I-US Travel Association ngoLwesithathu ibhengeze abafumana i-Award yesihlanu ye-Award ye-Travel Champion Award: USen. Susan Collins (R-ME), uSen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), u-Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) kunye no-Rep. UDavid Kustoff (R-TN). Ngamnye wawongwa ngenxa yobunkokeli bakhe obukhethekileyo ekuqhubeleni phambili imigaqo-nkqubo eqinisa uhambo lokuya nangaphakathi eUnited States.
Uhambo lwase-US luza kunikezela ngamabhaso namhlanje kwi-US Travel's Destination Capitol Hill-inkulumbuso yomthetho wezokhenketho kunye noshishino lwezokhenketho olunikezelwe ukufundisa abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo malunga namandla okuhamba, ukubonelela ngeforamu yeenkokeli zokuhamba ukudibana namalungu eCongress, kunye nokubonisa. ishishini njengelinye lawona macandelo abalulekileyo kwezoqoqosho eMelika.
“Kunyaka obonise imiceli mngeni emininzi kwishishini lokuhamba, aba benzi bomthetho bahlala beziintshatsheli zokwenyani zokuhamba, utshilo uMongameli we-US Travel Association kunye ne-CEO uRoger Dow. “Amalungu eNkongolo esiwaqaphelayo kulo nyaka kwi-Destination Capitol Hill abonakalise amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuba ayayiqonda indima ebalulekileyo yokuhamba kwimpilo yezoqoqosho yelizwe lethu. Ukuzinikela kwabo ekuphuculweni kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya, iinkqubo ezithenjiweyo zabakhenkethi, ukuhlaziya iziseko zezothutho zesizwe sethu, kunye nokukhusela izivumelwano zethu ze-Open Skies kuye kwagcina le miba yamehlo isentloko eWashington, okomeleza indima yohambo ekudaleni imisebenzi yaseMelika.
"Siyazingca ngokuhlonipha uSen Collins, uSeni. Hirono, u-Rep. Huffman kunye no-Rep. Kustoff, kwaye sinethemba lokuba abanye abenzi bomthetho kunye neenkokeli zikarhulumente banokulandela ukukhokela kwabo xa bekhuthaza ukuhamba."
USenkondekazi uSusan Collins, eMaine
USen. Collins, usihlalo weKomitana yezoThutho, iZindlu, kunye noPhuhliso lweDolophu, uye wafumana udumo lwelizwe lonke ngokusebenza kumaqela eqela. Uthatha inxaxheba kwinzame zenkongolo zokumisela utyalo-mali olunentsingiselo kwiziseko ezingundoqo, kwaye uyintshatsheli evakalayo yokuguquguquka kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ngokucacileyo, uSen. Collins wadlala indima ebalulekileyo kumzamo wokubandakanya uhlengahlengiso kwi-Passenger Facility Charge kwi-Senate ye-FY2018 yenkxaso-mali yezothutho.
USenni Mazie Hirono, eHawaii
USen. Hirono uxhaswe ngumthetho we-2017 ugunyazisa ngokusisigxina inkqubo ye-APEC Business Travel Card, evumela ukuba abemi base-US abafanelekileyo abenza ishishini kumazwe e-APEC ukuba basebenzise inzuzo yokungena ngokukhawuleza ekufikeni. Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, ukhokele iinzame zokwandisa uNgeno lweHlabathi eJapan, eTaiwan, eSingapore, eIndiya nase-Israel, kunye nokwandisa iindawo zokuQatshelwa koMthendeleko kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya eJapan. Ngo-2014, uSen. Hirono wayengumthetheleli ophambili wesivumelwano sokungena kumazwe amabini esenza ukuba ii-visa zabatyeleli zeminyaka eyi-10 zifumaneke kubemi baseTshayina okokuqala. Uye watyhala ekwandiseni i-TSA PreCheck kumazwe ngamazwe, kwaye ungumxhasi ophambili we-Brand USA ugunyaziso kwakhona kwi-Senate.
Ummeli uJared Huffman, eCalifornia
U-Rep. Huffman ukhonza kwiKomiti yezoThutho kunye neZiseko zeNdlu, kwaye uye wadlala indima ephambili ekuqulunqeni umthetho ongundoqo weziseko zophuhliso kulo lonke ixesha lakhe kwiCongress. Kungekudala u-Rep. Huffman, isithili sakhe esibandakanya ummandla we-Sonoma Valley ochaphazelekayo ngumlilo omkhulu kunyaka odlulileyo, ubonise ubunkokeli ekuphenduleni kweentlekele kunye nemigudu yokubuyisela kwindawo eyanceda ukunyusa uqoqosho lwezoqoqosho kwindawo enkulu yokhenketho yase-US.
Ummeli uDavid Kustoff, eTennessee
U-Rep. Kustoff udlale indima ephambili kwinzame zeNdlu ukukhusela izivumelwano ze-America's Open Skies kunye namazwe angaphezu kwe-100 kwihlabathi jikelele. U-Rep. Kustoff ukhokele i-congressional sign-on letter ekhuthaza ukuba ulawulo lweTrump lukhusele i-Open Skies-inzame ephumelelayo eyabangela ukuba abaphathi basebenzise inkqubo ekhoyo yeSebe lezoThutho ukusombulula iingxabano malunga nezivumelwano eziphakanyiswe yi-Big Three Airlines yase-US.
