Lodging Daily News

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), along with U.S. Travel Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and National Retail Federation, announced the Discover America Partnership, a broad coalition of trade associations, corporate interests, organized labor, and various groups that understand the importance of international travel to the United States economy.  It is a lobbying campaign to advance visa and entry reforms in order to regain the share of the international traveler market the United States

The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, Ill., was named the winner of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AH&LA) year-long Energy Slasher Challenge. The challenge, launched on Earth Day 2010, helped participating hotels obtain a 5 percent overall energy reduction. The hotel receives a full day with the AH&LA Green Guru for a personal eco-strategy session, as well as other prizes courtesy of HD Supply. Participants could use several tools to help with tracking

General managers, housekeepers, maintenance staff, concierges, and all the other employees whose leadership and initiative exemplifies what it means to be in hospitality were honored at last month’s AH&LA Stars of the Industry awards competition in Atlanta, Ga. But while these employees were the ones with the trophies, everyone nominated got a little extra workplace pride, confidence, and the sense that what they do really does make a difference. The next entry deadline isn’t until

There were 3,520 full-size crib incidents reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from Nov. 1, 2007 through April 11, 2010, according to Foundations, a manufacturer of commercial cribs used in hotels. And the dangers don’t end there. The company says that 23 percent of those incidents involved falls from cribs, while 22 percent were related to crib drop-side-related problems, which included drop-side detachment, operation, hardware, and assembly issues. Additionally, 12 percent of incidents

In today’s world of marketing, technology offers new channels on an almost regular basis. Gone are the days of simple advertising on television or in print. Nowadays, the Internet, smartphones, and social media have changed the rules of the game. In the travel sector, the change has been immense. Hotels must look at marketing through a different lens to reach a new breed of consumer brought up on computers and instant messaging. Whether it’s via