05/05/2020

Coronavirus Tracker: Travel Industry Outlines Reopening Guidelines

May 5, 2020

Current updates on association response to the global COVID-19 crisis, along with a roundup of conference, travel and business news and information.

Travel's "New Normal"
The trade group representing the hard-hit travel industry offered detailed guidance on Monday to support its potential revival. The U.S. Travel Association (USTA) released Travel in the New Normal, a set of guidelines for how travel companies should proceed to resume business based on recommendations from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“As we move to the next phase of our response to the pandemic, we must demonstrate leadership to elected officials and public health authorities who will decide when, how, and under what conditions travel businesses are allowed to reopen across America,” the document, sent to the White House and governors around the country, states. “Just as importantly, we must also inspire confidence in travelers by demonstrating travel businesses are appropriately focused on their health and safety.”

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