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“I think the customer is the loser here," says Truist's C. Patrick Scholes. "Room rates are fully back and more, but you're getting less service."

U.S. visitor visa wait times remain over 400 days on average for first-time visa applicants from top inbound markets, according to the U.S. Travel U.S. visitor visa wait times remain over 400 days on average for first-time visa applicants in top inbound markets, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Aspiring tourists and business travelers to the U.S. from India, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and 6 other countries still have to wait 407 days on average to obtain an interview in order to get a visitor visa.

At this year’s Americas Lodging Investment Summit, the opening question in almost every conversation I participated in was “what are you seeing?”

Hotels think group business is set to be the star in 2023, on top of workers hitting the road to start infrastructure projects.

American embassies are working around the clock to bring down the amount of time international travelers have to wait to get a visitor visa interview in American embassies are working around the clock to bring down the amount of time international travelers have to wait to get a visitor visa interview in order to travel to the U.S., according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services Julie Stufft.