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U.S. Business Travel Thriving As Travel Expands for 100th Straight Month

Travel to and within the U.S. grew 3.6 percent year-over-year in April, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index (TTI) – marking the industry’s 100th straight month of overall expansion. Though the raw numbers are in positive territory, the U.S. continues to trail other global travel heavyweights in capturing share of the booming international travel market.

The most noteworthy component of the April TTI was domestic business travel, which grew for a fourth consecutive month—the first four-month win streak for that segment since January-April 2015. Forward-looking bookings and searches for business travel appear to be on an upswing as well, leading to a strong business Leading Travel Index (LTI)—the forecasting portion of TTI.


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What is Tourism’s Future

Hello, we’d love to invite you to attend the 2018 GWTTRA conference on the Future of Travel and Tourism: Land, Sea, Air.

The conference is being held at the Seattle Airport Hilton April 8,19,20th. The conference is sponsored by Longwoods International, Dean Runyan Associates, Las Vegas CVA, and the Washington State University School of Hospitality and Business.

Some of your top industry futurists speakers include:

Mathew Lindsey, Expedia

Kent Craver, Boeing Aircraft

Steve Cohen, MMGY

Sol Rashidi, Holland America International

The early bird conference special price ends March 30th, so make your booking now.

The Seattle Airport Hilton room block is nearly sold out, Your group rate will be $164 single or double per night. To book your room you can call: 1-800-HILTONS and using the group code TTRA.

Or book using this link, so make your reservation now!! We look forward to seeing you in April!!!

Sincerely,

John Hope-Johnstone
Manager
GWTTRA.com
Phone: 541 829 0037

 

Americans Pick Their Favorite Destinations

Oh, smaller towns and cities, how we love you. You offer us an escape from the buzz of traffic, buildings that block out the sunset, and hectic, high-speed attitudes. And don’t even get us started on your killer charm and good looks.

We know you’re out there, and we want to celebrate you. That’s why Expedia polled 1,000 Americans to determine their favorite medium and small towns to visit in the U.S. They reviewed all the nominations and pinpointed the most frequently mentioned cities, towns, and villages to provide you with America’s favorite places to visit.

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