WASHINGTON – Final week, over the course of two days, U.S. Journey Affiliation’s Fee on Seamless and Safe Journey convened to advance their work to innovate the journey course of and decide how the US can extra successfully compete for world vacationers. The Fee toured Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport with U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) officers and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Programs Integration Facility close to Reagan Nationwide Airport with TSA Administrator David Pekoske.
The Fee additionally held discussions with U.S. Journey’s Airport and Airways Advisory Group in addition to different key trade leaders, incorporating enter and potential suggestions for consideration of their last report anticipated this fall.
CBP and TSA are taking essential steps to enhance the journey course of, and we commend their efforts. It’s clear that a long time of underinvestment from Congress, mixed with a scarcity of coordination on the federal stage, has left these companies in a pinch. With the World Cup and Summer time Olympics across the nook, the time for federal management and funding in progressive initiatives and applied sciences is now. Geoff Freeman, President and CEO of U.S. Journey Affiliation
Thanks to CBP and TSA for internet hosting the Fee over two days. These conferences had been extremely insightful as we work to develop suggestions to enhance the journey course of. It is clear know-how is quickly creating and progress is being made, however extra important investments now may speed up know-how deployment and significantly enhance safety. Kevin McAleenan, Chairman of the Fee on Seamless and Safe Journey
We had been delighted to welcome our companions from U.S. Journey and the Fee on Seamless and Safe Journey to the TSIF, the place we check new and rising checkpoint applied sciences in a dwell setting. Their assist is invaluable in our mutual aim of boosting safety effectiveness, effectivity and the general buyer expertise. TSA Administrator David Pekoske
Since its founding in January, the Fee has engaged with authorities and trade companions in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, in addition to the UK. U.S. Journey established the fee following a Euromonitor Worldwide survey that ranked the U.S. seventeenth out of 18 main economies for journey competitiveness, an particularly troublesome discovering that should be reversed because the U.S. prepares to welcome FIFA World Cup in 2026, the Summer time Olympics in 2028, and the Winter Olympics in 2034. The Fee is anticipated to launch its suggestions to enhance the journey course of this fall.
About U.S. Journey Affiliation
U.S. Journey Affiliation is the nationwide, non-profit group representing the $1.3 trillion journey trade, a necessary contributor to our nation’s financial system and success. U.S. Journey produces applications and insights and advocates for insurance policies to extend journey to and inside the US. Go to ustravel.org for info and recovery-related knowledge.
