03/09/2017

Travel, Meetings Industry Groups Raise Concerns Over Revised Travel Ban

Industry groups in the travel sectors are emphasizing the need for a balance on security and travel issues

While crediting the Trump administration for taking a more thoughtful approach with its updated immigration executive order, industry groups in the meetings and travel sectors—including ASAE—emphasized the need for a balance on security and travel issues.

The “Travel Ban 2.0,” as the Trump administration’s updated immigration order has come to be known, is getting better reviews than its initial version, particularly by tempering some of its more dramatic effects for permanent residents and visa holders.

But meetings and travel industry groups that raised some of the strongest concerns about the initial order—which drew wide protests in part because of its haphazard implementation—say the revised version doesn’t calm their concerns entirely.

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