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U.S. Gov’t Shuts Down: What Happens to Travel?

Congressional Democrats and Republicans failed to come to agreement by yesterday’s budget deadline to keep the U.S. government funded. A shutdown began at 12:01 am Eastern Time on Wednesday as both sides voted down the other’s proposals to extend fu...

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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures
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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures

It’s the summer of the burn-it-down ballot measure in Los Angeles. For the past three months, labor unions and business groups have been locked in a protracted fight over a law, approved by the City Council in May, hiking the minimum wage for hotel ...

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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures29 August 2025Los Angeles TimesNational & International Policy
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Spain’s Malaga to ban new holiday flat permits in 43 neighbourhoods

Malaga will ban new short-term tourism rentals in 43 neighbourhoods of the city, the latest step taken by Spanish authorities to address residents’ concerns that they are being priced out of the property market by the booming tourism business.

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Spain’s Malaga to ban new holiday flat permits in 43 neighbourhoods25 October 2024reuters.comNational & International Policy
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Why are hotels and buyers struggling with sustainability reporting?

As more travel programmes incorporate sustainability goals into their supplier relationships, it’s imperative that buyers have a straightforward and open-source way to analyse the sustainability performance of hotel suppliers.

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Why are hotels and buyers struggling with sustainability reporting?26 August 2024MC/ASIANational & International Policy
Why are hotels and buyers struggling with sustainability reporting?
Net-zero hotels realistic, but industry ’too fragmented’ for global pledge: Sustainable tourism council chief
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Net-zero hotels realistic, but industry ’too fragmented’ for global pledge: Sustainable tourism council chief

Big hotels have the ability to neutralise their carbon emissions by mid-century, but setting a global pledge covering all the players might be too difficult, according to the head of a nonprofit that sets standards for what counts as sustainable tou...

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Net-zero hotels realistic, but industry ’too fragmented’ for global pledge: Sustainable tourism council chief26 July 2023The Ascott LimitedNational & International Policy
Net-zero hotels realistic, but industry ’too fragmented’ for global pledge: Sustainable tourism council chief