Travel Booking Site CEOs Condemn Trump’s Travel Ban for Muslim-Majority Countries
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What TripAdvisor CEO Kaufer tweeted about Republican Congress members holds true for the travel industry, as well: This is not the time to be silent about an issue that cuts to the core of travel and democracy in the U.S.
The CEOs of Expedia Inc., Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Lyft and Uber condemned the Trump administration's executive order to temporarily ban immigrants, refugees, and even green card-holders from seven majority-Muslim countries, while elsewhere within the U.S. travel industry there was a more tepid response or even silence.
U.S. federal judges, in the interim, have stayed several parts of the executive order, including blocking deportations of travelers from the seven countries who have already entered the U.S. at airports or other entry points.
The executive order is controversial on several grounds, including the fact that some consider it a Muslim ban, although supporters of the move deny it.
Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who is an immigrant from Iran, argued that President Trump hastily wiped out the country's roots as "a nation of immigrants" with "the stroke of a pen."
Khosrowshahi issued the following statement: "The President's order represents the worst of his proc
