Tomorrow, March 18, is the last day to claim Early-bird pricing for AAHOACON22 registration! After March 18, the rates to attend the convention in Baltimore will increase, so make sure you lock in the lowest rate available by registering today. AAHOACON22  brings together the who’s who of the industry for networking, learning, and deal-making on the Trade Show floor. Don’t you want to experience all of that at the lowest rate available? Of course you do, so register now!

The 2022 Hunter Hotel Investment Conference is scheduled for next week, March 22-24, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, and you’re invited to join us at an AAHOA Women Hoteliers and Young Professionals Happy Hour at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22! On the 10th floor Skyline Level of the Marquis, AAHOA will be bringing together women hoteliers and young professionals for a networking reception that will offer you a prime opportunity to build new, meaningful relationships and strengthen existing ones. Don’t miss it!

2022 AAHOA Elections are now completely online, and all eligible voters can cast their ballots via their smartphone when the polls are open on April 14 and April 15. Because this is a new process, we want to ensure you’re thoroughly informed. The most important thing to do right now is to ensure that you have a unique email address and mobile phone number on file in MyAAHOA. This is important because this is the same information that will be used to verify your identity during the credentialing process. If you do not complete this step, you will experience delays in credentialing. Update your profile now. 

The active participation of our talented, dynamic membership is vital to AAHOA’s success. If you want to make a difference for AAHOA Members, we encourage you to apply to serve on an AAHOA committee. The eight AAHOA committees – Bylaws and Governance, Finance and Audit, Education and Professional Development, Independent Hoteliers, Franchise and Industry Relations, Government Affairs, Convention, and Strategic Planning – all serve vital functions in advancing AAHOA forward toward its strategic goals.

AAHOA, AHLA, and the hospitality industry at large have publicly condemned Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Many of the hotel industry's largest brands also have closed offices and suspended further development in the country, while also focusing on providing humanitarian aid to those affected. “Seeing the news – images and videos of Ukrainian people in bomb shelters, fleeing their homes, and crowding train stations to get to safety – is incredibly upsetting,” AAHOA Chair Vinay Patel said in a statement. "It’s in times of need and suffering that our industry can really make an impact. A new initiative, #HospitalityHelps, has the single goal of providing temporary hotel accommodation to Ukrainian residents who are forced to leave their homes as a result of the war. ... AAHOA Members continue to pray for the strong, brave people of Ukraine and will continue providing any help possible as the situation progresses."

Once the 2022 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show is in the books, we will plunge full speed ahead into our 2022 Charity Golf Tournaments and Regional Conference & Trade Show schedules. Our Charity Golf Tournaments serve as an important component of advancing our mission through community engagement. Our Regional Conferences & Trade Shows are the best way for you to network and connect with local hoteliers, industry professionals, and vendors from the hospitality industry, and we have an exciting new lineup for 2022! Save the dates and join us at one or more of these events!

AAHOA will soon be releasing its full 2022 events schedule. In the meantime, check the lineup below for an event in your area. (All times are local.)

 

 

We've added three new webcasts to our lineup! The first, A Revolution Is Occurring in Hotel Property Tax Valuation, took a look at the O’Connor Approach, which is changing the way hotels are being taxed. Watch on demand as O’Connor & Associates’ Andrew Choy, Director of National Hotel Tax, and Abraham Tiehl, Director of National Commercial Property give insight into the new revolutionary approach that is proving to reduce hotel property taxes more than ever before. Watch on demand.

 

• Leyton’s Ladies: Personal and Professional Journeys of Success, 11-11:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, March 23
• Tourism Improvement Districts: A Stable Funding Source for Hotel Driven and Managed Destination Marketing, 11-11:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, March 30

Truist Securities reports, “Last week’s RevPAR was up against a -15.8% comparable result in 2021 vs. -37.9% in the prior week. On a 3-year run-rate (vs. 2019), RevPAR was -2.8% vs. -3.8% in the prior week’s 3-year run-rate. Beyond the headline stats, we view decent improvement in midweek travel, especially on group occupancy, which had one of the best weekly occupancy results vs. 2019 since COVID that we can recall. Upper upscale in general remains a laggard (high-end individual business travel). So far, we don't see significant impact from events in Ukraine on U.S. weekly demand. Cynically, part of the reason why we have not seen as much impact is because: 1) International inbound demand has been very depressed, so no major "new" demand loss vs. prior weeks; 2) Winter seasonality/the timing of the war did not lead to losing that much theoretical leisure demand including to peak season markets such as coastal Florida; and 3) High-end domestic corporate travel is also coming off a low base. We continue to also note the meaningful ADR growth vs. 2019 that was most evident in luxury (+22%) and in economy/midscale (+8%/+10%, respectively) whereas upscale was flattish last week. Upscale RevPAR: +72.2% y/y and -11.7% over 3 years; upper midscale RevPAR: +51.3% y/y and -3.2% over 3 years.”

 

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