Wednesday, August 7, 2024 U.S. Travel Association’s Commission on Seamless and Secure Travel gathered last week for a two-day session aimed at revolutionizing the travel process and enhancing the United States’ competitiveness in the global travel market.
The Commission’s itinerary included a tour of Washington Dulles International Airport with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and a visit to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Systems Integration Facility near Reagan National Airport, accompanied by TSA Administrator David Pekoske.
In addition to these site visits, the Commission engaged in discussions with the U.S. Travel’s Airport and Airlines Advisory Group and other key industry leaders.
These discussions focused on integrating valuable insights and forming potential recommendations for their forthcoming report, set to be released this fall. “CBP and TSA are taking important steps to improve the travel process, and we commend their efforts,” said Geoff Freeman, President and CEO of U.S.
Travel Association . “It’s clear that decades of underinvestment from Congress, combined with a lack of coordination at the federal level, has left these agencies in a pinch. With the World Cup and Summer Olympics around the corner, the time for federal leadership and investment in innovative initiatives and technologies is now.
” “Thank you to CBP and TSA for hosting the Commission over two days. These meetings were incredibly insightful a.