US Travel
Priceline Plans To Pare Expedia’s Lead In U.S. Online Bookings
Quick Take Pricelines share in the US travel bookings was just 11% in 2012 vs. 43% for Expedia. Despite slowing growth, the US online travel market remains the biggest market in terms of sales and will continue to be so for years to come. US online travel sales is expected to cross $180 billion by [...]
Survey: US Customs is driving visitors away
When youre greeted with something thats less than welcoming, that first taste in your mouth is quite disconcerting, said Geoff Freeman, chief operating officer of the US Travel Association, the industry trade group that conducted the survey in partnership with Consensus Research. In the survey, 43% of the travelers who have visited the US said [...]
U.S. Travel Agencies Sales Drop 1.37 Percent in First Quarter 2013 vs. 2012
ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported today that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by US-based travel agencies decreased 1.37 percent* year-over-year in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, totaling $22.9 billion vs. $23.3 billion in [...]
Freeman takes position with gaming association
Geoff Freeman will join the American Gaming Association (AGA) as president and CEO on July 1. Freeman has been with the US Travel Association for the past seven years, most recently as executive vice president and COO. In a statement, US Travel said, The US Travel Association congratulates Geoff Freeman on his appointment to lead [...]
U.S. Travel Association to Congress: TSA PreCheck Should Be Expanded
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should expand its express security checkpoint program — TSA PreCheck — to more passengers at more airports. So argues US Travel Association Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Geoff Freeman, who yesterday delivered testimony in support of the program before the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation Security. [...]
Jay-Z and Beyonce Cuban Trip Highlights US Travel Embargo
Recently, the reigning king and queen of hip hop, Jay-Z and Beyonce, have been heavily criticized for a trip to Cuba. While the Castro regime has touted it as tourism, the American government has tried to pass it off as more of a cultural exchange. While the Obama administration has loosened restrictions on travel to [...]
Russian Standard Gold launches in US travel-retail – Duty Free News International
The product was introduced to the US trade by Rémy Cointreau Travel Retail at the Duty Free Show of the Americas Vodka brand Russian Standard presented two new products to the Americas travel-retail industry at the Duty Free Show of the Americas in Orlando last week with the help of liquor supplier Remy Cointreau Travel [...]
Canadians flock to US in search of low-cost travel
Have credit, will travel. That seems to be the mantra of so many plastic-carrying Canadians. Those with Visa cards charged $16.4 billion abroad in 2012, marking a boost in spending by nearly 3 per cent from the year before, according to Visa’s recently released Tourism Snapshot Report. The United States got the biggest share of [...]
Beyonce and Jay-Z Cuba Trip Reignites Debate on US Travel Ban To The Island
In a sign of the dueling views on Americans traveling to Cuba, on Monday US Sen. Marco Rubio pushed for making it harder to get there, while US Rep. Kathy Castor called for easing rules on travel to the island. The debate about travel to Cuba, an issue that has simmered over the decades, flared [...]