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Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)

The Asian American Hotel Owners Association “AAHOA” is THE voice of owners in the hospitality industry. Founded in 1989, AAHOA is now one of the fastest-growing organizations in the industry.

American Hotel & Lodging Association

AH&LA is the only national organization dedicated to serving the interests of hoteliers on the front line, behind the scenes, and on Capitol Hill. Members are empowered with exclusive bottom line savings, educational resources, and networking opportunities with our expansive network of top-level industry professionals.

Council of Inns and Suites

Established within the AH&LA the goal of this committee is to provide a forum for owners, operators and corporate leaders in the branded economy and mid-priced limited service hotel segment to discuss common needs, interests and concerns

Extended Stay Council

Established within the AH&LA the goal of this committee is to unify and strengthen the lodging industry by creating a special forum for extended stay lodging operators, franchisors, and owners. To develop special resources, services, and educational opportunities for this rapidly-growing segment of the industry.

American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute

Established in 1953, the Educational Institute, one of the finest nonprofit member benefits of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, is the premier source for delivering quality hospitality education, training and professional certification that serves the needs of hospitality schools and industries worldwide.

Georgia Hospitality and Lodging Association

GHLA is the state’s non-partisan trade association representing the lodging industry. Originally founded in the 1907, its mission is to promote, protect and educate the lodging industry around the state and to ensure positive business growth for its members.

The School of Hospitality Business

In 1927, the seed was sown for The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University—a School that has launched the careers of thousands of leaders in hospitality and service professions and transformed the landscape of hospitality education. Hailed as the original hospitality business school and ranked among the top hospitality programs in the nation, The School celebrates eight decades of attracting the best and the brightest.

Georgia State University Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality

The Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration is the oldest and largest program of its type in the state of Georgia. It is named in honor of the late founder of the Days Inn Hotel Company. His legacy of excellence serves as the foundation upon which the School of Hospitality Administration bases it vision for preparing graduates to be the next generation of hospitality executives.

International Society of Hospitality Consultants

Collectively ISHC members have experience and expertise in over fifty different areas of specialty in the industry. Specialty areas include appraisals, arbitration, architectural and engineering services, asset management, construction and project management, feasibility, executive search, food service, franchise expertise, legal services, operational reviews, marketing and sales, organizational development, research, training, strategic planning and technology.

Professional Association of Innkeepers International
PAII’s mandate is to provide education, information, networking, advocacy, business opportunities and research relating to the innkeeping industry. The monthly innkeeping newsletter lives on, and is supplemented by the weekly INNfo: newsletter as well as our website and a variety of publications on staffing, marketing, operations, legal issues, zoning, safety, finance, and selling an inn.

Corporate Housing Providers Association

The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) is a professional trade association exclusively dedicated to supporting corporate housing providers around the world. More than 220 companies worldwide currently belong to CHPA. Additionally, there are more than 50 member companies around the globe that offer goods or services to the industry as invaluable partners to the industry’s success.

Hunter Conference Advisory Board

Since 1988, this Conference has brought together influential leaders and timely topics as well as provided a setting for wonderful networking. Considered one of the top four conferences in the industry, these annual conferences come at a time of critical importance to investors.

The Apartment Service Worldwide
In the business of serviced apartments since 1981 we here at The Apartment Service are proud of our position as the largest European serviced apartment company with a network of over seven hundred locations worldwide.

Women in Lodging
The mission of Georgia Women in Lodging (GWIL) is to empower women in the lodging industry into positions of influence through education, networking and mutual support. Women in all positions are encouraged to participate in and begin utilizing this new council to connect with their peers.

Atlanta Hospitality Alliance
AHA was founded in 2009 to provide a forum for networking and professional development activities to Atlanta-area hotel owners, developers, operators, franchisors and professional service providers.

Boutique Lifestyle Lodging Association

BLLA is an Association created to be the unifying voice of this distinctive, yet extremely fragmented sector, within the hospitality industry. Its goal is to unite the world’s collection of boutique & lifestyle properties and the suppliers that sustain them, offering them the opportunity to successfully compete on a level playing field with major hotel companies, as well as market themselves to meet the ever-increasing demand from discerning boutique-seeking clients.

Norcross Soccer Association
Norcross Soccer Association, Inc. operating as Norcross Soccer Academy (NSA), offers both Recreational and Select programs for boys and girls ages 4 to 18. NSA, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion and development of youth soccer in Gwinnett County and the greater metro Atlanta area. NSA is affiliated with the Georgia State Soccer Association (GSSA), United States Soccer Federation(USSF), and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

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