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ALIS Working with the Former HELP Co-Chairs to Bring ALIS Summer Update to the Northeast
the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) | October 13, 2015
Washington D.C., October 12, 2015 – In exciting news, the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) is pleased to announce that it will be working with the former Hotel Equity & Lender Perspectives (HELP) Conference co-chairs, James F. O'Connell, Chad Crandell, and Ken Wilson, to bring one of its Summer Update programs to Boston in July of 2016. 'We are delighted to be working with Jim, Chad, and Ken, to bring ALIS Summer Update to Boston," stated Jim Burba, president of BHN and chair of ALIS. "They are well respected hotel investment executives and also know what the latest trends and opportunities are in the New England regi...
142 Minority Hospitality Students Receive Academic Scholarships
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) | September 14, 2015
Washington, DC, September 14, 2015 - The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA),awarded 380 scholarships totaling $730,500 this year -38% of which were to minority hospitality management students. Of its nine scholarship programs, two are dedicated specifically for minority students. Click on the scholarship name to view the 2015 winners: The Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students awarded $48,000 in scholarships to 24 minority hospitality management students. Since its inception in 1988, this program ...
AH&LEF Awards $730,500 in Scholarships to Hospitality Students
AH&LEF | August 11, 2015
Washington, D.C., August 11, 2015 - The American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), awarded $730,500 through 380 scholarships to students studying hospitality. The Annual Scholarship Grant Program, the foundation's largest, is co-administered with 71 universities and colleges. In 2015, 243 students, nominated by AH&LEF affiliated schools, were awarded $422,000 in funds. The program is supported by proceeds of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the Foundation's Annual Giving Campaign, previous AH&LEF capital c...
