AAHOA North Central Regional Director Bhavesh N. Patel hosted his final Regional Conference & Trade Show of 2019 in Cincinnati on Monday, which included a Young Professional and Women Hoteliers Focus Group led by Lina Patel and Miraj S. Patel, where we discussed the challenges we will face in the future and a host of other topics. A special thanks to our guest speakers for engaging with our members during the business meeting about local hospitality issues and our vendors who help make these events possible. 

​The much-anticipated HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA is taking place in NYC beginning this Sunday! With a packed schedule, hundreds of exhibitors, dozens of educational opportunities, an exclusive Young Professionals Networking Reception, award shows, competitions, and co-located with BDNY, this year's event is expected to be better than ever. It's not too late to attend! Register today using promo code AAHOA19 to receive a free two-day expo pass, and pay just $250 to receive a two-day conference pass or $150 for a one-day conference pass.

Registration for the 2020 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show, set for April 13-16 in Orlando, FL, is set to open in the coming days. This year, the registration process has changed slightly, and AAHOA has proudly launched a new registration experience through MyAAHOA.com. To ensure you’ll be able to quickly and easily register for the convention, not to mention secure the early-bird discount, login to your MyAAHOA.com account today to expedite the registration process.

Head over to Facebook regularly to see our members doing great things around the nation! This week, AAHOA North Central Regional Director Bhavesh N. Patel and his Ambassadors hosted a Regional Conference & Trade Show in Cincinnati, OH, on Monday, where Lina Patel and Miraj S. Patel also lead a Women Hoteliers and Young Professional Focus Group respectively. In addition, Mayur (Mike) Patel, CHO, hosted a North Texas Town Hall Meeting in Irving, TX, Hitesh Patel hosted a Central Midwest Town Hall Meeting in Ardmore, OK, which also included Human Trafficking Awareness Training, and Kalpesh Joshi, CHO, hosted an Upper Midwest Town Hall Meeting in Bloomington, IL. 

Join us for the Regional Conference & Trade Show closest to you for access to top vendors, incredible networking opportunities, and region-specific industry updates you won't see anywhere else. Open to all hoteliers, and AAHOA Lifetime Members receive a free gift for attending. 

Town Halls are a great opportunity to build your professional network and to learn more about AAHOA programs and resources available to help you strengthen every aspect of your business. These events are open to all hotel owners, even if you're not already a member. 

AAHOA's exclusive members-only webinars provide insights on the latest topics and ideas in hotel ownership. Accessible via MyAAHOA.com, sign in today to browse topics, track your professional development goals, and review all of AAHOA's educational offerings. 

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey reports, “Luxury (+6.0%) was the strongest chain scale for branded hotels; Midscale was the weakest at -3.3%. Upper Midscale (+0.2%) slightly underperformed the industry average. While headline RevPAR was within our expectations, day of week RevPAR was quite volatile given Halloween moving to a Thursday this year from a Wednesday last year. Increasingly we view this holiday as having greater impact to corporate travel and in some cases a positive benefit to hotels catering to parties/activities.”

 

AAHOA Members get discounts on employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, disability, and other benefit plans. We also offer a FREE Pharmacy Discount Card program that offers savings of up to 75 percent on all FDA-approved prescriptions. To learn more about AAHOA's health and wellness offerings with UnitedHealth Group, visit aahoa.com/health-wellness. 

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AAHOA has partnered with Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to provide Human Trafficking Awareness Training to hoteliers across the U.S. According to BEST, only 8 percent of hoteliers can spot cases of human trafficking before the training. After the training, that number rises to 44 percent. Nonprofit Ho’ola Na Pua is partnering with Hawaii's tourism industry to provide training and awareness as well.

The labor shortage is a top concern for hoteliers. Hospitality has a rather high turn-over rate to begin with, so the gig economy may have an answer for hoteliers. The new app Qwick performs like a rideshare app for job seekers with experience in hospitality and can match them with the appropriate properties.
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IHG is launching a campaign noting November as National Veterans and Military Families Month. Part of the campaing with mark IHG's 10th anniversary of its line of Army Hotels located on 40 military installations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Another part of the campaign invites fans to nominate an important service member in their lives with five winners receiving 200,000 IHG Rewards Club points.
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