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Foodservice Pioneering Concept Call for Entries – Deadline May 29; General Call for Presentations Deadline is May 31

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Attention designers, architects, and creatives: HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA is looking for a relevant, customer-focused, revenue-generating foodservice concept design that can open and operate in an under-utilized location within a hotel...

Industry News – “Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen” 

In late March, sobering numbers began pouring in from media outlets across the country. An article in Yahoo Finance relayed that “occupancy rates had gone from 53% last year to -24.4% this year” and “average daily rate for rooms dipped more than 10%, and revenue per...

HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA: COVID-19 Statement

NEW YORK, N.Y. – With the ongoing coverage surrounding the coronavirus outbreak and its potential effects, it is the top priority of HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA and Emerald to keep our community safe and informed. With the 2020 HX: The Hotel Experience more than six months away, we do not foresee any changes at this time. We are actively planning the upcoming show for Nov. 8-9, 2020, at the Javits Center in New York.

Unprecedented Strain Requires Unity

ATLANTA - These are challenging times for us all, but we will pull through this pandemic together by supporting each other and maintaining the values that make our industry great. As we balance the concerns of keeping our loved ones safe while managing our businesses, it is important to remember that no hotel owner must go through this alone. At a time like this, it is vital that our industry remain united.

Realism, Optimism, and the Future

NEW YORK, N.Y. – In the midst of human suffering caused by a global pandemic, the hotel industry continues to lick its financial wounds. With stay-at-home orders the norm over the past month, it quickly became clear that the corona virus was brutally suited to wreak...

AAHOA’s New President and CEO Brings Diverse Resume

Cecil Staton is a renaissance man. In addition to earning a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford, Staton’s extensive resume includes service in the Georgia Senate, high-level academic leadership posts, and entrepreneurial ventures in publishing and communications.

Attention HX Speakers – Call for Presentations Deadline Extended

NEW YORK, N.Y. – If you’re interested in speaking at HX 2020 Powered by AAHOA, there is still time to submit a presentation. HX includes a two-day conference for hospitality owners, asset managers, GMs and executive teams of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and casinos.

Industry News – Wyndham, Hilton, Caesars and More

LAS VEGAS - Resorts World Las Vegas and Hilton have partnered to bring three of Hilton's premium brands together for the first time when the $4.3 billion integrated resort (rendering pictured) opens in summer 2021. The partnership marks Hilton's largest multi-brand deal in company history and will include three Hilton premium brands, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, LXR and Conrad, into Resorts World Las Vegas.

The Biggest Theme of the Year?

EW YORK, N.Y. - The biggest theme of the year isn’t the state of the hotel business, the hot new brand, or even the concern of RevPAR being near flat this year. Nope. The issue I hear most about is labor. It’s becoming near impossible for some hoteliers to find great employees, or pretty much any employee.

Visual Feast – F&B at HX

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Check out a few food and beverage (F&B) focused photos from Jenna Bascom Photography. Call it one more visual feast as we look back one last time at last year’s HX: The Hotel Experience Powered by AAHOA.     ...

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