Travel Lobby Groups Urge White House to Shift to Endemic-Focused Policies


Masked traveler in an airport.

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This is probably not the focus of the White House right now given what is playing out on the global stage but it will be interesting to see how the Biden administration responds to these frustrated groups of travel lobbyists.

The major lobby groups for U.S. tourism, hotels and airlines are asking the Biden administration to drop stricter Covid travel guidelines and adopt rules that are more endemic-focused, coming a day after the Centers for Disease Control on Friday loosened nearly all of its indoor mask restrictions.

The U.S. Travel Association, the American Hotel and Lodging Association