by THLA Staff | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog, News
On September 29, local hotel associations representing Texas’ major metro areas hosted a “State of the Industry” webinar. The event featured three prominent presenters: Mike Toomey (Chief Operating Officer of Governor Abbott’s Strike Force to Open Texas), Scott...
by THLA Staff | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog
HOUSTON, TX – August 24, 2020 – Hilton Americas-Houston has been named a 2020 honoree for Houston Business Journal’s Business Impact Award. This specific award is bestowed on businesses that have taken extraordinary measures to assist their community during the...
by Brian Sullivan | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, News
On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule offering clarity to determine whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor. In the proposed rule, the DOL would: Adopt an...
by THLA Staff | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship in honor of Durwood Gould, an outstanding hotelier we lost too soon. Durwood worked in the hospitality industry since the early 1980s for entities including IHG/HMG and...
by THLA Staff | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog
THLA is delighted to welcome Zach Glenn to the role of THLA’s Chairman of the Board for 2020. Zach has served on the THLA board since 2016. As an instrumental part of THLA’s board of directors, we are excited and proud to welcome Zach as our Chairman of the Board....
by Brian Sullivan | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog
The United States Supreme Court ruled last month in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia that a hallmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority in the Court’s 6-3...
