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AHLA Names Kevin Carey Interim President & CEO
AHLA | March 6, 2024
WASHINGTON (March 6, 2024) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced today that Kevin Carey will serve as AHLA’s interim president & CEO while continuing in his role as AHLA senior executive vice president & COO. Carey succeeds former AHLA President & CEO William “Chip” Rogers, who resigned last Friday to pursue other professional interests. Carey will report directly to AHLA’s Board of Directors until a permanent president & CEO is selected and onboarded. AHLA’s Board of Directors is in the process of forming a committee to identify and evaluate potential president & CEO candidates an...
AHLA Commends House Vote to Reauthorize Trafficking Victims Protection Act
AHLA | February 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (Feb. 16, 2024) – After the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation from Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act for five years, American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the following statement: “The hotel industry is united behind preventing human trafficking and helping survivors, and AHLA applauds House lawmakers for this bipartisan vote to extend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “The bill provides vital funding for trafficking prevention and awareness efforts as well as housing...
AHLA Statement on Bipartisan Resolution to Overturn Job-Killing Joint-Employer Rule
AHLA | November 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (Nov. 10, 2023) – After House and Senate lawmakers introduced a bipartisan resolution aimed at overturning the National Labor Relations Board’s destructive joint-employer rule, American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the following statement: “AHLA welcomes this Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the NLRB’s disastrous joint-employer rule. The NLRB is intentionally taking a wrecking ball to one of America’s great economic engines – the franchise model – and jeopardizing millions of small business jobs,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “We thank ...
Proposed DOL Overtime Changes Would Harm Hotels, Hurt Workers
AHLA | August 31, 2023
WASHINGTON (Aug. 31, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President & CEO Chip Rogers is speaking out today after the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposal to increase the minimum salary threshold for employees to qualify as salaried executive, administrative, and professional employees (and therefore exempt from overtime pay requirements) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposal also would automatically update the threshold every three years. This would be the second increase imposed by DOL in less than 5 years. Employees who fail to qualify for the FLSA’s “white collar” exemption mu...
Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Hotel Case
AHLA | April 3, 2023
WASHINGTON (April 3, 2023) – After the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear the case of Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the following statement. “The Supreme Court’s decision to hear this case is welcome news for AHLA members,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer is all about frivolous lawsuits brought by litigants alleging harm by hotels they have no intention of ever visiting. The justices have a chance to put a stop to this abuse of our legal system, and we are hopeful they will make the right c...
AHLA’s Chip Rogers Joins Cast of Hotels ByDesign
AHLA | March 22, 2023
WASHINGTON (March 22, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers is joining the cast of Hotels ByDesign. Hotels ByDesign is a magazine-style television series. Throughout four half-hour episodes, host Mike Chapman will showcase up to 35 of the most architecturally stunning hotels across the Americas. View a preview of the series here. Rogers will be part of a panel of architectural, innovation, and industry experts who will discuss key design aspects of various hotels. “Hotels are at the cutting edge of informed design, as brands and hotel companies are constantly evolving to meet the cha...
AHLA: Proposed DOL Rule Would Make Bad Labor Market Worse
AHLA | December 14, 2022
WASHINGTON (Dec. 14, 2022) – In comments submitted to the Department of Labor yesterday, the American Hotel & Lodging Association strongly opposed DOL’s proposed regulations that would revise its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act. AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers also released the following statement today opposing the proposal. “The Department of Labor’s proposed changes would make the historically difficult labor challenges even worse,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “With almost all hotels dealing with staffing shortages, h...
AHLA Statement on GSA FY2023 Per Diem Rates
August 18, 2022
WASHINGTON (August 18, 2022) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President and CEO Chip Rogers released the below statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) announced it increased the standard CONUS per diem rate and has set all Non-Standard Area (NSA) rates at or above the FY2022 rates. “The General Services Administration’s (GSA) increase of FY2023 per diem rates for government travel in the Continental United States (CONUS) is extremely welcome news for the hospitality industry as our recovery continues. By increasing the standard rate and setting a floor at pre-pandemic rates for NSAs, GSA has ensure...
