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PRODUCTS
Products and programs for the hospitality and hotel industry
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Stars of the Lodging Industry
The Stars of the Lodging Industry awards program was created more than 40 years ago to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the lodging industry. AH&LA member properties are eligible to nominate one employee from their staff for Outstanding Lodging Employee, Manager of the Year, and General Manager of the Year. Properties may also enter their best public relations programs in five categories. Contact your state hotel association to see if they host their own awards program and obtain their entry deadline. For properties located in states that do not have hotel association affiliates, the national deadline is February 15, 2007. For more information, contact Kathryn Potter at (202) 289-3130 or kpotter@ahla.com.
All entrants must be from AH&LA member properties in good standing. For more information, go to the members only area.
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AH&LA Launches amillionwelcomes.com
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AH&LA has launched a cooperative consumer advertising program, exclusively for members. The program consists of creating themed ads to appeal to a wide range of consumers and placing them, at preferred rates, in a variety of general and special interest magazines. Both national and regional placements are in the mix, and include some extraordinary values.
This targeted program enables members to advertise in publications they might not normally have an opportunity to do so. A consumer website, AMillionWelcomes.com, will include links to the hotels participating in the program and to AH&LA's member directory.
There is no charge to register with the program and no minimum budget or number of ads required.
Click here to login to the members only area to obtain see previews of the creative campaign, get details on how to participate in the program and review current placement opportunities; there is bound to be one or more that will meet your needs and budget. Be sure to check regularly, as new options are being added every week.
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Spirit of Hospitality
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Join the industry in supporting the "We've Got the Spirit" industry-wide awareness program. Download the Spirit icon to incorporate on all internal communications to show solidarity as an industry in our commitment to guest service awareness at the property level. AH&LA, through its Educational Institute, has launched a fully revised and expanded Spirit of Hospitality training program that outlines cutting-edge practices and award-winning service strategies that augment current guest service training programs. For 2006, the program, which includes an industry-recognized certificate and "We've Got the Spirit" lapel pin, is available for $40, 50 percent off of the member price.
Click here to read the press release.
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AH&LA's Good Earthkeeping
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AH&LA's Good Earthkeeping program provides tools and resources to help you improve the energy and financial performance of your hotels. The campaign, which is a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR, enables hoteliers to create a comprehensive strategic approach to energy management that assesses current energy performance, sets goals, and tracks savings.
The hospitality industry spends $3.7 billion a year on energy, yet much of this goes to waste. Demonstrate a commitment to the environment and your bottom line by participating in Good Earthkeeping:
Read more about the Good Earthkeeping Alliance.
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National Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Future employees got an up-close look at the vast array of lodging careers.
On February 2, for the ninth year in a row, AH&LA and its partner state associations encouraged students throughout the United States to spend part of their day "shadowing" a hotel employee as he or she went through a normal work day.
View the Groundhog Job Shadow Photo Gallery
Read more...
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
Click here to view products that the Educational Institute supplies to the hospitality industry including books, videos, guides, certifications and more!
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Welcoming Service Animals
Many in the hospitality industry are not aware of the nature and extent of the various state and federal laws requiring them to accommodate disabled individuals with service animals. Recognizing the growing need for the lodging industry to be better equipped in accommodating service animals at their properties, the California Hotel & Lodging Association created a short video hotels can use to educate their staff. Funded by AH&LEF, master copies of the seven-minute video are available to entities that agree to duplicate the video and distribute it to their various constituents.
Click here for more information.
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