No Room for Trafficking Expands Impact with Latest $500,000 Contribution to The Survivor Fund from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
One million Marriott International associates globally have been trained to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) released the following statement of support on the reauthorization of H.R. 6552, the bipartisan 'Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.'
Through support of ECPAT-USA and Polaris’ programs, IHG will amplify awareness of the prevalence and dangers of human trafficking through education and advocacy. Senior advisors from both organizations will also join IHG’s anti-human trafficking steering committee and provide subject matter expertise for the company’s initiatives to deter criminal behavior through identification and reporting.
In response to a constantly changing landscape around human trafficking prevention in the lodging industry, the Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) Inhospitable to Human Trafficking Training Sponsored by AAHOA program recently underwent enhancements to content and programming.
The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation), and ECPAT-USA today announced at a World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Awareness Event that over 500,000 hotel workers have been trained through the industry’s free human trafficking awareness training since it was released in early 2020.
Company Takes Next Step in Goal to Train All On-Property Associates to Recognize and Respond to Potential Trafficking Situations by 2025
Ongoing coordination between private, public sector critical priority for hotel industry
Georgia Senator, Congressman join effort, participate in training
Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Joni Ernst are partnering the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) to raise awareness across the state for a unified approach to combatting human trafficking. As part of this effort, they will join the hotel industry for a human trafficking prevention training session with hotel employees at the Holiday Inn Mercy Campus in Des Moines.