The Trump Effect: Borders, Bans and Bookings

Other countries aren't raising their U.S. travel risk ratings, but they are adding footnotes.

While most hospitality executives have been in damage-control mode, Kempinski’s CEO envisions an opportunity. With rates held, staff retained, and a development pipeline intact, the company is placing a long-term bet on the Middle East.

Delta is joining United and JetBlue in increasing baggage fees as high fuel costs are starting to eat into airlines’ profits.

Jamie Dimon didn't write a travel memo per se, but he might as well have. Softening consumer demand, oil shocks, AI disruption, and an immigration crisis — the threats are real, and they're arriving all at once.

As India’s peak travel season approaches, the increase in fuel surcharge by both IndiGo and Air India now casts doubt on whether outbound travel will continue its upward trajectory.

A boycott threat against one of the world’s most important scientific meetings underscores a broader challenge: geopolitical tensions and cross-border travel barriers are increasingly determining where global events can, and can’t, take place. 

AirAsia X is raising fares to absorb soaring fuel costs while keeping capacity largely intact. The airline is betting the crisis will pass before its low-cost model is tested too hard.

The Trump administration wants to privatize TSA following two government shutdowns in which TSA officers missed two paychecks in each. During the most recent partial shutdown, airports across the country experienced hours-long wait times at security as a result of staffing shortages.

The U.S. is gearing up for a summer of marquee events, but new fees and restrictions could keep tourists at bay.

The U.S. is gearing up for a summer of marquee events, but new fees and restrictions could keep certain tourists at bay.