UK travel companies are busted for displaying fake Atol logos
Skift Take
The easy manipulation of the logo is undermining the legitimacy of the government’s trip protection, which has already become less popular due to recent failures and online bookings.
Up to 20 travel companies are being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for falsely displaying the Atol logo.
The government-backed Atol scheme protects holidaymakers from losing their money, or being stranded abroad, in the event of their travel company going bust.
Last week the CAA, which runs the scheme, successfully prosecuted Diving World, a London-based tour operator, for falsely claiming on its website it was an ATOL-registered company. The firm was fined £3,500 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs, and the CAA said it expected more prosecutions to follow.
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