| A Community of Resort Managers & Suppliers |

| In the Community |
AH&LA launches voter education website Published August 29, 2008 Washington, D.C. – America’s 1.8 million lodging industry employees now have a new online tool to help them actively participate in this year’s federal elections via the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AH&LA) new voter education program, LodgingVotes.com. This contemporary online resource offers AH&LA members a single comprehensive political, grassroots action, and voter education Website for this fall’s 2008 federal elections. Resources at LodgingVotes.com include:
LodgingVotes.com is free to all AH&LA members and is non-partisan. AH&LA teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to create this comprehensive election Website for America’s $139 billion hotel and lodging industry. “The decisions made during this year’s elections are critical to the lodging industry’s future. AH&LA is committed to ensuring that our industry will have the latest information tools available to its employers and valued employees before casting their ballot on Election Day, November 4,” remarked Marlene Colucci, AH&LA executive vice president of public policy. For more information about LodgingVotes.com, please contact Renee Brockinton, AH&LA grassroots manager, at (202) 289-3120. Details about AH&LA’s many other governmental affairs programs can be found at www.ahla.com. # # # Serving the hospitality industry for nearly a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom-line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members.
|