AAHOA Chairman Hitesh (HP) Patel attended the premiere of A Child’s Voice, the latest movie by No Restrictions Entertainment which focuses on the issue of human trafficking. AAHOA continues our efforts to raise awareness of and train hoteliers on how to prevent human trafficking in our industry. Learn more at www.aahoa.com/htat.

The Nashville Business Journal recently interviewed AAHOA member Dee Patel, general manager of The Hermitage Hotel. When asked about the hardest part of her job, Patel responded, "There’s no perfect day. ... You are reliant on the human element, and mistakes are going to happen." Click here to read more.

What did you miss this week? Check out the AAHOA Facebook page to view photos of our members doing great things! This week we covered the NYU Conference, Southwest Region Charity Golf Tournament, Pennsylvania Legislative Day, Rally in Raleigh, and more.

AAHOA and AHLA are teaming up this September for the Legislative Action Summit, September 12-13. It is an opportunity for the hotel and lodging industry to highlight issues before Congress. Join us for presentations from government affairs experts about how to effectively advocate, and meet with your lawmakers to let them know about our industry, its economic impact, and how the laws they write affect us all. Sign up at www.aahoa.com/2018las.

In partnership with the American Hotel & Lodging Education Institute, ICHRIE, and STR, AAHOA is pleased to offer members-only access and a steeply discounted rate to the Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) program. The CHIA is the only hotel-related certification for industry professionals focused on analytics.  Learn more and register here.

How do you increase your revenue when you don't have a dedicated sales team? Join our workshop in Houston next month to learn how to create an "everybody sells" mindset. Seats are limited to the first 60 registrants, so reserve your spot today!

June 12 - "Reasonable Accommodations" for Employees - Disability and Beyond
June 13 - Cal-OSHA's New Housekeeper Standard: What You Need to Know to Prepare Your Hotel

AAHOA partners with JF Capital Advisors to provide monthly reports with detailed financial analyses of the trading levels, valuations, and credit statistics of the publicly traded hotel companies (both REITs and C-Corps) in the United States. View the full report and a helpful explanation here.

A luxury hotel in Singapore is expected to host President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their summit. The hotel has 112 rooms and currently has no available bookings for the day of the summit. Delegations from both North Korea and the U.S. met at the hotel multiple times last week to prepare for the summit. (Source: CNN, Image: Capella Singapore)

The performance of U.S. hotels is exceeding the original forecasts by experts and some analysts are beginning to revise their original predictions. "We continue to be impressed by the ability of the U.S. economy to support demand growth for accommodations away from home," shares Mark Woodworth, senior managing director of CBRE Hotels' Americas Research. (Source: Hotel Management)

The hospitality industry caught the eye of makeup mogul Bobbi Brown. She gave a historic New Jersey hotel, The George Inn, a makeover. The 32-room boutique hotel has a brick structure and was styled with a color scheme of gray, white, and red. (Source: Forbes)