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Vazquez leads a seven-member marketing team responsible for marketing and public relations activities related to AHLEI’s lodging, specialized markets, academic, and international audiences. - More

For 2009, the U.S. lodging industry posted pre-tax profits of $16 billion – down from $25.8 billion in 2008 – and $127.2 billion in sales – down from $140.6 billion in 2008, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Lodging Industry Profile (LIP), an annual statistical analysis of the industry. - More

In an attempt to bring pressure on the lodging industry in regard to bargaining for 2010 contracts covering 45,000 unionized hotel workers in 10 cities, the labor union that represents hotel workers is staging a National Civil Disobedience Day. - More

Members Report Audits Being Conducted on a Variety of Issues - More

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) is now offering online video rentals of some of its popular hospitality training titles. Customers can access streaming video content online for 14 days at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a video in DVD format ($29.95 for AH&LA members; $39.95 for nonmembers). - More

'Front Desk First Impressions,' a new training video from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) has won a Silver Telly in 31st annual Telly Awards, which honors outstanding production in the field of video. - More

Pedro Mandoki, CHA, was presented with the prestigious American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Lawson A. Odde Award during the board of directors meeting taking place at the AH&LA Summer Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. - More

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), the International SPA Association (ISPA), and the ISPA Foundation have released a new online course, Risk Management for Spas. Developed in collaboration with the Resort Hotel Association, the program is offered through AHLEI’s Distance Learning department on its e-learning platform. - More

Future hospitality industry executives will gain valuable insight into the challenges they may face on the job as they work through the cases presented in the new edition of Executive Decisions: Hospitality Case Studies in Leadership, Ethics, Employee Relations, and External Relations, published by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Instit... - More

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) honored the 2010 recipients of the Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) Emeritus and Master Hotel Supplier (MHS) Emeritus designations at the AH&LA Summer Summit during the AH&LA Stars of the Industry Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, June 16. - More