ABTA will be running a one day seminar entitled A Beginner's Guide to Health & Safety, in association with Argent Health & Safety.

This one day event is ideal for businesses that have recently taken on the role of a principal and staff that are new to health and safety.

Using case studies and desk top activities this event will, take delegates through the basics of health and safety, and will look at what you have to do, where to start, who needs to do what and how to check it's all working right.

The Event takes place on 17 September at ABTA's offices in Park Street, London. The offices are a 2 minute walk from London's famous Borough Market which will be running that day.

For further information and to book your place to to www.abta.com/events. Don't forget that ATP members are entitled to a 10% discount.

Gina Webb from Thomas Cook Retail Ruislip is the winner of the Travel Uni Blog of the Month winner this month. Gina won a bottle of bubbly courtesy of Travel Uni. If you would like to be in the running to win a bottle of champagne all you have to do is write about any training you have had recently that has made an impression on you. This could be formal training or going on a product sourcing trip or Fam trip, attending an exciting industry roadshow or event. Anything that has taught you something new about the travel industry. Send your submission to Sally Oakey (sally.oakey@bmipublications.com) at Travel Uni by 11 September.

Read Gina's blog below :

I have just returned from the best Fam trip ever.....Grenada in the West Indies. I shall certainly be advising clients of this beautiful island and will return myself one day for a family holiday.
I was with a great team and we toured most of the island.....visiting the chocolate factory, rum distillery, rainforest, waterfalls, the market, Fort George, Nutmeg Processing Station etc. Not to mention the lovely hotels we stayed in and visited and the food is to die for, especially at the Calabash Hotel where we dined in Gary Rhodes' restaurant!

We experienced "Fish Friday" where the locals enjoy fish meals and plenty of rum to wash it down with...brilliant!
The trip also co-incided with The Jason Roberts Foundation Charity Football Match between the Grenadian XI and the Liverpool Legends (all ex-Liverpool players such as Bruce Grobbellar) - what a fantastic day - Grenada 1 - Liverpool 6 ! Then to "party-on" with them at Bananas night club.....
I, unfortunatly, encountered a bout of sunstroke, due to the complimentary spa treatment, courtesy of the Spice Island Resort, where covered in oil from my massage, burnt in the heat of the sun on my way back to the hotel room for a shower. But I was well looked after by all. This will in no way deter me from returning....a well recommended holiday destination for everyone!

Members are reminded that when you add your CPD points to your record please ensure that the date you enter is the date you completed the training - not the date you are logging it.

If you've recently joined ATP you can claim points up to six months before you joined.

Don't forget to add your points as you are going along. It's not that easy to remember what you've done when it gets to renewal time and it's good practice to keep an ongoing record of all your training and development so that you can easily identify any gaps or indeed demonstrate areas where you have built up your expertise.

If you have any problems logging your points give us a call on 020 31170549 or email administrator@travelprofessional.co.uk.

Our benefits partner People Value have let us know that loads of you are regularly using the benefits that come with your ATP membership. This is great news and we'd like to remind you of some of the discounts available to you this month:

• The AA are offering up to 40% off their joining fee and 10% off renewals.
• Weight Watchers Online. Save £20 with their 3 month plan.
• 10% off Green & Black's fine organic chocolate.
• Halfords - Save 10% on Halfords vouchers.
• Get a 6% discount on  books, games, movies, music and electronics at DVD.CO.UK!
• Best4Glasses -15% Off All  Designer Glasses.
• Sainsbury's £50 Gift Card - get a 5% Discount. £50 Asda Gift Card  get 5% off.
• New Look FREE £5 offer - get an 8% Discount PLUS get a £5 free New Look voucher with every £50 gift card ordered (first 100 orders only).
• Gap and Boots £50 voucher for only £45.00
• £50 TOPSHOP Gift Card - get 8% off.
• £50 Comet Gift Card - get 10% off.

The Travel Convention - organised by ABTA - takes place in Barcelona from 6-8 October.

The Travel Convention provides the industry with an annual platform for discussion - both formal and informal - covering topical issues which are of real value and relevance to the travel trade.

It's the only event with such a diverse audience. And with senior management attending from every sector of the industry, the networking opportunities are fantastic.

This year's Master Classes have been developed to provide real business tips for you to apply to your business as you prepare for the future. By attending two Master Classes you are guaranteed to pick up ten top tips for 2010. This will be the third Travel Convention - the event that in just two years has gained a reputation for being the most interesting, informative, relevant and enjoyable business event in the travel industry calendar.

To book your place go to www.thetravelconvention.com.

Lastminute.com sales consultant Kim Mullet was the winner of a pair of EVA Air return tickets to Bangkok thank to the Online Travel Training refer-a-friend competition.

The competition was to drive more agents to sign up to the Online Travel Training programme. Kim was the lucky winner among over 400 agents who entered the competition by referring their friends and colleagues to the service.

Online Travel Training, which launched in 2007, stormed past its 20,000th member with over 21,000 agents now signed up.

The 10 runners up all won ATP memberships for a year.

World Travel Market will be holding Travel Agents' Day on Thursday 12 November, with seminars designed to help agents do better business. The ITT's special travel agent sessions will look at: Maximising Earnings; Dealing with Customers and Selling During a Recession. Each of these seminars will be worth two of ATP's CPD points. Attendance is free of charge.

To register go to http://www.itt.co.uk/WTM2009.html.