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USTOA Launches Search for Executive Director
6/16/2010 11:06:55 AM: The executive director will work directly with USTOA’s officers and board to implement the association’s strategic plan, and to represent USTOA at large.
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Travelers in ‘Relentless Pursuit of Deals’
6/9/2010 9:35:40 AM: Travelers have a growing willingness to wait for goods and services to go on sale before making a booking.
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DOT Proposes New Consumer Protections for Air Travelers
6/2/2010 4:22:00 PM: Secretary LaHood proposed new consumer protections for air travelers, building on the Department of Transportation’s recent rule banning carriers from subjecting passengers to long tarmac delays and other deceptive practices.
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Pantuso to Join Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
5/26/2010 11:41:17 AM: Established by Congress in 2006, the MCSAC is charged with providing information, advice and recommendations to FMCSA on motor carrier safety programs and regulations.
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Volunteer Tours Don’t Have to be All Work Every Day
5/24/2010 4:43:20 PM: Tour operators can make a volunteer project just one component of a leisure tour.
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UPDATE: Memorial Service fo Bob Whitley May 19
5/17/2010 2:39:20 PM: Memorial services for Bob Whitley will be held in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Wednesday, May 19 at 1 p.m.
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USTOA President Bob Whitley Passes Away
5/14/2010 2:22:42 PM: Bob Whitley, longtime president of the United States Tour Operators Association, died May 13 following complications from abdominal surgery. He was 66.
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Travel Associations Urge End to Arizona Tourism Boycotts
5/12/2010 9:24:16 AM: NTA and U.S. Travel Association are urging the end of the use of tourism boycotts in order to protest and enact a change in SB 1070, Arizona’s new immigration law.
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Stand Up and Be Counted
5/7/2010 12:18:56 PM: The 2010 National Travel and Tourism Week kicks off on May 8 with the launch of the U.S. Travel Association's bold effort to generate 1 million industry advocates.
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Nashville Ready to Welcome Visitors
5/6/2010 8:40:57 AM: The city’s ensemble of popular hotels and attractions will be business as usual by Saturday, May 8.
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Promoting National Parks as Travel Destinations
4/27/2010 4:54:02 PM: Senators Klobuchar and LeMieux examined the value of National Parks as tourist destinations and sources of job creation and other economic benefits for states and local communities.
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NTA Holds First International Meeting in Spain
4/26/2010 11:11:51 AM: 150 travel industry professionals from fourteen countries joined forces to create four days of unforgettable business meetings and partnership.
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Motorcoaches Get There Greener
4/22/2010 11:17:44 AM: The environmental friendliness of motorcoaches makes Earth Day 2010, more aptly termed “Motorcoach Day.”
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Travel Keeps Taxes Down
4/15/2010 9:35:19 AM: U.S. taxpayers would have to pay $950 more a year if not for travel and tourism revenue.
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Canada Bookings to the U.S. a Mixed Bag
4/8/2010 4:26:41 PM: Canada bookings to the United States at the end of 2009 were on par with the same period as 2008.
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TSA Implementing New Security Actions that Supercede Emergency Measures
4/2/2010 2:44:10 PM: These new, more flexible security protocols—tailored to reflect the most current information available to the U.S. government—will apply to all passengers traveling to the United States.
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ASTA CEO Update
4/2/2010 12:44:28 PM: Until the time at which a new CEO is chosen, the society will continue to operate normally.
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U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit Points to Possibilities
3/30/2010 4:36:26 PM: Three days of valuable presentations from top Cuban officials and local travel specialists show the state of tourism and opportunity for investment in Cuba.
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TAP Increases Guaranteed Departures by 75 Percent
3/26/2010 1:11:47 PM: The 2010/2011 series of TAP-branded tours features more than 250 Guaranteed Departures
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WTTC and U.S. Travel Sign MOU
3/26/2010 1:10:48 PM: The two organizations will support each other’s research, advocacy, communications and co-operative efforts.
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