Resources
AHLA Position on the Use of Hotels as Detention Facilities
Tools and Resources to Combat Trafficking in Hotels: ECPAT-USA provides tools and resources for hotels that can be downloaded and printed including posters that comply with the various laws, checklists and e-learning resources.
Empowering Survivors
Our work doesn’t end at the time of intervention; AHLA and the AHLA Foundation remain committed to supporting and empowering survivors beyond the hotel doors.
Core Legislative Principles
At all levels of government, lawmakers are taking action to combat trafficking across industries. This campaign sends a clear message that we in the hotel industry are proactively engaging on this issue at all levels. By using our campaign as a building block, AHLA has developed core legislative principles for the industry.
To view AHLA’s core legislative principles, click here.
AHLA SUBMITS COMMENTS ON JOINT EMPLOYER RULE
WASHINGTON (June 25, 2019) – The American & Hotel Lodging Association (AHLA) today commended the U.S. Department of Labor for its efforts to provide clarity and certainty to employers in comments submitted to the Department for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint Employer Status.
AHLA PRAISES GOVERNOR IGE’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS INTENT TO VETO VACATION RENTAL BILL
HONOLULU (June 24, 2019) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today released the following statement regarding the announcement of Hawaii Governor David Ige’s intent to veto Senate Bill 1292 regarding vacation rentals. The statement is attributable to Chip Rogers, president and CEO of AHLA.
REPORT: STATES, LOCALITIES LOSE MONEY ON SWEETHEART SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX DEALS
WASHINGTON (June 19, 2019) – A new report released today highlights how states and localities are losing millions of dollars in tax revenue from “voluntary collection agreements" with short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb.
AHLA APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY ACT
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) – Today Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) introduced the Employee Flexibility Act of 2019 (H.R. 2782, S. 1510), a bill to change the Affordable Care Act’s definition of full-time employees from an average of 30 hours per week to 40 hours per week.