Rafat Ali, Skift
Though there is evidence of pent-up travel demand as U.S. reopens bit by bit, the monumental job losses for our sector will take a long time to come back to the pre-pandemic level, if ever. This is travel's Great Depression of this century, make no mistake.
7 days ago
Ted Hesson, Steve Holland, and David Shepardson, Reuters
Tuns out it is easier to ban travel than it is to permit it again.
2 weeks ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
If Congress doesn't address small business debt service obligations, employees run the risk of losing jobs and the company behind them.
4 weeks ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
U.S. Travel is entering a new decade, and the trade group seems to be aware that maintaining growth for the next 10 years will require that it asserts itself politically more than ever before.
4 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
The United States was well on its way to being one of the world's only tourism destination powerhouses without a marketing budget. In a rare piece of good news for U.S. tourism this year, Congress has just narrowly avoided that.
5 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Amid a softening forecast for domestic travel within the United States and red tape in Washington, D.C., Brand USA still needs a legislative path forward — and time is running out.
6 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Brand USA still doesn't have a legislative path forward — and time is running out. A failure to renew it will make the U.S. an outlier as a leading global tourism destination with no promotional budget.
7 months ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
Plenty of lawmakers in Washington want to see Brand USA's funding renewed — but it should come as no surprise that an increased passenger tax will leave some parties unhappy.
10 months ago
Daniel Flatley, Bloomberg
The U.S. Travel Association said the U.S. has lost $32 billion in travel-related business since 2015 and that the Trump administration is "not getting it" when it comes to addressing the problem. We agree.
2 years ago
Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press
It's worth remembering that — aside from some initial chaos at airports — the travel ban was put on hold by courts for the first part of the year. And the travel industry has put extra effort into sending a welcoming message to the world, even if the government has not.
3 years ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Unexpected business travel growth in the U.S. is good news for the travel industry — but will it last?
3 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
For some states coming in under budget is good news and for others the smaller spending signifies problems that marketing organizations are having. For now, most provisional tourism budgets increased for fiscal year 2016 and we'll soon see what impact that's had on travelers.
4 years ago
