Tempo assures the trade

TEMPO Holidays has moved to assure the trade it is fully operational following yesterday’s decision from the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) to cancel its accreditation for the AFTA Travel Accreditation Scheme (ATAS) (TD yesterday).

The company said in a statement to TD “we at Tempo Holidays Pty Ltd would like to reassure all our trade partners that we are fully operational in Australia and New Zealand and functioning despite the recent events in India”.

“We would like to assure the trade that we have already established a ‘Client Money Trust Account’, effective 16 Aug, 2019, and all client receipts are now diverted into that account.”

The ATAS cancellation includes all the firm’s trading and business names such as Bentours and Cox & Kings.

It follows the temporary suspension of the company from ATAS after its Indian parent, Cox & Kings, confirmed a “cash flow mismatch” (TD 03 Jul) which saw its IATA accreditation removed.

Tempo said Cox and Kings India was working on multiple options to resolve the matter at hand and that it would provide further updates “as soon as possible”.

Tempo Holidays are tailor-made specialists with almost 30 years of experience and offer fully independent tours through to escorted small groups.

Bentours is a wholesaler which specialises in fully independent holidays and organised group tours primarily in Scandinavian, Nordic and Polar travel.