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Passenger rights group calls on Congress to act on GAO's recommendations

Association for Airline Passenger Rights

Passenger rights group calls on Congress to act on GAO's recommendations

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Association for Airline Passenger Rights ("AAPR") today called on the U.S.

First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism lines up distinguished speakers

World Tourism Organization and Spanish General Secretariat of Tourism and Domestic Trade

First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism lines up distinguished speakers

The United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Jorge Sampaio; the Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani; and the Ministers of Tourism of Ecuador, ...

Airline safety bill getting closer to be passed by Congress

Airline safety bill

Airline safety bill getting closer to be passed by Congress

WASHINGTON, DC - Passage of the Aviation Safety Bill, that the families of the victims of the crash of Flight 3407 have been fighting for, could be getting closer.

Overton: Media must be held "accountable" for damaging Florida tourism

Florida tourism official bashes media

Overton: Media must be held "accountable" for damaging Florida tourism

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association is urging Congress to hold the media "accountable" for what he alleges is inaccurate reporting on the Gulf oil spill ...

US Congress designates US$500,000 for Northern Marianas Visitor Center

National Monument To Be Built

US Congress designates US$500,000 for Northern Marianas Visitor Center

WASHINGTON, DC – US Congress has appropriated US$500,000 in a fiscal 2011 spending bill for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Center in the Commonwealth of the Northern ...

Malaysia wins double header

Meeting News

Malaysia wins double header

LOS ANGELES, California - Malaysia’s latest international congress win is for the Federation of International Surveyors (FIG) General Assembly International Congress 2014.

Congress told United and Continental merger will be good for everybody

United and Continental Merger

Congress told United and Continental merger will be good for everybody

WASHINGTON — The CEOs of United and Continental airlines are telling Congress their merger will be good for consumers, airline employees and the small communities that rely on them for ...

Africa Travel Association Congress in Gambia ends with pledge to build new partnerships for tourism development

Tourism Industry Milestones Made At 35th Annual Congress

Africa Travel Association Congress in Gambia ends with pledge to build new partnerships for tourism development

By eTN Staff Writer

BANJUL, Gambia - The Africa Travel Association's 35th Annual Congress ended today with a commitment among Africa's tourism stakeholders to boost efforts to develop new public-private partnerships ...

FlyersRights.org to Congress: just say no to carry-on and lavatory fees

Support The National Call To Action

FlyersRights.org to Congress: just say no to carry-on and lavatory fees

By eTN Staff Writer

"The commercial airlines have reached a new low by attempting to charge passengers for the right to place their luggage in the overhead bins," said Flyers Rights president and founder, Kate ...

Message from the Sofia congress chairman

Addressing Travel Agents

Message from the Sofia congress chairman

By eTN Staff Writer

Richard Lohento, chairman of the upcoming

International hospitality and tourism congress to meet in Rhode Island

Educating Tomorrow’s Hospitality Leaders

International hospitality and tourism congress to meet in Rhode Island

By eTN Staff Writer

Rhode Island will become the hub of international hotel and tourism education when Johnson & Wales University hosts the 49th EUHOFA International Congress beginning Sunday, November 7 through ...

Congress may challenge USAID project

ASEAN Competitive Enhancement

Congress may challenge USAID project

By Don Ross and Imtiaz Muqbil

The USAID-funded ASEAN Competitive Enhancement project, by promoting Myanmar, breaches the rules on how it is allowed to disburse funds and must be changed if Congress intervenes.

Bill to improve safety puts airline industry and Congress at odds

Air Safety Improvement Bill

Bill to improve safety puts airline industry and Congress at odds

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.

President of Skal Toronto inspired with the new year

Frank Vismeg Shares His Thoughts

President of Skal Toronto inspired with the new year

By eTN Staff Writer

Frank Vismeg, president of Skål International, Toronto North for 2010, returned recently with fresh inspiration from the 70th Skål International World Congress, held in Budapest, Hungary.

Resort 'discrimination' addressed by Congress

Corporate Travel

Resort 'discrimination' addressed by Congress

By ERIN KELLY

When it comes to luring convention- and conference-goers this winter, sun-drenched resort towns may be too much fun for their own good.

Ros-Lehtinen: "Tourism is to Cuba what energy investments and refined petroleum products are to Iran"

Miami Republican Defends Cuba Travel Ban

Ros-Lehtinen: "Tourism is to Cuba what energy investments and refined petroleum products are to Iran"

By William Gibson

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen rushed to the defense of the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba while others were blasting it at a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday.

Bills to open US-Cuba travel increasingly drawing support

US-Cuba Travel

Bills to open US-Cuba travel increasingly drawing support

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 ...

ATA's 35th Annual Congress will be hosted by Gambia

ATA Congress In Gambia

ATA's 35th Annual Congress will be hosted by Gambia

Banjul — Gambia will host the 35th Annual Congress of the Africa Travel Association (ATA) in May 2010.

Travel Promotion Act passed by Congress

Travel Promotion Act

Travel Promotion Act passed by Congress

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.

Is Travel Promotion Act a bailout for tourism industry?

Travel Promotion Act And K Street

Is Travel Promotion Act a bailout for tourism industry?

Now that Disney has bought Marvel comics, it is reaching out for another partner: the federal government.

Medical tourism and global healthcare conference coming to LA

2nd Annual World Medical Tourism And Global Health Congress

Medical tourism and global healthcare conference coming to LA

LOS ANGELES - The 2nd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress, the largest medical tourism congress in the world, announces speakers, sponsors and record increase in attendance ...

Airline safety is on US lawmakers agenda

US Congress

Airline safety is on US lawmakers agenda

WASHINGTON — Congress is taking steps to toughen regulations on pilot training, qualifications and hours in response to accidents involving regional airlines, including a February crash in ...

Business Travel Coalition Sends Letter To US Congress

Tearing down travel segments to form a united industry

By eTN Staff Writer

Business Travel Coalition (BTC) today, in the aftermath of National Transportation Safety Board hearings examining the Colgan Air crash, transmitted a letter to congress signed by sixty-five ...

Airlines ask US to preserve global alliances

Global Airline Alliances

Airlines ask US to preserve global alliances

By John Crawley, reuters.com

WASHINGTON - U.S.

4th Brussels International – Tourism & Congress

Brussels Meetings Week, take 4!

By eTN Staff Writer

Buoyed by the success of the first three editions, BI-TC (Brussels International – Tourism & Congress) launched the 4th Brussels Meetings

Explore "Egypt Beyond the Monuments" at the 34th annual Africa Travel Association Congress

Cairo, Egypt, May 17-21, 2009

Explore "Egypt Beyond the Monuments" at the 34th annual Africa Travel Association Congress

By eTN Staff Writer

Delegates to the 34th Annual Africa Travel Association (ATA) Congress in Cairo May 17-21, 2009 will have an exciting opportunity to explore “Egypt Beyond the Monuments” on pre- or ...

R.O.A.R.: Lay blame where blame is due, but it’s not the hotels

Hospitality Industry

R.O.A.R.: Lay blame where blame is due, but it’s not the hotels

By Jean Francois Mourier & Bruno Perez, revparguru.com

For the past 6 months, most of us in the hotel industry have sat by watching the effect of Wall Street’s excesses, or the “AIG effect” impact the meetings industry.

Valued airline pacts in the congressional firing line

Airline Alliances

Valued airline pacts in the congressional firing line

By money.cnn.com

An assault by U.S.

Two leading associations on the international congress scene recently celebrated anniversaries in Vienna

Vienna Tourist Board Persuades Both To Hold Anniversaries Together

Two leading associations on the international congress scene recently celebrated anniversaries in Vienna

By eTN Staff Writer

VIENNA - The International Pharmaceutical Congress Advisory Association and the Associations Conference Forum are two of the most important organizations in the international congress ...

Africa Travel Association launches online registration for 34th Annual Congress in Cairo, Egypt, May 17-21, 2009

ATA’s 2009 World Congress Means Business!

Africa Travel Association launches online registration for 34th Annual Congress in Cairo, Egypt, May 17-21, 2009

By eTN Staff Writer

NEW YORK, NY - The Africa Travel Association (ATA) announced today that it has launched online registration for its 34th Annual Congress, to take place at the Cairo International Conference Center ...

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