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Launched July 1, 2008, the Under 30 Gateway membership category is AH&LA's first ever program dedicated to addressing the personal and professional needs of young hospitality professionals. Gateway membership is open to all hospitality professionals working in any capacity. Benefits and resources designed and implemented by your peers, AH&LA's Under 30 Council, which just added five new members this month.

If you're currently employed at an AH&LA member organization and are under age 30, you can join the Gateway at no extra charge. Nonmembers can normally join the Gateway with an annual individual membership of $95, but for the month of July, new members can register for just $50! To register, fill out this online form, or download and fax it in.  More details on the $50 offer are below.

AH&LA Student Members can join for just $50 for your first year out of college, or upgrade your membership while you're still in school for the same rate.  Click here to take advantage of this offer.

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Celebrate our momentous birthday before yours - Join for $50 or less
Time has flown by!  The Gateway turned one year old on July 1, and we're celebrating the whole month by offering a special $50/year individual join rate for new members.  Now through July 31, fill out the online registration form with promotion code "BDAY" to take advantage of this rate (usually $95/year).  The best birthday present we can get is more members looking to advance their careers.

Not yet convinced the Gateway is right for you?  Take a second to read about our accomplishments this year, and let us know what else we can do to help you!

Under 30-Exclusive Webinar: Hospitality Certification Sampler
July 14, 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. (EST)

The Gateway’s third Webinar in the free, bi-monthly series is coming up soon.  Click here for details.

State chapters: Illinos and Nevada
The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association and the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association are giving local flavor to the Gateway.  Illinois launched their chapter with a networking event in Chicago on June 22, kicking off AH&LA's Summer Summit.  Nevada has service projects, professional development, and mentoring programs in the pipeline.  Any Gateway member who is a resident in either state is eligible for a free dual membership.  Click here for more details on these two chapters. 

More chapters are forming as we speak - right now Arkansas, Tennessee, and New York are getting into the game.  If you're interested in more information or starting a chapter in your state, contact Netanya Stutz at nstutz@ahla.com.

We make news
It's not easy to go unnoticed when you've got the best and the brightest talent in the hospitality industry.  The trade media's been catching on and starting the buzz about the Gateway and young lodging professionals in these recent articles:

The Under 30 Council's own Stacey Higgins (who is Managing News Editor of Hotel News Now by day) blogs about our accomplishments in the past year, and how we made a splash at the Summer Summit in June, in "To the younger crowd, networking starts now."

"Keeping a new generation engaged, satisfied," in April's Hotel & Motel Management is the third installment in a series on how to work most effectively with Gen Y.

Nine members of the Under 30 Council and several active Gateway members were recently named as "The Ones to Watch: Thirty Under 30," by Meeting News magazine, highlighted as those young professionals who "aren't waiting to be discovered."