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Report: Administration to divert TSA officials from airports to borderCNN says the plan to ultimately send nearly 600 law enforcement and security operations officials from the TSA to help with...

Bill would ease PreCheck enrollment for security personnel

Bill would ease PreCheck enrollment for security personnelUnder the Secure Traveler Act, "persons in position of public trust" would not have to undergo a second background check for...

Proposed bill addresses travel agency overtimeU.S. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced the Travel Advisor Retail Fairness Act, which would enable agencies to be exempt...

Carnival hit with Helms-Burton lawsuit for using Havana terminal

Carnival hit with Helms-Burton lawsuit for using Havana terminalA recent policy change by the Trump administration left U.S. companies doing business in Cuba vulnerable to lawsuits. ...

Tourists in Havana.

Trump's Cuba travel threat has caused a bookings rushAs travel suppliers puzzle over the possible impact of an announced but not specified change in U.S. policy toward Cuba,...

DOT to propose lavatory-accessibility rule for smaller aircraft before year's endAirlines are already required to provide a handicapped-accessible lavatory on widebody aircraft.

U.S. says 'reconsider travel' to Sri LankaThe U.S. government has elevated Sri Lanka's travel advisory to Level 3, recommending Americans "reconsider travel" to the...

Trade group urges California ICs to lobby for exemption

Trade group urges California ICs to lobby for exemptionThe California Coalition of Travel Organizations is calling on travel agencies, tour operators and agents in California to...

A CBP officer checks a passenger's documentation.

Politics, policies said to be hurting inbound travelThe administration's directive to Customs and Border Protection this month to reassign agents from some U.S. airports to the...

Steffan Panoho, head of Auckland Tourism, speaking at the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit.

Changes in destination marketing a topic at WTTC SummitAs the travel industry prepares for a world facing overtourism and concerns about environmental sustainability, the goals of...

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