The new AAHOA 365 App is now accessible in both the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Within the app, get quick, easy access to information about upcoming local and regional events, vendor deals and discounts, volunteer opportunities, current legislative and regulatory news, and the AAHOA store. For those planning to attend the 2018 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show, it is a one-stop-shop for everything related to what’s happening at the convention.    

The home of the blues will welcome hundreds of hoteliers from across the country next week for the annual Southern Lodging Summit. The one-and-a-half-day conference, being held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center, will bring together hoteliers and lodging professionals to discuss topics that directly impact the hospitality and lodging industry. AAHOA Treasurer Jagruti Panwala will sit on the President’s Panel, along with three other hospitality executives, Andrea Foster, senior vice president of Marcus Hotels & Resorts, Mark Shalala, vice president of upscale development for Choice Hotels International, and Douglas Dreher, president and CEO of The Hotel Group. The panel, moderated by Isaac Collazo, vice president of performance strategy and planning for IHG, will focus on the most important and contentious issues facing the industry currently, including labor, health care, competition and development. Register for this event today at southernlodgingsummer-memphis.com/register.

On Tuesday, AAHOA Washington Regional Director Vinay Patel participated in the Coalition to Save Local Business Roundtable with U.S. Representative Barbara Comstock (VA-10). At this well-attended event, local small business owners discussed critical issues affecting the hospitality industry, including the expanded definition of joint-employer and burdensome government regulations.

AAHOA recently hosted a new webinar entitled: How to Engage Effectively with State and Local Elected Officials, which was moderated by Kati Siconolfi, director of state and local government affairs for AAHAO. Check out the Resource Library at AAHOA.com for this webinar and other educational videos, documents and webinar replays on business and government relations topics.

Alabama Panhandle Regional Director Nitin (Nick) Patel will next week, on Aug. 29, host the Alabama Panhandle Regional Conference & Trade Show. The event, which will feature over 50 hotel and hospitality vendors and special education sessions on human resource strategies, will be held at the Embassy Suites Birmingham Hoover hotel. The Georgia Regional Conference & Trade Show will take place Aug. 31 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter. The event features a full slate of speakers who will cover topics such as increasing profits, hot and cold markets in the region, and sales and marketing. More than 100 hotel and hospitality vendors are expected to be onsite. Register for these free events online.

 

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This past June Wyndham Hotel Group (WHG) announced the launch of a new independent concept for upper-midscale-and-above hoteliers: The Trademark Hotel Collection. The collection becomes WHG’s 19th hotel brand, positioned among the company’s smart and stylish brands alongside TRYP by Wyndham and the company’s newly acquired Dazzler and Esplendor brands, which embody boutique and lifestyle travel experiences.

When the Tru by Hilton brand first launched it was touted as a revolutionary new midscale brand and a disruptor in its space. As Tru continues to grow, global head of the brand Alexandra Jaritz, says those claims are proving true.