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Tourism
The U.S. government is putting more financial resources toward cutting its excessive visa wait times. Let's hope it gets the job done.
Dawit Habtemariam | 3 weeks ago
Nearly every other country has a tourism minister or tourism secretary. In a halfway fix, the U.S. Congress passed funding bills Friday that included money to hire an assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism.
Sean O'Neill | 1 month ago
News Blog
Alex Lasry has been sworn in as the new deputy assistant secretary for travel and tourism at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Lasry oversees the National Travel and Tourism Office, in the International Trade Administration’s industry and analysis division in the Commerce Department. Lasry has begun to help lead the Biden-Harris Administration’s national travel and…
Sean O'Neill | 4 months ago
Ground Transport
Amtrak could benefit from this move. But as for EVs, the government will need to coordinate its regulations, such as rules for needing permission to drive a personal car more than 50 miles, to encourage compliance.
David Shepardson, Reuters | 4 months ago
President Biden is living up to his nickname Amtrak Joe with some big dollars for new passenger rail service across the country.
Edward Russell | 4 months ago
The U.S. and China will improve air connectivity and streamline visa processing, said Chinese President Xi Jinping in public remarks on Wednesday. Xi made the remarks at a dinner hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and US-China Business Council. The dinner followed Xi’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic…
Dawit Habtemariam | 5 months ago
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed former United Airlines executive Michael Whitaker as the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Whitaker, who most recently was chief operating officer of Hyundai-owned urban air mobility startup Supernal, was confirmed with unanimous bipartisan support late on Tuesday. He is the first confirmed FAA administrator since former administrator…
Edward Russell | 6 months ago
Travel Booking
The White House has increasingly called out the travel industry for the proliferation of junk fees and now, it has a plan to get rid of the charges that travelers frequently encounter.
Rashaad Jorden | 6 months ago
Airlines
Vietnam Airlines' multibillion dollar deal to buy aircraft from Boeing is a big step in the country's strategy to boost its rapidly growing aviation industry.
Reuters | 7 months ago
The junk fee issue has gone mainstream and the travel industry has no choice in how to respond: It cannot win this battle. It cannot fight back. There's no chance it will win.
Rafat Ali | 9 months ago
