AAHOA Presents Advocacy Award to Bijal Patel

AAHOA | August 12, 2021

Bijal Patel, Chairman of the California Hotel & Lodging Association (CHLA) for 2020 – 2021, has won AAHOA’s prestigious Political Forum Award for Advocacy. Presented during AAHOA’s 2021 national convention held in Dallas last week, the award recognizes Patel for guiding numerous successful advocacy initiatives on behalf of hotel owners during “the year of the pandemic.” “Government officials have a more profound impact than ever on the bottom line of hotel owners,” said Patel in accepting the award.  “Our advocacy activities focus on making sure that hoteliers are helped more and harmed less by the decisions of legi...