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More Than 75 Hospitality Groups Urge Senate Passage of Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act
AHLA | March 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (March 21, 2024) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the International Franchise Association (IFA), the National Restaurant Association, and the U.S. Travel Association joined dozens of hospitality groups in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging Senate passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024). Additionally, leaders from AHLA, IFA, National Restaurant Association, and U.S. Travel issued the below statements regarding the bipartisan bill, which passed the House in January. “This bill would extend critical...
U.S. Travel Welcomes Aimee Gabel as SVP, Events and Education
U.S. Travel Association | March 14, 2024
WASHINGTON (March 14, 2024)—The U.S. Travel Association today announced that Aimee Misako Gabel has joined the organization as Senior Vice President, Events and Education. This new position will play a key role in shaping and transforming the association’s signature events—including U.S. Travel’s IPW, ESTO, Summer Summit and Future of Travel Mobility—and also deliver new programs aligned with U.S. Travel’s strategic priorities. “Aimee brings an invigorating combination of event innovation and delivery excellence,” said Ellen Davis, U.S. Travel’s Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Industry Engagement. “Her e...
Amadeus Report in Collaboration With UN Tourism Shows Confident Start to 2024 for Travel in the Americas
Amadeus | January 24, 2024
Air capacity is well over 100% of 2023 volumes across all regions, demonstrating increased opportunities for travel January 24, 2024 - A new report released today by Amadeus in collaboration with UN Tourism shows a positive trend for air travel and hospitality in the Americas at the start of 2024. Air capacity has increased significantly for January to April 2024 The report - Travel Insights 2024: Focus on the Americas - finds the industry is prepared for a strong start to the year, with air capacity in the region up by 20% over the first four months of the year when compared to the same period of 2023. Released today, the report d...
International Visitors Spent $18.8 Billion in the United States in September 2023
National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) | November 13, 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in September 2023: International visitors spent $18.8 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of 24 percent compared to September 2022 and the highest level of monthly spending since December 2019 (before the onset of reported COVID-19 cases). In fact, monthly U.S. travel and tourism exports are within $2.0 billion of their highwater mark set back in March 2018 when international visitors spent an appreciable $20.8 billion experiencing the United States. Conversely, Americans spent a record-setting $18...
International Visitors Spent $19 Billion in the United States in August 2023
National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) | October 10, 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in August 2023: International visitors spent $19.0 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of nearly 29 percent compared to August 2022 and the highest level of monthly spending since the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020. Conversely, Americans spent more than $17.2 billion traveling abroad during August, yielding a balance of trade surplus of nearly $1.8 billion and the fifth consecutive month during which the United States enjoyed a balance of trade surplus for travel and tourism-related goods and serv...
International Visitor Arrivals to the U.S. Increased 62.3% YOY in March 2023
International Trade Administration | July 6, 2023
U.S. Citizen Outbound Travel Departures from the United States Totaled 7,796,152 in March 2023, an Increase of 34% Compared to March 2022 Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in March 2023: International Arrivals to the United States Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 5,221,211 increased 62.3% compared to March 2022 and represents 83.4% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for March 2019, up from the prior month’s 80.8%. Year-to-date (YTD) through March, international visitation of 14,103,302 increased 77.3% compared to the first thr...
February 2023 Total International Travel Volume To and From the United States
International Trade Administration | June 5, 2023
International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 4,116,450, an Increase of 82.6% Compared to February 2022 Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 6,169,371 in February 2023, an Increase of 46% Compared to February 2022 Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2023: International Arrivals to the United States Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 4,116,450, increased 82.6% compared to February 2022 and represents 80.8% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for February 2019, down from...
The Experience Economy Endures: 2023 Deloitte Summer Travel Survey
Deloitte | May 30, 2023
Signs point to a busy season, as pricing pressure does not seem to deter Americans from enjoying their vacations More than two years after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines helped relaunch the experience economy, this summer is poised to improve on an already buoyant Summer 2022. Half of Americans say they will take a leisure vacation (involving a stay in paid lodging; see figure 1) this summer, up from 46% in 2022. And they are doing so with enthusiasm, taking more international flights and adding an average of one trip to their calendar. Concerns, however, persist—50% of nontravelers say they will stay home due to financial worries. ...
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