The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA), Business Travel Coalition (BTC) and American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama praising his leadership, and that of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, for working to make all airline fees visible to consumers before they purchase a ticket.
Ned Levi examines TSA’s “Myth of Fact” list and writes his own list in response to recent statements about the use of TSA’s AIT scanners and enhanced “pat-downs.”
Ned Levi has surveyed the state of the commercial airline industry in light of a year of serious security and service failures. To combat those problems Ned has suggested New Year’s resolutions for the government and the airlines.
But now, with President Obama lifting some travel restrictions for Cuban Americans, and Raoul Castro saying nice things about our new government, it looks like travel for ordinary Americans to Cuba will soon be possible. Along with an end to the trade embargo. So what does this mean for the travel industry?
The travel industry doesn’t get any respect as one of the America’s most important economic drivers. Foreign countries get it, but here at home everyone from the President to media personalities seem to think less travel is part of the solution for our economic woes. Wrong.
The past week after attending a conference in San Jose, Calif., Ned discusses the troubled state of the travel and hospitality industries in light of President Obama’s statement about conventions.