As a united hotel industry, we are committed to providing opportunities for upward mobility and long-term careers, investing in our workforce and communities and continuing to be a driving force for economic development across the country.

These resources are provided to help educate and inform the communities our industry serves – to help guide smart policy solutions that allow hoteliers to further expand opportunity and grow our workforce. 

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Hospitality is Working Resources

Whether it is connecting you to a career or highlighting the good work hotels are doing across the country, we want to provide you with the resources that fit your needs. Below are key resources to highlight how Hospitality is Working for communities and people across the country.

Hospitality is Working Brochure

Download our brochure on the Hospitality is Working campaign. 

HIW Factsheet

Download a factsheet on the Hospitality is Working campaign.

Hospitality is Working Infographics

Download social media infographics highlighting how Hospitality is Working across the country.   

AHLA Resources

AHLA’s Dreams Happen Here Campaign

Learn more about AHLA’s Dreams Happen Here campaign to showcase the career advancement opportunities, community commitment, and economic importance of hotel and lodging businesses to every city and state across America. 

AHLEF’s Apprenticeship Program

Learn more about how AHLA is working with the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation (NRAEF) on a nationwide project to expand apprenticeship in the hospitality industry.

AHLEF’s Cost-Free College Program

Learn more about how AHLEF is proud to announce a pilot program to offer streamlined degree programs to hotel industry employees.

AHLEF’s Scholarship Program

Learn more about academic and professional scholarships AHLEF provides to educate the next generation of hospitality professionals.

Factsheets

AHLEF’s Empowering Youth Project

Download a factsheet on AHLEF’s Empowering Youth Project to recruit and train Opportunity Youth for careers in the hospitality industry.  

Helpful Reports

AHLEF, HCareers, and BW Research Partnership Report on “Gen Z Careers in Hotels and Lodging”

Read a recent report on how to attract, engage, and retain talent from America’s largest generation.

AHLA and WageWatch Report on “Millennials in the Hotel Industry”

Read a recent report by AHLA and WageWatch on how to recruit and retain millennials in the hotel and lodging industry.

U.S. Travel Association’s Report on “Travel: America’s Unsung Hero of Job Creation”  

View a report by the U.S. Travel Association on the travel industry’s impact on job creation.

AHLA Resources

AHLA’s 5-Star Promise

Learn more AHLA and the hotel industry’s commitment to enhanced employee safety.

AHLA’s Human Trafficking Prevention

Learn more about AHLA’s work to raise awareness of human trafficking and to train hotel workers on the vital role that they can play in helping victims.

AHLA’s Americans with Disabilities Act

Learn more about AHLA’s commitment to ensuring persons with disabilities are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) while staying at hotels across the country, since the inception of the law more than 25 years ago.

5-Star Promise Infographics

Download social media infographics highlighting our 5-Star Promise.

Factsheets

AHLA 5-Star Promise Fact Sheet

Download AHLA’s fact sheet on the 5-Star Promise commitment to enhance employee safety.

AHLA 5-Star Promise Press Packet

Download AHLA’s press packet on the 5-Star Promise commitment.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Human Trafficking Indicators Card & Toolkit

Download the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign’s human trafficking indicator card.

Learn more about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign’s toolkits for various communities to raise awareness against the heinous crime of human trafficking.

Posters

5-Star Promise Poster

Download a poster with AHLA’s 5-Star Promise commitment.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Poster

Download the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign’s poster to raise awareness of human trafficking.  

Helpful Reports

AHLA’s 2019 Policy Guide

Download AHLA’s 2019 policy guide, which outline’s AHLA’s legislative priorities and commitments for 2019.  

U.S. Department of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report

Read the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons report on the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights

AHLA Resources

AHLA Economic Impact of the Hotel Industry Across the Country

Search economic facts by state or Congressional district.

Factsheets

The U.S. Hotel Industry: Driving Growth, Jobs & The Economy

Click here to download a factsheet on the hotel and lodging industry’s impact on driving growth, jobs and the economy.

Hotels and Lodging: Serving America’s Travelers

Click here to download a factsheet on how the hotel and lodging industry is serving travelers across the country.

Hotels and Lodging: Investing in America’s Communities

Click here to download a factsheet on how the hotel and lodging industry is investing in America’s communities.

Hotels and Lodging: Powering America’s Economy

Click here to download a factsheet on how the hotel and lodging industry is powering America’s economy.

U.S. Travel Association Travel Answer Sheet

Learn more about the travel industry’s impact on the U.S. economy.

Helpful Reports

AHLA’s Oxford Economics Study

Read an economic impact analysis of the hotel and lodging industry.

AHLA- U.S. Conference of Mayors Tourism, Hotel and Lodging Survey

Read a 2017 survey conducted with the U.S. Conference of Mayors on the impact tourism and hotel and lodging industry have on communities across the country.