AHLA Welcomes the Kentucky Travel Industry Association as New Member

WASHINGTON—The American Resort & Lodging Affiliation (AHLA) announced it has welcomed the Kentucky Journey Marketplace Association (KTIA) as a new member.

KTIA serves the interests of Kentucky’s journey sector via 4 service cornerstones: advocacy, education, data, and business enterprise improvement. KTIA’s about 900 organization and specific members include things like sights, convention and visitor bureaus, lodges, restaurants, state authorities companies, universities, media, and industry suppliers.

KTIA was established in 1980 as the Kentucky Tourism and Hospitality Federation and afterwards became the Kentucky Tourism Council. In 2011 the organization re-branded to turn into the Kentucky Vacation Market Affiliation (KTIA) to mirror the range of the market and its membership. As of 2019, Kentucky had 774 accommodations with much more than 63,000 rooms.

“During the pandemic, we witnessed firsthand AHLA’s experience, influence, and assist. Our goal grew to become to sign up for as before long as it grew to become practical to do so, and we are thrilled that we are now in a position to do that,” said KTIA President and CEO Hank Phillips. “We seem forward to leveraging AHLA’s strong advocacy, member companies, and interaction capabilities on behalf of Kentucky’s hoteliers.”

“We are proud to be ready to phone the Kentucky Travel Business Association an AHLA member,” mentioned AHLA President and CEO Chip Rogers. “Hoteliers are strongest when we stand jointly, and we are excited to get to do the job making sure hospitality specialists in Kentucky have a effective voice and seat at the desk relating to the most crucial concerns and debates impacting our sector.”

KTIA joins an AHLA roster of additional than 30,000 customers that involves 80 % of all franchised lodges and the 10 largest hotel firms in the United States, as properly as hospitality associations, field support suppliers and suppliers, universities, and hospitality pupils. AHLA now counts 54 lodging associations as members, together with 47 point out associations, and organizations symbolizing Washington, D.C., New York City, St. Louis, Memphis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Puerto Rico.