USA – Meetings and conference industry professionals will have the opportunity to speak their minds and pose questions to American lawmakers.
A new initiative by the US Travel Association seeks to make the meetings industry a topic of discussion in the run-up to the 2010 elections.
The top three questions submitted on US Travel’s Virtual Travel Town Hall website will be given to politicians including senators Harry Reid and Blanche Lincoln, as well as Florida governor Charlie Crist.
“We have identified candidates who are in travel-heavy areas of the country,” says US Travel senior VP Geoff Freeman. “We are working with Meetings Professionals International and other organisations to get this Virtual Travel Town Hall out to folks who are especially interested in the meetings issues, so we are optimistic that there will be a meetings focus in part of this.”
