AHLA Foundation Raises Over $822,000 With Record Night at 2022 Gala
AHLA Foundation | January 24, 2022
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 24, 2022 – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) raised over a record $822,000 at its annual gala to fund programs aimed at grooming and growing a diverse industry workforce. Each year, the Night of A Thousand Stars gala celebrates the hotel industry’s most important VIPs – the property-level talent that makes the industry so unique. Throughout the evening, industry leaders commemorated the 2022 Stars of the Industry Award winners and the diverse individuals that embody the spirit of hospitality, while raising critical funds to support the future of hospitality. “As a missi...
Siegel Sez: Business Intelligence and Analytics: RIP Excel?
January 21, 2022
Siegel Sez January 21, 2022 Here we are in the third week of January. Doesn’t it already seem like the holidays were ages ago? I know it does for me. As we look ahead to 2022, there have been interesting conversations regarding what lies ahead. I talk to so many hoteliers and vendors, and it’s great that there’s a sense of controlled optimism. It’s refreshing after what we’ve all been through. Of course, there will always be those who are focused on the negative, but that will never be my focus. Think positive! Be positive! And great things will happen. I hope this is not just the dreamer in me. I’ve enjoyed all the inquiries...
Hospitality Asset Managers Association (“HAMA”) Releases Top Five Membership Concerns for 2022
HAMA | January 20, 2022
ATLANTA, GA — January 20, 2022 — Officials of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (“HAMA”) today released the findings of an internal survey conducted by its industry relations committee listing membership’s top five concerns for 2022. “As the hotel industry works towards regaining its footing, we wanted to learn exactly what was keeping our members awake at night,” said Matthew Arrants, CHAM, HAMA president, The Arrants Company principal. “Not surprisingly, labor dynamics remain the main issue for many, followed closely by the impacts of the overall economy. AHLA, with whom we have recently partnered, s...
HFTP and HSMAI Renew Strategic Alliance
HFTP | January 20, 2022
Austin, TX— January 20, 2022 — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) have renewed their commitment to collaborate on industry advancing initiatives. The two leading-associations have long worked together via co-located events, knowledge-sharing, research and recognition of industry leaders. This recent partner agreement continues this tie through 2024. “The technology, finance and marketing fields considerably overlap — the foundational focus of HFTP’s and HSMAI’s stakeholders,” said HFTP CEO Frank Wolfe, CAE, FIH. “Throu...
Nominations Open for the 2022 Rising Star Award Caribbean to be Presented at CHRIS
ISHC | January 20, 2022
Miami, FL — January 20, 2022 — The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) has opened nominations for the prestigious Rising Star Award Caribbean to be presented at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS). This is the twelfth year ISHC and CHRIS have collaborated to recognize young, talented leadership in the Caribbean region. Candidates must meet the following criteria: 35 years of age or younger, born on or after May 18, 1986 Is currently, and has been, working in a hospitality-related field Is recognized by leaders in the hospitality field as a rising star Is currently living and...
Travel Industry to Congress: Enact Urgent Policies to Restore Travel Demand
U.S. Travel Association | January 20, 2022
WASHINGTON — January 20, 2022 — More than 600 travel industry members—representative of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam—signed a letter to congressional leadership urging immediate action on near-term federal policies to restore and grow the U.S. travel industry. The letter was delivered by the U.S. Travel Association to lawmakers today. The letter details measures that are specifically aimed at reviving the domestic business travel and international inbound travel sectors, which continue to struggle to rebound. Early estimates from Tourism Economics indicate that international travel spending was a...
Tripadvisor’s Community of Travelers Awards 22 Top Trending Destinations for 2022
Tripadvisor | January 19, 2022
NEEDHAM, MA - January 19, 2022 - Today, Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, announced the first of its highly anticipated, annual community-powered Travelers' Choice Awards for 2022: the Best of the Best Destinations. If 2021 was the year travelers dipped their toes in the water with smaller getaways and outdoors trips, 2022 is shaping up to be the year we return to travel in a big way. Despite new variant surges, data shows that the desire to travel remains stronger than ever. In fact, 71% of Americans in a recent Tripadvisor sponsored survey say they are likely to travel for leisure in 2022. Just as travelers are ram...
“Practice Group of the Year” Awarded to JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group by Law360
Jim Butler | January 19, 2022
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is proud to announce that the Global Hospitality Group® (GHG) has been selected as one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year. This award “honors the practices behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in 2021” and winners are chosen out of hundreds of submissions. The recognition is a result of the unsurpassed experience of the GHG team members who, for the past 30 years, have helped clients with more than 4,500 hospitality properties, valued at more than $112 billion. Some notable accomplishments by members of the GHG in 2021 include: ...
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