The federal government needs to stop letting paranoia get in the way of international travel because it’s pushing business overseas, Thomas Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday to a group of 900 industry leaders in town for the Global Travel & Tourism Summit.

“It’s not all about the hospitality community. It’s also about the business community,” he said during a panel discussion. “If you want to deal with the Arab world, you go to London. … We need to get over the paranoia we’re involved in and start bringing people to the U.S.”