ESTO annually brings together tourism professionals from across the United States for three days of focused educational sessions on emerging trends and tools in destination marketing, with opportunities to share best practices among colleagues and discuss pressing issues and opportunities facing the travel and tourism industry as it continues to build its recovery.
Roger joined U.S. Travel in 2005 following a successful 34-year career at Marriott International. Though Roger often joked that he had no experience in lobbying prior to taking on the job as travel’s top advocate, his sharp business acumen, vast network of contacts and decades of experience created a lasting impact on the U.S. travel industry.
“Like I said last week: This is not over,” Biden at a meeting with Democratic governors to discuss abortion access, a week after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade in 1973 that established the constitutional right to abortion.
Companies that restrict or reduce business travel risk negative impacts to their bottom lines and losing a competitive advantage in the coming months. U.S. Travel is encouraging these companies to prioritize a return to normal business travel operations.
The travel industry cheered the end of the predeparture testing requirement for inbound air travelers, which the Biden administration said would expire June 12.
Repeal of testing requirement for all inbound air travelers projected to add 5.4 million visitors to U.S. and $9 billion in travel spending through remainder of 2022.
National Travel and Tourism Week 2022 (May 1-7) celebrates the ‘Future of Travel’
U.S. Travel is seeing strong numbers of international delegates this year at its annual IPW trade show, one of the country’s leading international inbound travel events, driving $5.5 billion in future travel to the United States.
Given travel's slow economic recovery, and in light of the improved public health metrics in the US and medical advancements to prevent the worst outcomes of COVID-19, the Biden administration should now take steps to normalize travel conditions, which include repealing both the pre- departure testing requirement for vaccinated inbound air travelers and the federal mask mandate for public transportation, among other key policies.
