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Article: Brent Gibadlo's ATRIP lobbies to lift the Cuba travel ban. (Newsmakers).(Association of Travel Related Industry Professionals )(Entrevista)
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- CubaNews
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- August 1, 2003
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Washington, home to no less than a dozen organizations aimed at ending the U.S. embargo against Cuba, now has yet another lobby in its midst: the one-month-old Association of Travel Related Industry Professionals (ATRIP).
But Brent Gibadlo, the group's executive director, says ATRIP is different.
"We're a business organization, so we don't receive any grant funding," he told CubaNews. "Other Cuba groups cover a wide spectrum, including the embargo, human rights and other issues. Our interest is much more U.S.-focused. We are setting up an efficient, very focused trade association that fills a specific niche that has not been there. I think businessmen ...