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ASTA fights overtime-pay rule for travel agenciesASTA is attempting to have travel agencies removed from a "blacklist" issued by the U.S. Department of Labor decades ago that...

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House to debate changes to Cuba travel restrictionsA proposed amendment to a House bill would lift restrictions on U.S. citizens’ travel to Cuba. However, existing language in...

Threat of visa waiver suspension worries travel interest groupsIn April, the European Commission entered into discussions about whether to suspend visa waiver privileges for visitors from...

Senate committee votes to remove all Cuba travel restrictionsThe bipartisan measure, presented as an amendment to the Senate Appropriation Committee’s fiscal year 2017 financial services...

Expect Brazil travel alert, State Department official warnsMark Goldrup, a State Department consul, said during an ASTA webinar that the U.S. commonly issues alerts for events that draw...

Senators ask for investigation into Lufthansa's 'distribution cost charge' Three U.S. Senators questioned whether Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr violated the Sherman Antitrust Act last June and July...

House passes bill designed to alleviate airport security gridlockThe bill requires the TSA to maintain minimum staffing numbers agreed upon with airlines and airports; gives the TSA the...

Congressional caucus asks airline group about bias casesThe caucus' concerns, laid out in a letter Monday to the trade organization Airlines for America, come on the heels of what it...

Pressure grows for TSA to pare PreCheck cost

Pressure grows for TSA to pare PreCheck costBut officials with TSA and Customs and Border Protection say that enrollment in trusted-traveler programs is higher than it’s...

Hoteliers at NYU conference take veiled shots at TrumpLoews Hotels & Resorts chairman Jonathan Tisch decried what he called “fear-filled rhetoric” in politics, while Marriott...

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