Due to the London postal strikes, some of you may not have received your 'Welcome to ATP' letter or badge. If you have not received yours (you should have received them a maximum of two weeks after receiving your acceptance email) please get in touch with us and we will re-issue it. Please contact Bianca Williams on 0203 117 0550.

Over the next few months, many of you will be coming up for membership renewal. ATP will send you emailed reminders, however the actual act of renewing will need to be done by you or your employer.

Should you have any queries regarding this process, don't hesitate to contact Bianca or Vicki at ATP (administrator@travelprofesional.co.uk ). Your manager may also be able to help you. Don't miss out on all the benefits and recognition you deserve!

It's October; and most of us are starting to think about the coming festive season. At ATP, we can't think of a better time to be using the ATP benefits! Whether you want to organise a night out, get into shape for the staff party, or start your gift-buying, there will be a discount or voucher to help.

To search through your benefits, you need to login to the ATP website. Through your benefits tab, select the 'Access ATP Benefits'. Your username and password will be listed here (they are different to your login details); simply click on the link supplied to start searching.

Gym memberships, meals out, food, fashion, flowers and gifts are all included amongst the discounts and vouchers on offer - why not take advantage of them over the coming months? As always, if you have any queries about using or accessing these benfits, just contact the ATP Administrator on administrator@travelprofessional.co.uk.

Recently, we have been thinking of a more efficient way for our members to claim points for their NVQ's. As a result, the NVQ levels will be split into individual modules.

All modules are now listed by the unit number. Consequently, you can now claim for points upon completion of each unit, rather than waiting to complete the entire level.

Please do claim your points against the correct unit; remember, you may be required to verify your CPD claims through our random spot-checks! Also, please remember to list the date you completed the module in the date of completion area, otherwise we will need to contact you to confirm. This change will not affect any previous validations of NVQ's.

All About ABTA is a new online training tool developed by Travel Uni which sets out to help people to understand ABTA's role as the travel industry's largest and most important trade association.

Consisting of 5 indepth Modules, All About ABTA will help all our members have a thorough understanding of what it means to be an ABTA member, how best to protect your customers and the range of services that come with membership. Simply log onto www.allaboutabta.com  with your Travel Uni login to learn more.

Continental Airlines are the latest organisation to have their training ATP accredited! You can find their training here: http://www.onlinetraveltraining.co.uk/airline-training. The training is worth 3 points.

Samantha Marsden!

Samantha Marsden, a Customer Service Manager at United Co-Operatives Retail Travel Ltd, has claimed an amazing 1,214 points this year! Congratulations Samantha, we will be sending a celebratory bottle to you shortly for your achievment.

As always, The Travel Convention is followed by World Travel Market (WTM) in our calendar. This year, WTM is running from the 9th - 12th November at ExCel London.
WTM is a brilliant way to keep updated on the latest developments in the travel industry. Come and visit the ABTA stand, where you will also find infomation on Travelife and ATP! As well as attendance points, you can also claim 1 CPD point for each seminar you attend, whilst the seminars in the ITT zone are worth 2 points. See http://www.wtmlondon.com/page.cfm/Link=235/t=m/goSection=19 for further details.

Had fun at an event recently? Been on an exciting Fam trip you would like to brag about? With everything going on in the travel industry at the moment, there is plenty to write about! Travel Uni has a monthly competition for the best travel blog, so send your 250 words to sally.oakey@bmipublications.com in order to win a bottle of bubbly and share your experiences. We can't wait to read them!

If you didn't make it to The Travel Convention, or there were parts of the programme that you missed you can catch up by watching Travel Convention TV at http://www.thetravelconvention.com/podcast/index.php.

View Mark Tanzer's video Diaries, what other people thought about The Travel Convention, as well as catching up on presentations you may have missed (or would like to see again!).

If you did attend the convention, remember to claim your 2 CPD points!