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Today Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 331, the “Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act,” delivering a major piece of legislation to small businesses operating in the state of Georgia.
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The finalists for the SHaDPitch 2022 recently gathered in Virginia to compete for cash equity, creating a path for female hotel owners.
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During AAHOACON22, AAHOA introduced its updated 12 Points of Fair Franchising (the “12 Points”) as an educational primer. The revised 12 Points gives an overview of what AAHOA recommends as the best-practice approach to designing, developing, and implementing best-in-class, mutually beneficial franchise systems.
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AAHOA Member Sunny Tolani sat down with Hotel Business to discuss opportunities for first-time hoteliers and his passion for paying it forward in the community.
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AAHOA and our state partner associations have worked relentlessly to advocate for hospitality relief programs, workforce development programs, and other uses of ARPA grants to help the industry recover at the state and local levels.
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Despite losing 9.1 million jobs in the first two quarters of 2020, small businesses job growth rebounded swiftly following the COVID-19 recession.
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U.S. hotel gross operating profit per available room reached its highest level since November 2019, according to STR‘s March 2022 P&L data release.
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Following a vote by the AAHOA Board of Directors, Laura Lee Blake, Esq., will be the new President and CEO of AAHOA, the nation’s largest hotel owners association, effective May 16, 2022.
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The Hotel Furniture team traveled to Baltimore to attend AAHOACON22 last month.
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AAHOA Members are invited to attend for FREE when you enter HITECAAHOA22 in the discount code text box area.
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April was action packed. Not only did I start my term as AAHOA Chairman, but we hosted a successful convention in Baltimore last month. AAHOACON22 drew nearly 6,000 attendees to the Baltimore Convention Center for the ‘Super Bowl’ of hospitality events.
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The May 2022 issue of Today's Hotelier magazine is now available! In this issue, we explore the road to recovery, including leadership training and the independent hotelier. We also discuss topics such as value associated with a hotel’s flag, midterm madness, time management for those who are stretched thin, and much more.
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As we enter a post-pandemic world, many industries are bringing corporate culture back to the business agenda and reevaluating travel budgets to get employees back together.
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U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through 23 April. April 17-23, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*)...
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Neal Patel’s AAHOA story begins in India but blossoms in the U.S., where he and his family immigrated to in 2004, living a peripatetic lifestyle that included extended-family stays through various states.
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Many AAHOA Members partner with various hotel brands to open properties and do business across the country.
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Hotels across the country are being targeted for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to show how they provide accommodations for all guests on third-party reservation websites.
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Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) introduced H.R. 6551, also referred to as the Franchisee Freedom Act.
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In hospitality, chargebacks continue to be a challenge. Hoteliers can fight chargebacks by using technology to create automated processes and cohesive systems.
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Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of the United States, recently penned an article summarizing the CFPB’s annual report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Act.