This will be one of four major events to be held in Portugal in the coming weeks, which will see 1,500 travel industry experts heading for Portugal.

The ABTA conference will be held over three days in Ponta Delgada and will focus on financial, political and tourism issues facing the industry.

This will be followed by Irish travel agents gathering in Porto at the end of this week, while Thomas Cook is to bring over more than 600 operators to the Algarve in November.