ABTA northwest region secretary Stan Magowan has been elected onto the Travel Agents’ Council following the death last month of Graham Barber.
Magowan, from St Helens-based Ellison travel agency, was elected unopposed.
Barber, who owned Plan-It Travel in Stockport, died helping customers who had encountered problems boarding a flight.
He had been regional chairman from 1996 to 1998.