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Maryland Hotel Workers Now Required to Receive Annual Training to Spot the Signs of Human Trafficking
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) | November 17, 2022
Annapolis, MD – A new law went into effect on October 1, 2022, requiring all innkeepers in Maryland provide annual human trafficking prevention training to employees. Hotel operators across the state must now provide employees with annual training that has been certified and approved as meeting the requirements defined by the state. Training must be conducted annually, and within the first 90 days for newly hired employees. Since 2019, the Maryland Hotel Lodging Association (MHLA) has partnered with the Seattle-based nonprofit, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to provide human trafficking awareness training for MHLA’...
Hotel Industry Urges Maryland Lawmakers to Override Governor; Close Online Travel Loophole
AH&LA | January 11, 2016
Washington, D.C. – January 11, 2016 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) along with the Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association, Asian American Hotel Owners Association, and several of America's leading hotel companies are urging Maryland lawmakers to override a decision by the governor and close an important tax loophole. In a letter addressed to Maryland Senators and Delegates, the hotel industry called on them to override Governor Hogan's veto of SB 190, which closes a tax loophole and ensures online travel companies pay the state's existing occupancy sales taxes. "Maryland hotels are an important p...
