U.S. Travel's Lobby Group Gestures Toward Reopening With New Health Guidelines
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The U.S. travel industry wants to restore traveler confidence with new health and safety measures. A 15-page report outlining hygienic best practice is a start, but more is needed for it to become standard across all sectors of the industry.
The U.S. Travel Association submitted health-focused guidelines for travel businesses to the White House and state governors on Monday, hoping to provide best practice and help kick-start a gradual reopening of the travel industry in the U.S.
The guidelines — entitled "Travel in the New Normal" — were developed in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts and focus on keeping both employees and customers safe. The trade group hopes with its 15-page report to provide a roadmap for travel to resume as safely as possible as U.S. locations begin opening up.
"We want political leaders and the public alike to see that our industry is setting a very high standard for reducing the risk of coronavirus in our businesses, and that the practices in place to achieve that standard are consistent through every phase of the travel experience," sa
