Join Austin Hotel Lodging Association

As you plan your 2016 budgets, we ask you include the Austin Hotel & Lodging Association as an essential line item for professional development. Benefits to membership include educational programming, legislative presence with city and state officials and scholarships for our colleagues in the Austin hotel and lodging industry. Together we can achieve what would be impossible individually.

In the fast-paced business climate in which most hoteliers operate these days – where emails flood our in-boxes and meetings overstuff our schedules – the last thing most hotel management professional want to think about is voluntarily taking on any more “optional” responsibilities.  But, somehow, the top professionals in the lodging industry manage to carve out time to participate in the many professional societies and/or trade association available to virtually every discipline within our industry.  Why are these top performers willing to invest time and energy in participating?  Why are their companies willing to make the investment in association fees and costs to attend conferences, meetings and events?

Education

  • Valuable Seminars
  • Informative Speakers
  • Industry Career Awareness

Information Resources

  • Human Resource News, Legislative Action Alert and General Industry News Flashes regarding important projects and issues
  • Security Alerts sent to members regarding guest disturbances, theft, etc. affecting local hotels

Networking

  • Membership Rosters mailed upon request (2 per year)
  • Six Membership Luncheons per year
  • Golf Tournament
  • Holiday Events and Auction
  • Allied Member Product Table at Meetings
  • Charity Event Participation
  • Awarding of Scholarships

Marketing opportunities

  • Sponsor opportunities
  • “Vendor of the Month” highlight

Legislative Involvement

  • Alliance with Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau and Downtown Austin Alliance
  • Representation on the Boards of Key Organizations such as:
  • Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Skillpoint Alliance
  • Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Downtown Austin Alliance
  • Texas Hotel & Lodging Association