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Mar 20
3 min

Now Is the Time to Find a Hotel Staff Safety Solution (Even if It Isn’t Ours)

The changing cultural and hospitality landscape has spawned important new initiatives in employee and guest safety. Why, then are some ho...

Feb 14
4 min

Healing Hospitality from Within

We have the power to change the cultural mores and attitudes associated with the hotel and service sector workplace. With its ‘guest come...

Jan 28
6 min

10 Minutes with Michael Jacobson

Ten Minutes with IHLA’s Michael Jacobson From the American Cancer Society to the U.S. Travel Association, Michael Jacobson has built a su...

Jan 21
2 min

My New Year’s Wish

Even in the traditionally fast pace of the hospitality industry, essential change can still take time. In her first blog of the New Year,...

Dec 6, 2019
7 min

Guest Blog- Why Union Properties Are Finally Ready to Embrace Technology

– by Karen O’Neill, President-Americas at Knowcross As far back as the 18th century, labor unions have been tasked with the responsibilit...

Nov 14, 2019
6 min

Five Minutes with Kalyn Stephens

In recent years the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has expanded its mandate to take on a range of pressing issues, from empl...

Oct 13, 2019
3 min

Welcome to New Jersey

This month, the front lines of the hospitality safety button movement have shifted to New Jersey as the latest community facing a legisla...

Sep 19, 2019
5 min

Five Minutes with Kurt Knipper

Even in the constant ebb and flow of the busy Miami Beach hotel lobby in the city’s vibrant North of Fifth neighborhood, Kurt Knipper sta...

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