Covid Relief
Hotels, Labor Union Announce Targeted Industry Relief
AHLA | April 27, 2021
AHLA, UNITE HERE & Representative Crist (D-Fla.) to Join Virtual Press Conference WASHINGTON – April 27, 2021 – On Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m. EST, the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AHLA) president and CEO Chip Rogers along with UNITE HERE president D. Taylor will join U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) to host a virtual press conference announcing new legislation to provide targeted relief to the ailing hotel industry. The introduction of this critical legislation comes at a time when the hotel industry has lost 10 years of job growth, is shuttering doors and losing employees for good. Leisure and hospita...
HSMAI Foundation Distributes COVID Relief Grants to More Than 260 Hospitality Professionals Around the World
HSMAI Foundation | April 20, 2021
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation is supporting the hospitality industry by distributing more than $130,000 in HSMAI Foundation COVID Relief Fund grants to more than 260 hospitality professionals around the world. The HSMAI Foundation COVID Relief Fund was established in 2020 with the generous support of benefactors and individual donors. The fund provides HSMAI membership and educational grants for HSMAI programs to members and non-member industry professionals in need due to challenging circumstances related to the global pandemic. The first quarterly call for HSMAI Foundation COVID R...
U.S. Travel Endorses PPP Extension Bill, Urges Swift Passage
U.S. Travel Association | March 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — March 15, 2021 — The U.S. Travel Association on Friday voiced strong support for the PPP Extension Act of 2021, a bipartisan and bicameral bill that would implement the Paycheck Protection Program extension U.S. Travel has pushed for as an essential part of economic relief. The bill would push the deadline for PPP fund applications to May 31 from its current March 31, with an additional 30 days past the new deadline for the Small Business Administration to process applications. U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes: “The hardest-hit U.S. businesses are st...
U.S. Travel Urges PPP Fixes as Part of COVID Relief
U.S. Travel Association | March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — March 10, 2021 — U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement calling on Congress to prioritize enhancements to the Paycheck Protection Program as a critical element of economic relief from the pandemic: “The American Rescue Plan contains many good features, but there’s something crucial that Congress must accomplish to restore the millions of travel-dependent jobs lost to the pandemic: extend the Paycheck Protection Program deadline through at least June, and allow another draw on those funds for the hardest-hit employers. “Leisure & Hospitality currently accounts for nea...
HSMAI Foundation’s COVID Relief Fund Opens With Generous $150,000 Donation From the Carolyn Smith Foundation
HSMAI Foundation | February 18, 2021
McLean, VA - February 18, 2021 - The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation is opening its COVID Relief Fund for grant applications following a generous donation of $150,000 from the Carolyn Smith Foundation on behalf of STR Founders Carolyn and Randy Smith. The HSMAI Foundation COVID Relief Fund was established in 2020 with the generous support of benefactors including the Carolyn Smith Foundation, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, and individual donors including past and present leaders Hoyt Bacon, Mike Leven, and Flo Lugli. The fund provides HSMAI membership and educational grants for HSMAI programs to mem...
AHLA Statement on Stalled Negotiations on New Covid Relief Legislation
AHLA | October 7, 2020
WASHINGTON (October 7, 2020) – The following is a statement from Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, on the stalled negotiations surrounding additional COVID relief legislation. “This is unacceptable and unconceivable with millions of Americans out of work and thousands of small businesses barely hanging on. It’s time for our leaders in Washington to put politics aside and chart a bipartisan path forward to help businesses and employees in the hardest-hit industries. Millions of jobs and the livelihoods of people who have built their small business for decades are just withering away becau...
