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When Travel Agents Travel in Packs...

What's the best way to impress a big bunch of British travel agents being hosted by the Spanish Tourist Board at a Marbella hotel in southern Spain? Well, we're not sure what the best way is, but the worst way was definitely demonstrated this week: give them all food poisoning.

Whether it was the less-than-well-done pork or just some suspicious prawns that did the trick is unclear, but what is clear is that a large proportion of managers and other important members of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) who attended the final dinner of the convention in Marbella were stuck in bed (and near the bathroom) for at least 24 hours.

The hotel where the dinner was held hasn't been named in press reports, although ABTA did mention that an event organizer and caterer called CO Plus had been hired for the job by the Spanish Tourist Board. Apparently ABTA's conventions have twice before been struck by food poisoning--perhaps it's a case of disgruntled holiday-makers seeking a little revenge?

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