ASTA呼吁旅行顾问帮助获得交易的救济
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ASTA呼吁旅行顾问与国会议员联系,并在这段危机期间要求他们提供更多的救济,并节省在旅行社行业工作的14万多人。
ASTA总裁兼首席执行官Zane Kerby在给旅行顾问的一封信中说:“我将正确地说明这一点。”“Because of state-by-state quarantines, international border closures and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ‘No Sail’ order affecting cruises, among other factors, travel demand is still at a small fraction of pre-pandemic levels.”
“Sadly, travel is no closer to the recovery many expected would come in the second half of 2020 when the federal CARES Act was passed in March,” Kerby wrote.
尽管《关怀法》为经济救济提供了几种选择,但这些计划即将到期,没有其他救济,但仍有广泛的代理机构关闭和大规模裁员。
Based on survey data from ASTA, the travel agency community expects to lose at least $7.7 billion in revenue this year, representing a contraction of more than 5%. More than half of U.S. travel agencies, 98% of which are small businesses under the Small Business Administration's standard, will go out of business by September if current conditions hold.
随着国会本周开始执行COVID-19-19救济立法的下一轮工作,ASTA表示,至关重要的是提供额外的救济。克比说:“现在正在谈判的事情可能是最后一项的救济法案,我们有一个简短的窗口来影响立法过程。”
ASTA游说重新启动法案(S. 3814),这是针对最激烈的行业的新贷款计划,《工作信贷法案》(H.R. 6776),扩大了《 Cares Act》的员工保留税收抵免和《美国旅行法》(S美国旅行法案)(S.4031),将创建临时旅行税收抵免,并将其包含在法案中。
Since March, ASTA staff has held over 70 meetings, phone calls and Zooms with Members of Congress and Congressional staff advocating for relief for the industry, with another dozen or so coming up this week and next, but elected officials hearing from their constituents is a强大的工具。虽然电话可能最有效,但ASTA拥有一个门户网站pre-written appeal to send。