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With the ban on bringing larger electronic devices into passenger cabins coming into force on flights to the US from ten airports – the UK has similar restrictions on routes inbound from six countries – how have Middle East carriers mitigated the inconvenience to their customers? Details on the Emirates, Etihad and Turkish Airlines approaches. From Meetings & Conventions…
As 13 US states line up to back President Trump’s Travel Ban II – calling for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the second suspension of it granted to Maryland – the federal judge who first blocked it in Hawaii has extended his order. Once again the ban’s damage to tourism and academic research is cited. From Meetings & Conventions…
Shortly after the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill cutting Visit Florida’s budget by two thirds to $25m – also capping salaries and increasingly accountability – now a Senate subcommittee has proposed backing Governor Rick Scott’s request for a $76m budget. Visit Florida says the state attracted 112.8m visitors in 2016, after just 87.3m in 2011. From Meetings & Conventions…
Another travel ban, another legal challenge. Hawaii is amending its lawsuit against President Trump’s first ban to encompass the revised version. The state is seeking a hearing on March 15. Hawaiian Muslims have joined the action as plaintiffs. From Meetings & Conventions (and since publication Hawaii has indeed filed suit, together with the States of Washington and New York)…
The US Supreme Court has allowed a limited reinstatement of President Trump’s Travel Ban II. Pending a hearing in October, judges have upheld the ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen where there is no “credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the US”. From Meetings & Conventions…
Following last month’s Global Business Travel Association figure of $185 million of business travel bookings lost in the week after Trump’s first travel ban was announced, a new report reveals further data on the slowdown. Industry analysts ForwardKeys is claiming international travel dipped by 6.5 percent in the eight days after the first executive order. From Meetings & Conventions…
On the eve of IMEX’s opening in Frankfurt, The Iceberg watched live US TV coverage of further hearings into Executive Order 13780, aka Trump Travel Ban II. Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, representing the ban, was quizzed over whether it discriminates against Muslims in the wake of campaign statements made by the president. From Meetings & Conventions…
Following on from the earlier news of Visit Florida’s battle for survival, the Florida House Speaker has now suggested making the organisation part of the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity. Richard Corcoran also wants its budget slashed by just over two thirds. Visit Florida CEO Ken Lawson has called the proposal “misinformed”. From Meetings & Conventions…
The US Department of Homeland Security is lifting the ban on large electronic devices in passenger cabins on flights from ten proscribed Middle East and North African airports. Enhanced security protocols and passenger screening – both technological and canine – on all inbounds flights to the US will be introduced in its place. From Meetings & Conventions…
With Texas also asking Austin to accept 7,000 Harvey evacuees – 2,500 to be housed at the Austin Convention Center – Iceberg partner PCMA (the Professional Convention Management Association) and the PCMA Education Foundation have launched a relief fund to help members in the meetings industry impacted by the storm. Photo: Texas National Guard. From PCMA…
Following a State of Texas request to the city of Dallas, the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center has been opened up as a further emergency “mega-shelter”. It is housing up to 5,000 Guly Coast residents displaced by Hurricane Harvey. The venue says the operation will not affect current events and shows. From Meetings & Conventions…
With the devastation of Hurricane Harvey ongoing, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner opened up the George R. Brown Convention Center as an emergency shelter for people flooded out of their homes. The Red Cross prepared to accommodate 5,000 at the venue, but by Tuesday afternoon more than 10,000 had arrived. From Meetings & Conventions…
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