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A coalition of business and travel industry leaders advocates a return to business travel in the United States, stating that doing so would accelerate the country’s economic recovery and create jobs.
Health protocols and policies put in place by the travel and event industry make meetings, conferences, exhibitions and events safe, according to representatives of the Let’s Meet There Coalition, the U.S. Travel Association, and the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance, which sponsored an event at the National Press Club in Washington on Wednesday.
“The science and evidence clearly says that travel for professional meetings, events, exhibitions, tradeshows and conferences can and has safely resumed and doing so will greatly accelerate America’s economic recovery and will get businesses moving in a profitable…