Hospitality companies pledge more than 100,000 hours of work for overlooked populations
WASHINGTON (Oct. 22, 2024) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the largest hotel association in the United States, and Procure Impact, a first-of-its kind B2B marketplace for products that support overlooked communities, today announced a major milestone in the implementation of their Dignity of Work Pledge.
The Hospitality Show announces highlights and key sponsorships for 2024
NEW YORK (Oct. 21, 2024) -- The Hospitality Show, the industry’s leading technology and operations event produced by Questex and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), announced an extensive list of program highlights and sponsorships today.
Steven Okuley
Steve Okuley is the Senior Vice President, Conferences & Events, and serves as a member of the AHLA Operating Committee. In this role, Steve is responsible for driving the revenue growth, profitability, and innovation of our conferences and events portfolio.
Before joining AHLA, Steve served as the Director of B2B Customer Engagement & Communication at American Airlines, overseeing a wide array of events including tradeshows, internal meetings, and customer events.
AHLA strengthens conferences and events team with new senior VP
WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2024) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today announced it has hired Steven Okuley as its new senior vice president for conferences and events.
Okuley previously served at American Airlines, where he was Director of B2B Customer Engagement & Communication and oversaw all global sales and distribution tradeshows, internal meetings, customer events, sales incentives, and advisory boards. Prior to that, Okuley was Director of Global Meetings & Events for Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
More than 200 hoteliers to lobby Congress for hotel and consumer friendly policies
WASHINGTON (Sept. 24, 2024) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) this week is hosting its annual Hotels on the Hill fly-in event, which will draw more than 200 hoteliers and industry leaders from 36 states to Capitol Hill to lobby for a variety of important policies.
The Sept. 24-25 event will include meetings with members and staff from more than 150 House and Senate offices.
The Hospitality Show wins Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Grand Award for best new launch
New York/Washington (Sept. 23, 2024) — The Hospitality Show, the groundbreaking event designed to empower the hospitality industry produced by Questex and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), has been awarded the prestigious Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Grand Award for Best New Event Launch 2023.
AHLA statement on the introduction of the HOTEL Act
WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2024) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey released the following statement after the introduction of the Halting of Trafficking and Exploitation in Lodging Act, or the HOTEL Act, which encourages federal workers traveling for business to stay at hotels with anti-human trafficking programs.