Category: Blog
City of Austin Issues Boil Water Notice
October, 22 2018October 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… Read more »
Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
October, 9 2018We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. We may receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. We… Read more »
ADA Bathroom Guidelines 2018
September, 27 2018Do 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.… Read more »
Revenue Management Strategy
September, 27 2018Revenue 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… Read more »
Scott Joslove, Today’s Hotelier
August, 30 2018Tourism Public Improvement Districts: The next frontier excerpt from Today’s Hotelier, August 2018 For many years, hoteliers across the country have fought to keep local hotel occupancy taxes low and to… Read more »
THLA Tax Tip: Don’t Forget to Collect State (but not local) Hotel Taxes on Attached Meeting Room Rentals
August, 29 2018It is easy to get confused about which taxes to collect on the rental of a meeting room or banquet room. Unfortunately, the law on point is itself confusing: For… Read more »
THLA Welcomes Christy Spradling – Associate Membership Director
August, 29 2018Texas Hotel & Lodging Association is excited to welcome Christy Spradling on board as Associate Membership Director! Along with Carolyn McCall-Squires, Christy will be handling all facets of membership sales… Read more »
Tara Energy hosting Construction/Renovation Guidelines Town Hall in Dallas
August, 27 2018Tara Energy is arranging a Town Hall in Dallas for hoteliers along with Oncor the Utility provider in North Texas covering the topic New Construction / Renovation Guidelines-Procedures.… Read more »
6 Ways to Reduce Water Consumption in Hotels
July, 31 2018Summer heat reminds us of the importance of one of our most precious resources–water. From swimming pools to sprinklers to kitchen sinks, in our rapidly growing tourism sector hotels are… Read more »
Are you looking for staff to hire?
July, 31 2018Consider attending the State of Texas’s DiverseAbility Forum in Frisco, Texas on August 30th. The forum is hosted by the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, TWC Office of… Read more »