While leisure travel is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, business travel – the hotel industry’s largest source of revenue and will take significantly longer to recover.
AHLA releases new report on hotels recovery in 2022
AHLA’s 2022 State of the Industry Forecasts Uneven, Volatile Recovery; The Rise of the ‘New’ Traveler is Transforming the Industry.
Reports: 500,000 hotel jobs won’t return by year’s end
AHLA reports find that while travel is starting to return, the hotel industry’s road to recovery from the pandemic is long and uneven.
Hotel industry launches ‘Hotels are Hiring’ campaign
Ad campaign launched in select markets to fill more than 100,000 open jobs.
Report: Nearly all top U.S. hotel markets in depression
The new data shows urban hotels are still in a “depression” cycle while the overall U.S. hotel industry remains in a “recession.”
AHLA and AAHOA announce new advocacy organization
American Hospitality Alliance will coordinate political engagement, accelerate recovery.
AHLA urges swift passage of bipartisan senate per diem bill
Calculating per diem rates using 2020 data would lead to an artificially low rate that would only exacerbate the economic crisis facing hoteliers.
AHLA statement on updated CDC mask guidance
Chip Rogers’ statement on updated face-covering and physical distancing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
AHLA statement on President Biden’s address to congress
AHLA will be following the tax and workforce proposals in these plans closely to assess their impact on the lodging industry.
Industry call on congress to pass ‘Save Hotel Jobs Act’
The bill provides a lifeline to hotel workers, providing the assistance they need to survive until travel returns to pre-pandemic levels.
