Biden Expected To Announce Date When U S Travel Ban Will End In The Next Several Days forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U.S. Travel to Europe: President to Issue Remarks in a Few Days
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first European leader to visit US President Joe Biden at the White House as topics including U.S. travel to Europe was on the agenda.
Topics of the bilateral talk included climate change, COVID-19 vaccines, Russian cyber attacks, Ukraine and shoring up their democracies, as well as travel between the US and Europe.
The recent surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variants has put a hold on the US easing travel restrictions just yet.
Chancellor Merkel indicated she is confident with America’s COVID team.
U S Travel Reacts To Biden Remark On Lifting Int l Travel Ban To U S hospitalitynet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hospitalitynet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on reports that both chambers of Congress may soon consider separate actions on COVID-19 relief legislation:
“It is crucial that leaders in Washington return to the negotiating table immediately and continue the important work they started. Since March, more than half of the 15.8 million pre-pandemic jobs supported by the travel industry have disappeared, leaving workers and small businesses in every pocket of America vulnerable to the economic pain of this public health crisis.
“Underscoring the devastating effect this crisis has had on the industry’s jobs base is the fact that 34% of all job losses have been in the Leisure and Hospitality sector, though that sector accounted for just 11% of pre-pandemic jobs.
US Travel praises extension of federal mask mandate
April 30, 2021
Masks to be worn on airplanes, in airports and on public transportation
Universal wearing of masks in an effective safeguard against spreading the virus and boosts public confidence in traveling
U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the announcement that the Transportation Security Administration has extended until September 13 the federal requirement that masks be worn on airplanes, in airports and on public transportation:
“Extending the federal mask mandate for travel is the right move and has the travel industry’s full support.