human trafficking
Maryland Hotel Workers Now Required to Receive Annual Training to Spot the Signs of Human Trafficking
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) | November 17, 2022
Annapolis, MD – A new law went into effect on October 1, 2022, requiring all innkeepers in Maryland provide annual human trafficking prevention training to employees. Hotel operators across the state must now provide employees with annual training that has been certified and approved as meeting the requirements defined by the state. Training must be conducted annually, and within the first 90 days for newly hired employees. Since 2019, the Maryland Hotel Lodging Association (MHLA) has partnered with the Seattle-based nonprofit, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to provide human trafficking awareness training for MHLA’...
Hilton Global Foundation Donation Grows Industry Trafficking Survivor Fund by 50%
AHLA Foundation | October 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (October 27, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) today announced a $500,000 donation from Hilton Global Foundation to support the No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) Survivor Fund as part of the hotel industry’s united efforts to eradicate human trafficking. The NRFT Survivor Fund will equip community-based organizations with the resources they need to engage and support trafficking survivors – from direct financial support of their short-term, baseline needs to career-related support that can empower survivors and set them up for stability and success. The donation comes after the...
Hotel Industry Launches Free Trafficking Prevention Training to Mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
The AHLA Foundation | August 1, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2022) – To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, today the American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation), ECPAT-USA and Marriott International launched a trafficking prevention training program for the hotel industry, titled “Recognize and Respond: Addressing Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry.” This new training program was developed by Marriott in collaboration with non-profit organizations and survivor experts. The program was donated by Marriott to ECPAT-USA and is now free and available to the hotel industry through ECPAT-USA’s online learning platform thanks to the su...
IHG Hotels & Resorts Supports It’s a Penalty and Its Campaign Against Human Trafficking
IHG Hotels & Resorts | May 4, 2022
New impact report reveals campaign positively affected awareness and prevention of human trafficking ATLANTA, May 3, 2022 – IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, recently partnered with international nonprofit organization It’s a Penalty (IAP) to support its anti-human trafficking campaign leading up to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles. Due to the prevalence of trafficking crimes around major sporting events, IAP launched its extensive awareness and prevention efforts before the February game. This month, IAP released its Impact Report stemming from those efforts. Highlights include: 14...
Why Human Trafficking Is Booming – And How Hoteliers Can Stop This Trend
TraknProtect | February 1, 2022
By Parminder Batra As of 2020, the International Labor Organization and Walk Free Foundation estimated that 24.9 million people are victims of human trafficking across both private industries and state-imposed forced labor per year. Of that bone-chilling number, 30% of the global human trafficking victims are children, and 49% of all victims of international trafficking are women. There is simply no denying it – human trafficking is a worldwide issue that cannot, and should not, be ignored. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the human trafficking epidemic. As stay-at-home orders were issued around the world, t...
Tourism Tidbits: The Dark Side of Tourism
Peter Tarlow | March 1, 2021
Protecting some of our most vulnerable: the fight against human trafficking during the age of pandemics By Dr. Peter Tarlow Tourism security has traditionally been about protecting visitors from themselves, from other tourists and from locals who seek to rob and or steal from them, commit fraud against them or in one way or another verbally or physically assault the visitor. Tourism security professionals must also deal with the threat pf terrorism, aimed at transportation hubs, major events, and the food and lodging side of the travel and tourism industry. In the world of pandemics, tourism security is also about keeping those who ...
IHG Intensifies Effort to Fight Human Trafficking in the Americas
IHG | January 9, 2020
Company focuses on awareness and prevention with mandatory training, tools and resources for hotel colleagues January is recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the U.S. and IHG®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has intensified its ongoing effort to fight human trafficking. The company has introduced new programs, tools and resources for colleagues to increase awareness and aid prevention of human trafficking, including a free training available to all IHG-branded hotels worldwide, including more than 4,200 properties in the Americas. Human trafficking, a form of modern slavery, is a $15...
AHLA Joined Secretary of State Hughs to Combat Human Trafficking in Texas
AHLA | October 17, 2019
Austin, TX (October 17, 2019) – As the hotel industry continues its fight against human trafficking, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) co-sponsored the Texas Businesses Against Trafficking (TBAT) Partnership Forum at the State Capitol, hosted by the Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs’ Office. The event, which brought together government officials and industry partners in a shared mission, marked the next stop in a nationwide tour of No Room for Trafficking regional events to raise national awareness of the industry’s long-standing legacy and commitment to preventing human trafficking. In alignment with the event, AHLA...
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