Air Safety Improvement Bill
By MELANIE TROTTMAN and ANDY PASZTOR
The airline industry and Congressional leaders are at odds over funding for plans to speed modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system and improve aviation safety.
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US Travel Promotion Act
By HUMA KHAN
The U.S.
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No Gambling For Hawaii
HONOLULU — Lawmakers in Hawaii have decided not to allow gambling on the isles.
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Joint Board To Be Set Up
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The East African Legislative Assembly, while conducting its third session held in Kampala, Uganda, last week, passed the long-awaited tourism and wildlife bill, which also facilitates the setting up o
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East Africa's Tourism
The move by the regional Assembly to pass a Bill seeking to have East African countries jointly manage their tourism and wildlife sectors is laudable and could not have come at a better time.
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East African Community Tourism and Wildlife Management Bill
By ALLAN ODHIAMBO
The regional Assembly has passed a Bill that could see East African countries jointly manage their high potential tourism and wildlife sectors.
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Hawaii
A controversial measure that would have allowed new bed-and-breakfast units on Oahu was killed Wednesday by the Honolulu City Council.
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Are We Being Counterproductive?
By eTN Staff Writer
On November 9, the US House of Representatives passed the Travel Promotion Act, a bill that would create a national nonprofit tourism promotion corporation for the United States "to communicate United
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Small Business Financing And Investment Act
By eTN Staff Writer
Last week, the House Small Business Committee passed a long-awaited package of reforms to federally-backed small business lending practices.
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US-Cuba Travel
By JUAN O. TAMAYO
WASHINGTON - A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American Senator holding
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Travel Promotion Act
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed the Travel Promotion Act (S. 1023) on Wednesday, sending this hard-fought bill to the House of Representatives for action.
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Tourism Promotion Act
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Tuesday approved a procedural motion on legislation that would create an entity to promote the U.S. as a tourism destination abroad.
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French Tourists Better Think Twice
French tourists that are thinking about heading off to some of the more risky foreign destinations may be asked to pay the bill if the French government has to come to their rescue.
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Cruise Safety
MIAMI — Vacationers shopping for a cruise might soon have more things to consider than price and itineraries.
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Federal Travel "Blacklist"
LAS VEGAS — US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has introduced a bill to prevent federal agencies from ruling out tourist destinations as places to hold official meetings.
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Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil - Foreign capital limits in Brazilian airline companies could rise to 49 percent from a present cap of 20 percent, according to a draft bill that the Civil Aviation Advisory Council s
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Alaska
By juneauempire.com
In the last days of this session, lawmakers gave cruise lines another five years to comply with strict wastewater standards.
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Cruise News
By usatoday.com
Be careful when using your cell phone or wireless card on a cruise ship - even if the ship is docked in a U.S. port.
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Moves To State Senate
By eTN Staff Writer
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights group, today praised Hawaii’s House of Representatives for passing a civi
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US
By AP
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a House committee overseeing airlines says it should be harder for carriers to work together on setting prices and schedules.
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