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ASTA lobbies Department of Labor to drop proposed IC rules

ASTA lobbies Department of Labor to drop proposed IC rulesASTA asked Labor to stop "trying to fix something that isn't broken."

The Senate transportation committee is planning to hold hearings about Southwest's Christmastime operational meltdown.

Southwest meltdown getting Senate hearingsThe Senate transportation committee will look into the causes of the airline's operational disruptions and their impact on...

The DOT says airlines and other travel companies were hit with $8.55 million in consumer-protection fines in 2022, the DOT's highest total for a single year.

The DOT will start 2023 levying a big fineThe DOT said it will impose a $1 million civil penalty this month but has yet to reveal the offender or the infraction.

Death of airline groundworker triggers federal investigationThe National Transportation Safety Board said a worker at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama "was ingested into the engine"...

U.S. Travel Association CEO Geoff Freeman hopes that visa wait times will be a top priority of the new office.

At long last, the U.S. will fund a high-ranking tourism chiefThe travel industry had been championing such a position for years.

Preview 2023: PolicyThe U.S. Travel Association spent the past two years focused on reopening borders and ensuring relief for a battered industry....

Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill Friday, which contained a measure to create a tourism position within the U.S. Department of Commerce.

U.S. omnibus spending bill creates first assistant secretary position for tourismThe massive bill includes the Omnibus Travel and Tourism Act, which establishes the position of assistant secretary of travel...

The Department of Transportation has extended to Jan. 23 the period for comments on its proposed rule on enhancing the transparency of airline ancillary service fees.

DOT extends comment period for rule on airline fee disclosureThe DOT received several requests for an extension, including from Airlines for America, IATA, ASTA and Sabre.

TMCs say ticket agents should not be liable for refunds when the merchant of record is the airline.

TMCs propose changes to DOT's ticket refund ruleSix of the largest U.S. corporate travel agencies are concerned about being responsible for a customer's refund, credit or...

Setting the record straight

Setting the record straightInstead of the usual Q&A column, let me take this year-end opportunity to correct a couple of my statements and amplify a few...

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