(Washington, D.C. February 12, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) welcomes today's House Judiciary Committee hearing dedicated to examining recent Supreme Court cases in the area of patent reform. The hearing demonstrates growing momentum to reform our patent system and stop predatory patent trolls, who hold patents simply for the purposes of extorting money from companies. Each year, these patent trolls cost the U.S.

(Washington, D.C.  February 11, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today praised Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Chairman John Kline (MN-2) for their introduction of S. J. Res. 8 and H. J. Res. 29, respectively, which would overturn the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's) recent ambush elections rule. 

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(Washington, D.C.  January 30, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) issued this statement following withdrawal of its petition before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for rulemaking to Interpret 47 U.S.C. § 333, or, in the Alternative, for Rulemaking; RM 1173. The statement was issued by Katherine Lugar, president & CEO of AH&LA.

(Washington, D.C. January 23, 2014) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) today applauded Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai and Representative Louie Gohmert (TX-01) for their leadership and partnership with the hotel industry in implementing 911 direct dial capabilities. The hotel industry and AH&LA, the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, have been working closely with both offices on this issue.

(Washington, D.C.) The More Time for Full Time initiative, which represents hundreds of thousands of employers and tens of millions of employees, sent a letter to the Senate in support of S. 30, the 40 Hours is Full Time Act of 2015, which moves to restore the definition of a full-time workweek to the traditional standard of 40 hours under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

(Washington, D.C. January 15, 2014) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today announced the formation of a coalition, United for Patent Reform. The broad-based coalition is designed to battle "patent trolls", entities that use predatory legal tactics to sue for patent infringement. AH&LA is joined by a number of groups from the hospitality, retail, technology and construction-based industries, among others.

Washington, D.C. (January 8, 2014) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act of 2015, sponsored by Rep. Todd Young (IN-9) and Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-3). This legislation addresses a flaw in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and restores the definition of full-time employment back to the 40-hours per week which the American workforce has utilized for decades. 

Washington, D.C. ( January 8, 2014) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) today praised the U.S. Senate for passing legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in the wake of House passage yesterday, sending the bill to the President's desk for signature. AH&LA, as the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, made reauthorization of this critical program one of its top legislative priorities.

Washington, D.C. – January 7, 2014 - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today applauded Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) for introducing the bipartisan Forty Hours is Full Time Act. This legislation would fix a flaw in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by restoring the traditional definition of full-time employment back to the 40-hours per week which the American workforce has lived by for decades.