CCTO

11/08/2022

In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a proposed rule on airline ticket refunds and consumer protections. While ASTA supports many provisions of the proposal, we are concerned with language that would, in some cases, force...

11/08/2022

Today we encourage EVERYONE to take just a couple of minutes to voice their opinion and support the efforts of ASTA to protect advisors' income: Tell DOT – Advisors Shouldn’t Have to Pay Refunds for Airline Cancellations. HURRY! The deadline is November 21st:

In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a proposed rule on airline ticket refunds and consumer protections. While ASTA supports many provisions of the proposal, we are concerned with language that would, in some cases, force...

09/29/2022

In case you missed this important CCTO Town Hall, here is the link to the recording.
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/IzwDfXQCzgFWCZx6oiL5djj4_yf-1T7E-7N9RT9GPT_EkpC4xwr68iBXwMcvH62h.TrFp2BRwvQRGsVxN

09/01/2022

CCTO (California Coalition of Travel Organizations) invites you to a Virtual Town Hall - at 10AM PT on Sept 29th. Join us to find out about future legislative issues regarding the travel industry.

AB 5 wasn't our only win! Find out about he current and future legislative issues that may affect the travel industry.

04/30/2021

Subject: RE: CCTO Board: AB 80 [Burke] PPP Business Expense Deduction - update
Hi CCTO Board -
The Governor has just signed into law the CCTO-supported AB 80 [Burke] that takes effect immediately to allow some businesses to deduct PPP loan assistance by:
* Excluding forgiven PPP loans and EIDL advance grants from gross income for state purposes, in conformity with federal law.
* Conforming state law to federal law to allow deductions for those expenses that were paid for using forgiven PPP loan funds and EIDL advance grants.
These provisions would not apply to entities that are publicly traded companies and taxpayers that did not experience at least a 25% reduction in gross receipts, as specified by federal law.
The bill would also provide that these tax benefits begin on or after January 1, 2019.
This legislation was the product of legislative negotiations over the past few months and has bipartisan support. I testified in support of the measure on behalf of CCTO in Monday's hearing in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.
For the text of this measure and more official information: click here
Thanks again to Eben and ASTA for bringing this to our attention.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Best,
Jerry Desmond, Esq.
Legislative Advocate
CALIFORNIA COALITION OF TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS

04/08/2021

CLIA Take action now! Please pass along:
Based on the proven success of industry protocols to mitigate COVID-19 at sea, we reiterate our call for U.S. authorities to work with the cruise industry toward a responsible restart of cruising by July.

TAKE ACTION NOW to support the restart of U.S. cruising! → www.cruising.org/CLIA-Action-Center/

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04/06/2021

Updated Travel
Advisoryhttps://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Travel-Advisory.aspx

The incidence of COVID-19 is increasing in many states and countries, even as California continues to grapple with its own surge of COVID-19 cases.  Persons arriving in California from other states or Californians returning from other states or countries could introduce new sources of infection (po...

03/26/2021

Dear CCTO members, Please pass this along to all your advisors and cruising clients and ask them to contact their representatives through CLIA's Action Center in an effort to get the ships sailing again.

Use your voice to tell Congress to urge the Biden Administration to lift the Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) and allow cruising to resume in the U.S. by the beginning of July 2021!

01/21/2021

I just want to update you on the latest call to action from ASTA, Eben & our advocacy team.

As you know, on January 12 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 for all air passengers arriving from a foreign country, including U.S. citizens. The order, which goes into effect on January 26, obviously creates a number of challenges, ranging from making sure clients can get test results in-destination without disrupting their return trip to the implications of a positive test (or a false positive) while abroad to a general chilling effect on future bookings.

ASTA has called on the CDC to make several common-sense changes to the order, but we need your help to apply pressure and get it changed or delayed. While Congress doesn’t have direct control over this issue and is preparing for another round of relief legislation, it is the place where constituent go when they are having an issue with a federal agency.

We need your help, and the help of everyone in your network to contact their Senators and Members of Congress. The grassroots advocacy link can be found here:

https://www.asta.org/Government/Advocacy.cfm?navItemNumber=11180

Our Advocacy Team also has a members-only webinar on the CDC rulings scheduled for today at 1pm eastern – it will be recorded for later viewing:

https://www.asta.org/Events/WebinarList.cfm?navItemNumber=11329

For those on the committee for whom we’ve scheduled webinars or town halls, I will incorporate a brief on this into our future PPTs for your network.

As always, thanks for all you do!

Warm regards,
Bob

Bob Duglin
Vice President, International Membership & Host Agencies
Managing Director, ASTA Small Business Network
American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
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01/20/2021

Please vote for Patty and Marilyn before the deadline of Feb 1st.

January 18, 2021 2021 TCRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION NOMINEES Dear TCRC Participant: As specified in the Seller of Travel Law, a Board Of Directors oversees the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation (TCRC).  Four of the directors are to be travel sellers who participate in the Travel Consumer ...

01/19/2021

January 18, 2021 2021 TCRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION NOMINEES Dear TCRC Participant: As specified in the Seller of Travel Law, a Board Of Directors oversees the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation (TCRC).  Four of the directors are to be travel sellers who participate in the Travel Consumer ...