Join millennials nationwide at the center of the industry

Now in it's second year, the Under 30 Gateway 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.

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 join the Gateway for an annual individual membership fee of $95.  AH&LA Student Members can join for just $50 during your first year out of college, or upgrade your membership while you're still in school for the same rate. 

To register, fill out this online form, or download and fax it in.  

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

In the Spotlight

State chapters forming
We know that getting local is the best way to get to know your peers, so we're on a mission to create 10 state chapters by November, 2009.  Illinois, Nevada, and Arkansas are already in the works, with plans for Tennessee, New York, Massachusetts, DC/Virginia/Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, and Florida.  

There's going to be a lot happening over the next few months, so stay tuned, and if you'd like to assist in the development of any of these chapters or start one in your own state, contact Jon Simons at jsimons@ahla.com.  And click here for more details on what's already in place. 

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."  She also gave a nod to Council member Randall Williams, first recipient of the Gateway's new honor: "Roberts Hotel Group GM Recieves first Stevan Porter award."

"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."