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At U.S. Travel’s IPW, five travel journalists were honored with U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA Travel Writer Awards. The competition recognizes outstanding travel writing by journalists in three categories: best U.S. travel destination article, best (past) IPW host city article for San Antonio (2023), and best trade publication Article.

U.S. Travel Association's IPW is in full swing driving over $5.5 billionin economic impact in future travel to the U.S. Travel has the unique ability to generate a trade surplus for the American economy, and the business conducted at IPW will play a pivotal role in reestablishing international inbound travel as the leading service export of our nation.

Delegates have already experienced a multitude of productive business meetings, invaluable networking opportunities, destination experiences and a lineup of over-the-top evening events. Here are some...

“It should be our national goal to be nothing short of number one in terms of visitor arrivals, visitor spend and visitor experience,” Freeman said. “But our ambitions are constrained by excessively...

There's a new proposal on Capitol Hill to improve air travel. On the one hand, it will slow down passenger screening and lengthen checkpoint lines. On the other hand, it will make you a little less...

According to a U.S. Travel Association analysis, the proposed amendment could result in travelers waiting an additional 120 million hours in TSA lines each year by significantly slowing both TSA PreCheck and standard screening lanes.