Hosking added that he was “very impressed with the vision to enhance the association’s effectiveness and broaden industry representation at board level.
“The shift to embracing a wider scope of travel professionals is a move I wholeheartedly support. By including voices from various facets of the industry such as tour operators and non-travel agent entities, we can significantly extend our reach and influence. I am pleased to join the Board at this pivotal moment and contribute to ATIA’s dynamic future.”
The appointment to fill a casual vacancy was approved at today’s final board meeting of the year, held in Sydney.
The board was also updated on the significant volume of advocacy work that has been achieved, led by ATIA’s director of public policy and advocacy. In the last quarter alone, the following submissions were lodged to ensure Travel has a voice in the decision making:
- Fiji, Indonesia and Malaysia Air Services Arrangements
- Aviation Green Paper
- Unfair Trading Practices
ATIA continues to be active in discussions with political leaders in Canberra. Engagements in the last quarter have included key ministers and senators and their offices, including the minister for trade and tourism, minister for infrastructure and transport, assistant minister for competition and charities and treasury and senator O’Neill. ATIA has also met with a number of opposition shadow ministers, including leader of the Nationals, shadow minister for infrastructure and transport, shadow minister for trade and tourism, and shadow minister for international development and the Pacific.
The key items on the agenda included the economic importance of the travel industry, aviation competition, unfair conduct, price parity arrangements and skills and training.
(Featured Image: David Hosking – Supplied)
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