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Feb 161 min read

Outlook High for Travel in 2024

As inflation continues to abate, a new survey from Nationwide Travel Insurance shows U.S. consumers are optimistic about their travel...

Jan 312 min read

72 Percent of Americans Likely to Maintain or Increase Hotel Stays in 2024

72 percent of Americans say they plan to either maintain or increase their number of hotel stays in 2024 compared to 2023, and hotels...

Jan 312 min read

Hotels Projected to Pay Historic Wages, Generate Record Level of Tax Revenue in 2024

Hotels are projected to pay a record amount of wages and generate a record level of tax revenue in 2024, according to the American Hotel...

Sep 12, 20235 min read

Tripadvisor's Fall Finds: City Breaks and Solo Trips Hot This Season

On Sept. 6, Tripadvisor®, the world's largest travel guidance platform, released the next in its Seasonal Travel Index series, revealing...

Jul 14, 20231 min read

AHLA Foundation Establishes No Room for Trafficking Advisory

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation announced its inaugural No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) Advisory Council, which...

May 25, 20233 min read

Survey Finds Most American More Likely to Stay in Hotels and Vacation This Summer Compared to Last

This summer, most adults are more likely than they were in the summer of 2022 to stay in a hotel and take vacation trips, according to a...

May 4, 20221 min read

Future of Travel

Why do we travel? The simple answer is to experience something new and different. The future of travel is about experiences, and in the...

Mar 22, 20221 min read

Concerns About Rising Gas Price Accelerate Among Travelers

According to the latest Longwoods International tracking study of American travelers, the percentage of travelers who report that rising...

Mar 21, 20222 min read

Business Travelers and Workers Agree: Return of Business Travel More Important Than Ever

A new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) finds that sentiment around...

Feb 4, 20222 min read

Preferred Hotel Group Surveys I Prefer Loyalty Program Members on 2022 Travel Aspirations

Preferred Hotel Group– which operates independent hotel brand Preferred Hotels & Resorts and new sustainable hotel brand Beyond Green –...

Feb 4, 20222 min read

State of the Travel Industry: A Robust Plan for the Future of Travel

U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow delivered an assessment and vision for the U.S. travel industry at the association's...

Jan 21, 20221 min read

Southern Destinations Make "100 Most Loved Global Destinations" List

Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI) welcomed in 2022 with an intensive analysis of their 2021 data that included 1.6 billion online...

Mar 8, 20212 min read

Poll: Only 12 Percent of Americans Plan Spring Break Travel

The spring break season is traditionally the first major travel period of the year—but only about one in eight Americans plans a spring...

Feb 3, 20213 min read

Survey: 56% of Americans Likely to Travel for Vacation in 2021; 21% Report Traveling Since Pandemic

A new survey conducted by Morning Consult and commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) shows consumers are...

Feb 2, 20212 min read

State of the Travel Industry Event Maps Out Comeback for Hardest-Hit U.S. Industry

“Travel's Next Great Chapter" is how U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow described the coming era for the American travel...

Jan 21, 20213 min read

AHLA's Report on Hotel and Travel Outlook in 2021

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today released “AHLA’s State of the Hotel Industry 2021” outlining the forecasted state...

Jan 13, 20211 min read

U.S. Travel Association Response to CDC International Travel Testing Mandate

U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the...

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Advice from CEO Analytics to Hotels for Attracting Guests

"As travel begins to pick up in (the) first quarter of 2021, many hotels are going to fall into the mental trap of advertising their deep...

Dec 7, 20201 min read

RVshare's 2021 Travel Trend Report Reveals a New Age of Travel and Discovery for the Year Ahead

RVshare, the world's first and largest peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace, recently revealed findings from its annual Travel Trend...

Nov 9, 20201 min read

Gobble, Gobble: Tripadvisor Says Over Half of Americans Will Travel This Thanksgiving Holiday

Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel platform, released findings from its Thanksgiving Travel Index for 2020, providing insights into...

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