The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, issued the following statement regarding President Obama's speech today at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, highlighting the positive impact of travel and tourism as a domestic economic driver:

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, issued the following statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee's failure to vote on the Patent Transparency and Improvement Act:

Bob Alter, president of Seaview Investors, contributed $10,000 on behalf of the Alter family to the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation's (AH&LEF) 2014 Annual Giving Campaign. Alter is a long-time donor to the Annual Giving Campaign. This marks Alter's seventh consecutive personal gift at the six-diamond level or higher, and his first at the leadership level.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, issued the following statement in advance of today's Senate Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation Subcommittee hearing on "The State of U.S. Travel and Tourism: Industry Efforts to Attract 100 Million Visitors Annually":

The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) Summer Update, comprised of two interactive Webinars taking place July 8 and July 15, will provide attendees with timely information from the transactions and finance arena. In addition, networking receptions will take place in Atlanta, the Washington D.C. area, Dallas, and Los Angeles, giving the hotel investment community an opportunity to network across the country.

Washington, (April 14, 2015) - At today's American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Stars of the Industry Awards breakfast, hotel employees were honored for their outstanding accomplishments, service, and leadership in the hospitality and lodging industry.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, issued a statement following introduction of legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for a period of seven years:

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, thanks Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Congressmen Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Peter Welch (D-VT) for today introducing legislation to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 until FY 2020 and reauthorize Brand USA, and issued the following statement:

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, applauds today's ruling by the Wyoming Supreme Court that online travel companies (OTCs) should remit sales and lodging tax on the full booking price of hotel rooms and issued the following statement:

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Save American Workers Act (H.R. 2575):