by THLA Staff | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
Google has been very busy in the travel and tourism industry, launching and updating many travel-planning tools this year. Around the end of August 2018, Google officially rolled out a guide for Price Insights for Hotels, allowing prospective guests to see how the...
by THLA Staff | Oct 31, 2018 | Getaway
Midland, nicknamed The Tall City, stands high on the West Texas horizon and offers experiences with presidents, petroleum, art, and history. Located on Interstate 20 halfway between Dallas and El Paso, Midland is the business headquarters of the Permian Basin, the...
by THLA Staff | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
by David Pihlgren, Hospitality Resource Group Texas led the nation in EEOC claims against employers in 2017. Half of those claims were against small business employers with 100 employees or less. While claims are typically brought for age, race, religious, and...
by THLA Staff | Oct 31, 2018 | News
By Texas Lobby Group, THLA’s lobby team Fueled by the hotly contested race between Senator Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O’Rourke, turnout for this year’s midterm election in Texas is set to dwarf that of the 2016 presidential election. About 15.8 million Texans are...
by Brian Sullivan | Oct 31, 2018 | News
Short-term rental (STR) regulations in Texas are a hot topic among city governments around the nation. An increasing number of Texas communities have ordinances in place to manage local STRs in terms of registration, location, property inspection, the collection of...
by Justin Bragiel | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog, News
October 22, 2018 Today, the City of Austin issued a city-wide boil water notice after flooding overwhelmed the City’s water treatment capacity. Hotels should take precautions to ensure guest safety is maintained. Be sure to provide bottled water for guests to...
by Justin Bragiel | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
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by THLA Staff | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog
Do your bathrooms meet all the ADA requirements? The ADA (The American with Disabilities Act) outlines very specific ADA bathroom guidelines concerning the construction and compliance of accessible (handicap) bathrooms. We’ve compiled an overview of ADA bathroom...
by Monica Whitlock | Sep 27, 2018 | Short Course Q&A
Lots of Hospitality Hats Meet Sheila Woodard, our Short Course Alumni this quarter. With 30 years in the hospitality industry, she says “there’s not a lot of titles that I haven’t had.” Currently, Sheila is Corporate Controller for Esperanto...
by Brian Sullivan | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog
Revenue management is the application of analytics that predicts consumer behavior to secure maximum revenue for a business. In the lodging industry, implementing Revenue Management Strategies (“RMS”) for hotel and lodging growth is a must. Our industry requires sound...
