NTA News

NTA Receives Dept. of Commerce Award to Develop Visit USA Center in Shanghai

October 28, 2009 / NTA News

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The National Tour Association has received a Market Development Cooperator Program award to create a Visit USA center, co-located with the United States Commercial Service, in Shanghai, China. The Center will promote group leisure travel to the U.S.

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Put Your Mobile Phone to Work in Reno with Meetings2Go

October 23, 2009 / NTA News

NTA has teamed with Meetings2Go to bring you an incredible new way to connect in Reno. Every business person today has a mobile phone—that we know. Through this great new service, you can quickly and easily communicate with fellow members

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NTA Returns to Woodstock in Reno

October 20, 2009 / NTA News

It’s the 40th anniversary of Woodstock and NTA is going to celebrate at Convention ’09. Come wearing your favorite jeans and tie-dye shirts and get ready to Return to Woodstock in Reno. Peace. Love. NTA!

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Governor Richardson Holds Meeting with Travel Sector on Cuba Travel

October 12, 2009 / NTA News

LEXINGTON, Ky. – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson met October 9 with travel sector leaders on the issue of opening travel to Cuba for Americans. He spoke on his recent trip to Cuba and shared insight into improving U.S. esteem through the Americas.

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NTA Takes Message of Opening Cuba to NY Media

October 10, 2009 / NTA News

NTA collaborated with Congressman Sam Farr, D-California, USTOA and the Washington Office on Latin America for a Sept. 21 New York media blitz to discuss the freedom to travel to Cuba.

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UNWTO General Assembly Encourages World Leaders to Look to Travel and Tourism

October 9, 2009 / NTA News

Nearly 700 delegates representing 140 countries meet this week in Astana, Kazakhstan, for the 18th session of the UNWTO General Assembly. During the meeting, delegates called on world leaders to include travel and tourism into economic stimulus packages. Endorsing a “Roadmap for Recovery,” the plan underscored the enormous importance of the sector for job creation, trade, and development.

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First-timers and Veterans, Check Out These Convention Webinars

October 7, 2009 / NTA News

To help you prepare for Convention ’09, whether it is your first Convention or fifteenth, NTA hosted two Webinars to introduce you to all of the features of Convention ’09.

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Submit your Appointment Schedules by This Friday, Oct. 9

October 5, 2009 / NTA News

Log in to http://exchange.NTAonline.com to submit your requests

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NTA President Speaks at US-Africa Business Summit

October 2, 2009 / NTA News

NTA President Lisa Simon spoke yesterday at the workshop “Marketing ‘Destination Africa’ in the U.S. Marketplace” at the Corporate Council on Africa’s Seventh US-Africa Business Summit. Simon’s remarks support NTA’s partnership with the Africa Travel Association which was created in part to foster business opportunities between members of both organizations.

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Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus Hosts Secretary Napolitano

October 2, 2009 / NTA News

The Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, co-chaired by Congressmen Sam Farr, D-California, and Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, hosted the first Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus Breakfast Series, featuring Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

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