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Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today praised the Maryland Senate for passing legislation to ensure online travel agencies pay taxes on rooms just as brick-and-mortar hotels are expected to pay. 

Washington, D.C. (March 19, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, continues to put pressure on Congress to pass legislation to stop the abuse of patent trolls, entities which deliberately attempt to extort money from hotels and from many industry sectors across the nation's economy.

Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2015) - Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Hawai'i issued its opinion on a case brought by the State of Hawai'i against online travel agencies for a failure to pay taxes dating back to 2000. The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, and the Hawaii Lodging Tourism Association issued this joint statement regarding the decision: 

Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2015) - Today, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, expressed its disappointment at a federal judge's failure to stop implementation of a law that requires franchised businesses to increase wages faster than other businesses.

Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today announced new additions to its Board of Directors. The 2015 Board of Directors represents the full scope of the lodging sector, including brands, owners and REITs, management companies, independents, and state associations. 

(Washington, February 2015) The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) will dispense more than $725,000 for the 2015 academic year through their scholarship programs.

(Washington, D.C. February 2015) - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today praised the latest new initiative announced by President Barack Obama designed to improve customer service at our nation's airports in a renewed effort to attract more travelers nationally and internationally.

(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.