Who is ahla

Our Industry Hotels are at the center of communities across the country -- creating long-term careers and opportunities for upward mobility, spurring economic growth, investing in communities and serving America's travelers. Learn More. Dreams Happen Here Dreams Happens Here is a national awareness campaign to showcase the career advancement opportunities, community commitment, and economic importance of hotel and lodging businesses to every city and state across America.

Our Staff. Our Board. Alliance Members. O'Neill's report, issued in June , argued, "Extreme minimum wage rates would not only decrease employment, but also decrease opportunities for upward mobility in the hospitality industry. In its rebranding materials, AHLA touted its members' commitments to the "communities and small businesses we grow" and the "dreams realized" by people employed by the industry, even calling the industry "the American dream exemplar, with broad opportunity, ample education and certification, professional advancement, and pathways to ownership.

AHLA claims that "[t]he hotel industry offers good, high-paying jobs with benefits and a fast-track to senior positions. It concluded that "most jobs in the lodging industry pay above minimum wage," " However, its own materials suggest that many of AHLA's "high-paying jobs" likely pay poverty wages only marginally above the minimum wage.

The numbers rise significantly for workers supporting families. According to the U. AHLA opposes raising the minimum wage and opposes local living wage laws, claiming that they place an "undue burden on employers — many of whom, like those of us in the hotel industry, already provide excellent wages and benefits. AHLA opposed the PPACA Affordable Care Act , citing what it claimed as "the significant number of new one-size-fits-all mandates that further drive up the cost of healthcare, the lack of any cost containment measures, and the lack of any meaningful provisions to assist small businesses in accessing affordable coverage.

In addition to supporting visa access for foreign business travelers and tourists, AHLA supports some form of legalization for certain currently undocumented workers, retention of the H-2B seasonal worker program, and changes to the worker verification system. It also supports the "lesser-skilled temporary worker program. In recent years, AHLA has made a concerted effort to expand its political influence.

Travel Association , Real Estate Roundtable , and others. But only with your support. The Foundation is committed to providing short-term and long-term solutions to help attract, retain and educate individuals for life-long careers in the industry. The Foundation offers a portfolio of scholarships , workforce development initiatives , and industry-recognized certifications that prepare employees for future success.

Our industry supports more than one in 25 American jobs both on-site at hotels and throughout the community — totaling 8.