The Trump Effect: Borders, Bans and Bookings

Soaring tariffs on Chinese imports are impacting the U.S. promotional products industry, with ripple effects on meetings and conferences. One promotional products company said the U.S.-China trade war is driving small businesses like his into the ground.  

International travelers are increasingly factoring American politics — particularly Donald Trump’s return to office — into their travel decisions.

Trump-era politics is driving down global interest in U.S. travel, with safety and perception key to recovery.

Every tariff seems to have its own little silver lining. If India and China manage to get direct flights back in the air soon, we might just have to hand it to the Trump tariffs for delivering a win.

U.S. hotel operators are bracing for tougher conditions as multiple factors converge to dampen the industry's prospects, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

U.S. boutique hotels showed strong financial results in 2024 but face a softening in demand in 2025 due to economic uncertainty.

​Trump administration policies are reverberating throughout the scientific and medical meetings space. 

The diversity is still there, not least in Angelou's powerful prose, but it's also about the diverse destinations served by the airline – arguably a much safer corporate position amid intense culture wars.

As tariffs upend global trade dynamics, event organizers must quickly pivot toward emerging markets and new trade alliances or risk being left behind.

The whole world was watching. On Wednesday, Delta became the first major U.S. travel company to report first quarter earnings. What would it say about the crisis in confidence unfolding throughout the U.S. economy? How much worse have things gotten in the past month, since Delta first warned about deteriorating demand trends?