By Tom Smith As the first anniversary of the Feb. 22 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan approach, the funds that were raised in a joint “Airports helping Airports” effort have been fully distributed. ACI-NA, ACI World, ACI Asia-Pacific and American Association of Airport Executives [...]
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Airports Helping Airports Pays Off
Posted by webmaster on February 1, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/02/01/airports-helping-airports-pays-off/
Obama’s Travel and Tourism Initiatives Follow ACI-NA’s Requests
By Channon Hanna On Thursday, President Obama travelled to Walt Disney World in Orlando to announce new initiatives to increase travel and tourism to the United States. Among the initiatives announced were visa reform, Global Entry expansion and promotion, and the expansion of the visa waiver program— all of which are key reforms that ACI-NA [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on January 20, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/01/20/obama%e2%80%99s-travel-and-tourism-initiatives-follow-aci-nas-requests/
Airports Applaud U.S.-Canada Efforts to Improve Facilitation and Security at Border
By Morgan Dye Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) today submitted comments in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Request for Public Comments regarding “U.S.-Canada Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness”. In the filed comments, ACI-NA applauded the plan announced on December 7, 2011 by President Obama and Prime Minister [...]
Posted by mdye on January 9, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/01/09/2476/
Travel and Tourism Gets New Focus in the U.S. Senate
By Jane Calderwood Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mark Begich (D-Ark.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently announced the formation of the U.S. Senate Travel & Tourism Caucus. The purpose of the caucus will be to promote “common-sense policies that reduce barriers to travel and raise awareness of the importance of job-creating travel and [...]
Posted by webmaster on July 11, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/07/11/travel-and-tourism-gets-new-focus-in-the-u-s-senate/
ACI-NA Statement on Death of Osama bin Laden
By Morgan Dye Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), which represents the owners and operators of airports throughout the United States and Canada, today issued a statement in response to the announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death. Statement of ACI-NA President Greg Principato: “The death of Osama bin Laden is welcome news for civilized people everywhere. [...]
Posted by mdye on May 2, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/05/02/aci-na-statement-on-death-of-osama-bin-laden/