Friday Check-in

This weekend’s kickoff to summer should see record-level demand for travel and increased spending.

In anticipation of a busy holiday travel period, we’re focused on activities in Congress and the Administration to efficiently and securely process the millions of passengers transiting through our nation’s airports.

This week, nearly 450 communities across the nation celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week to tout the powerful value of travel to media and lawmakers. 

This week's Friday Check-In recognizes the global celebration of the meetings industry and its impact on people, businesses and communities.

Travel security remained a priority topic this week for both global industry leaders and lawmakers in Washington.

This week’s video shares U.S. Travel’s perspective on the recent events abroad and our work with lawmakers and officials in Washington to balance needed security measures and travel facilitation. 

This week, the Senate released its proposal to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. While the bipartisan bill accounts for many aspects of aviation reform, it fails to provide a measure to improve airport infrastructure and promote airline competition. 

Earlier this week, legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration was introduced. It's a sound start to aviation reform, but it ultimately falls short by ignoring a key component: our nation's airports.