travel safety
Traveling for Work as a Woman Is Less Safe Than Traveling as a Man Say 71% of Women Business Travelers in Global Survey
World Travel Protection | March 7, 2023
Women more likely to take measures to protect their safety during business travel 31% don’t travel or go out on their own at night 46% stay in close touch with family and friends so their whereabouts are known 1 in 10 have experienced negative incident, ranging from minor theft to assault This International Women’s Day (8 March) a global survey of business travellers reveals that seven in ten (71%) women business travellers say travelling for work as a woman is less safe than travelling as a man. The Opinium survey of 2,000 business travellers in Australia, Canada, United States and United Kingdom, commissioned by World...
WTTC Says New Travel Measures to Curb COVID-19 Should Replace Quarantines
WTTC | January 8, 2021
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC supports measures designed to curb COVID-19 and protect public health but calls for the complete removal of unnecessary quarantines. “Requiring inbound travellers and holidaymakers to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 pre-departure test should ensure safe travel. This will be critical to encourage essential bookings for future flights and holidays. “However, there is still uncertainty around the type of tests which will be accepted upon arrival, and they must be made widely accessible and affordable for all. “But unlike many other countries where the proof of a negativ...
MMGY Global’s Latest Traveler Research Shows a Significant Jump in Confidence in the Safety of Domestic Travel
MMGY Travel Intelligence | September 17, 2020
KANSAS CITY, MO (September 17, 2020) – MMGY Global has announced the latest findings from MMGY Travel Intelligence's Travel Intentions Pulse Survey Wave VIII (TIPS) and MMGY Global’s Travel Safety Barometer, which are designed to track how COVID-19 is impacting travelers’ attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors. As we near the end of a summer where domestic road trips were the preferred way to vacation, despite COVID hot spots also continuing to pop up around the country, perceptions of safety for domestic travel, transportation, lodging and even business travel are at their highest since the start of the pandemic. “We’re seeing this...
Survey Finds Americans’ Overall Perceptions of Travel Safety Hold Steady Despite Rise in U.S. COVID-19 Cases
MMGY Travel Intelligence | July 21, 2020
KANSAS CITY, MO (July 21, 2020) – According to the latest results of MMGY Global’s Travel Safety Barometer (Wave VI), which measures the impact of COVID-19 on traveler perceptions of safety, the current surge in cases of the virus across the U.S. has not made Americans more fearful of becoming ill. It has also not impacted the number of respondents who plan to take a leisure trip within the next six months, which has held steady at 40% since early June. While the travel industry still has a long road to recovery ahead, there are two areas where perceptions of safety are in fact rising. Americans’ confidence in the safety of domestic fl...
Hotel Industry Releases Top 5 Requirements to Travel Safely
AHLA | July 17, 2020
Face Coverings, Physical Distancing to be Standardized at Hotels; Download the Guest Checklist WASHINGTON (July 16, 2020) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today released the “Safe Stay Guest Checklist” for guests on how to travel safely while also creating a standardized safety experience nationwide. This checklist is part of AHLA’s Safe Stay guidelines, an industry-wide, enhanced set of health and safety protocols designed to provide a safe and clean environment for all hotel guests and employees. The Safe Stay Guest Checklist includes: Require face coverings in all indoor public spaces and pract...
U.S. Travel Strongly Encourages Mask Usage, Healthy Travel Practices
The U.S. Travel Association | July 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2020)—U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on the importance of mask wearing and adhering to healthy travel practices at the forefront of the Fourth of July holiday and throughout the summer travel season: "While Americans move about certain regions of the country, we are keenly aware of the increase in cases as we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, traditionally a busy period for travel. The travel community strongly urges visitors and residents alike to wear masks and adhere to all healthy practices, such as physical distancing, frequent hand washing and remai...
U.S. Travel Responds to NY, NJ, CT Quarantine Policy
The U.S. Travel Association | June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (June 25, 2020)—U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the announcement that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will impose a new 14-day self-quarantine requirement for visitors from certain U.S. states: "States imposing new travel restrictions is not the direction we want to be heading for jobs and the economy. Medical experts have said that it should be possible for travel to gradually resume in phases as long as travelers and travel businesses embrace guidance on good health and safety practices. At this stage there is no debate ...
U.S. Travel Industry Releases Guidance for “Travel in the New Normal”
U.S. Travel Association | May 4, 2020
WASHINGTON -- May 4, 2020 -- Following a collaboration between medical experts and a broad array of businesses and organizations, the U.S. travel industry submitted to the White House and governors a document containing detailed guidance for travel-related businesses to help keep their customers and employees safe as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Entitled "Travel in the New Normal," the document describes vigorous measures the travel industry will follow to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and help to communicate across each and every step of a traveler's journey. The goal: to allow travel to safely resume as states and munic...
