Ellen Meyer
Going it Together: AAHOA Chairman Biran Patel on Surviving the Pandemic as an Industry
Concluding this year’s AAHOA Virtual Convention & Trade Show, AAHOA Chairman Biran Patel delivered his inaugural address on Thursday, urging members to have faith in the future and each other as resilient hoteliers working...
Lobbying for Lodging: Panelists at AAHOACON 2020 Discuss How State Associations Serve the Industry...
A session on day two of the 2020 AAHOA Virtual Convention & Trade Show moderated by AAHOA Vice Chair Vinay Patel—who also serves on the Board of the Virginia Restaurant and Lodging Association—gathered hospitality...
‘Do the Best You Can’ — Legendary Hotelier Harris Rosen Gives Timely Advice
Offering leadership advice at the 2020 AAHOA Virtual Convention and Trade Show—taking place this week from Aug. 11-13—was industry legend Harris Rosen, Florida’s largest independent hotelier and president and CEO of Rosen Hotels and...
Designing Outside the Box
Keith Simmel, principal of the design firm Cooper Carry, understands the strong ties between architecture, landscape, urban planning, and sustainability. He talked to LODGING about how those concepts are applied to accommodate a new...
Preparing for After-Pandemic Career Success
Matthew Thompson, a maintenance supervisor at a La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham in Cary, N.C., is pursuing an upward course in the hotel industry even amid the pandemic. Thompson, who is a...