AHLA’s Chip Rogers Makes Statement on International COVID Vaccination Travel Requirement

WASHINGTON– American Hotel & Lodging Association( AHLA) President and CEO Chip Rogers spoke after your house passage of H.R.185. This legislation would end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 vaccination requirements for global visitors to the United States.

” International tourists are essential to healing for hotels. They remain longer and invest more cash. These tourists are checking out locations where the pandemic hit hotels the hardest, like significant cities. AHLA praises your home for operating in a bipartisan method to make travel much easier, assist in more global visitors, and assist hotels gain back a few of the visitors we lost throughout the pandemic. We contact the Senate to rapidly move this costs to the president’s desk so worldwide visitors can prepare for the peak travel season this summertime.”