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 [...]
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Travel and Tourism Gets New Focus in the U.S. Senate
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/
One-in-Three Chance for ‘Double-Dip’ Recession
By A.J. Muldoon Mike Tretheway believes that even though it doesn’t feel like it, the industry is booming. IATA believes the industry will make $2.5 billion this year. However, the threat of a “W” recovery still remains. Dr. Tretheway believes the risk of a second dip is about 33 percent depending on how the Federal [...]
Posted by webmaster on September 29, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/09/29/one-in-three-chance-for-%e2%80%98double-dip%e2%80%99-recession/
Uptick Continues in Canadian Traffic
By Daniel-Robert Gooch As Canadian Airports Council Chairman Bill Restall reported to the ACI-NA board and media earlier this week, Canada is enjoying solid passenger traffic growth this year, particularly in recent summer months. For the year through July, systemwide in Canada traffic is up 3.9% over the first seven months of 2009. During that [...]
Posted by webmaster on September 29, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/09/29/uptick-continues-in-canadian-traffic/
ACI-NA welcomes U.S. / EU second stage agreement
ACI-NA President Greg Principato applauded the second stage air transportation agreement initialed by the United States and European Union in Brussels today. ACI-NA participated actively in the second stage negotiations on behalf of its airport members. “The second stage agreement builds and improves on the ground-breaking first stage air transport agreement reached in 2007”, said [...]
Posted by webmaster on March 25, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/25/aci-na-welcomes-u-s-eu-second-stage-agreement/