Associated PressJanuary 10, 2020
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“It has to be a concerted effort that never stops."
Tag: American Hotel & Lodging Association
Associated PressJanuary 10, 2020
Noah PranskyJuly 25, 2019
4min886
“Our bill cracks down on booking fraud, so folks aren’t ripped off by bad actors.”
Peter SchorschJuly 2, 2019
6min444
If your argument can’t win on its own merits and you lack shame, then it’s time to play dirty.
Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2017
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On behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), I am honored to go before the Senate Community Affairs Committee tomorrow to discuss short-term rentals — an important topic of concern in recent years given the emergence of online rental platforms. While these platforms provide people with a new method to access and advertise short-term rentals, there have also been many unintended side effects. Alarmingly, these platforms are being exploited by commercial operators who run illegal hotels without […]
Scott PowersJuly 23, 2017
3min866
Florida International University has been dropped from a controversial research contract proposed by the American Hotel & Lodging Association that had been criticized as potentially unethical by the national watchdog group Checks & Balances Project. A spokeswoman for the university advised FloridaPolitics.com that it has been notified that it is not receiving the AH&LA $68,209 […]
Scott PowersJuly 20, 20176min770
A watchdog group called the Checks & Balances Project is charging that the leading hotel industry association may be paying Florida International University to produce research for the industry’s lobbying against Airbnb and other home-sharing marketing companies. “The hotel industry’s hotel industry’s lobbying arm, the American Hotel & Lobbying Association, has an aggressive pay-to-play academic […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 5, 2016
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Tomas Martinelli is leaving his post at the Florida Department of Transportation and joining the team at Airbnb. Martinelli announced his move in an email Sunday. “As you may know, the people-powered platform and the culture that steers Airbnb makes this opportunity/project an exciting one,” he said. “Although, it wasn’t easy leaving the best agency in […]
Ryan RayMay 25, 20164min346
The American Hotel and Lodging Association says Airbnb “landlords” raked in some $76 million on grey or black market transactions last year in Miami alone. The group released the results of a new study on a conference call with reporters Tuesday, which looked at 14 major markets’ activity in the short-term rental sector, led by […]