American Hotel & Lodging Foundation
Hilton Global Foundation Donation Grows Industry Trafficking Survivor Fund by 50%
AHLA Foundation | October 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (October 27, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) today announced a $500,000 donation from Hilton Global Foundation to support the No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) Survivor Fund as part of the hotel industry’s united efforts to eradicate human trafficking.  The NRFT Survivor Fund will equip community-based organizations with the resources they need to engage and support trafficking survivors – from direct financial support of their short-term, baseline needs to career-related support that can empower survivors and set them up for stability and success.   The donation comes after the...
AHLA Foundation Announces Partnership With U.S. Job Corps to Attract Hotel Employees
The AHLA Foundation | September 21, 2022
Nationwide Partnership Helps Address Industry’s Workforce Shortage, Provides Immediate Employment to U.S. Talent Pool WASHINGTON (September 21, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLAF) announced today a formal partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps – first of its kind for Job Corps and for the hospitality industry at large – to ignite the hospitality workforce. With 130,000 open jobs in hospitality, this new partnership’s engagement and retention initiatives will help fill these positions with the highly skilled, ready-to-work Job Corps students enrolled in hospitality and related training pr...
Hotel Industry Foundation Awards Over $1 Million in Academic Scholarships to Hospitality Students Nationwide
The AHLA Foundation | September 6, 2022
WASHINGTON (September 6, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) awarded over $1 million to 336 hospitality program participants for the 2022-23 academic school year. This year’s diverse pool of recipients includes 51% students of color and 72% female students ranging in age from18 to 70. With six-affiliated HBCU schools, the AHLA Foundation continues its strong tradition of supporting the future of hospitality by providing financial assistance to these deserving scholarship recipients. In the second year of its targeted partnership with 10 community colleges, the number of two-year college students awarde...
Hotel Industry Foundation Recognizes Leslie D. Hale With Castell Award
The AHLA Foundation | July 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLAF) announced today that Leslie D. Hale – president and chief executive officer of RLJ Lodging Trust and vice chair of the AHLA Board of Directors – is the recipient of the third annual Castell Award honoring a female trailblazer in the hospitality investment arena. To be presented at the Lodging Conference on September 20, the annual Castell Award spotlights female trailblazers, who are paving the way for more women to rise to the top of their fields. From setting and executing the strategic vision for RLJ Lodging Trust – leading the execution of RLJ’s in...
Hotel Industry Foundation Increases Investment in National Ad Campaign to Attract More Workers as Record Travel Season Approaches
The AHLA Foundation | June 29, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 29, 2022) – With 69% of Americans planning to travel this summer and the July 4 holiday weekend quickly approaching, the American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) is doubling its investment and expanding its nationwide ad campaign to more than a dozen markets this month. As the demand for strong talent increases, AHLA Foundation’s ‘A Place to Stay’ campaign attracts new employees into the industry by showcasing hospitality’s competitive salary, substantial benefits, and upward career mobility. The campaign aims to combat the labor shortage that has dramatically impacted the hospitality industry â€...
AHLA Foundation Bolsters Effort to Address Labor Shortage Through Empowering Youth Program
AHLA Foundation | May 16, 2022
50 Opportunity Youth in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Orlando Placed on Fast Track for Jobs in Hotel Industry WASHINGTON (May 16, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) today announced that more than 50 individuals from traditionally underserved populations have graduated from the Empowering Youth Program (EYP) nationwide and are securing jobs in the hotel industry. This year, the Foundation awarded $175,000 in total to community-based organizations throughout Los Angeles, Orlando, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. that help change the lives of Opportunity Youth between the ages of 16-24 by preparing them for fu...
AHLA Foundation Raises Over $822,000 With Record Night at 2022 Gala
AHLA Foundation | January 24, 2022
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 24, 2022 – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) raised over a record $822,000 at its annual gala to fund programs aimed at grooming and growing a diverse industry workforce. Each year, the Night of A Thousand Stars gala celebrates the hotel industry’s most important VIPs – the property-level talent that makes the industry so unique. Throughout the evening, industry leaders commemorated the 2022 Stars of the Industry Award winners and the diverse individuals that embody the spirit of hospitality, while raising critical funds to support the future of hospitality. “As a missi...
David Kong Receives Inaugural Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award
AHLA | December 16, 2021
LOS ANGELES, CA – December 16, 2021 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation, and The BHN Group announced David Kong, the recently retired president and CEO of BWH Hotel Group, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award. Kong will be recognized during the AHLA Foundation’s premier fundraising gala, the Night of a Thousand Stars on Sunday, January 23, 2022, as well as during the 21st Annual Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award is a new award named fo...
