by THLA Staff | Apr 26, 2022 | Human Trafficking Prevention
BEST and Marriott and ECPAT programs approved by the State In the 2021 Legislative Session, the State Legislature passed HB 390, requiring all employees at hotels with more than 10 rooms receive annual training on preventing human trafficking activity. The...
by THLA Staff | Jan 28, 2022 | Human Trafficking Prevention, News
Training Programs: As THLA previously reported, Texas’s new human trafficking prevention training requirement for hotel employees formally took effect on January 1st. The new law is administered by the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), and it requires...
by Justin Bragiel | Dec 28, 2021 | Human Trafficking Prevention, News
As we previously reported, a new law requiring annual human trafficking prevention training for commercial lodging industry employees takes effect on January 1, 2022. The Texas hotel industry, in coordination with the major hotel brands and the American Hotel...
by THLA Staff | Jul 29, 2021 | Human Trafficking Prevention, News
This Friday, July 30, is the United Nations World Day Against Trafficking of Persons. This day raises awareness of human trafficking, which is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel people into labor or commercial sex acts. The International Labor Organization...
by Monica Whitlock | Jun 14, 2021 | Human Trafficking Prevention
Austin, Texas The Texas Hotel and Lodging Association (THLA) and Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) are pleased to announce that Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed House Bill 390 into law. The legislation, which passed with nearly unanimous...
by THLA Staff | May 27, 2021 | Blog, Human Trafficking Prevention, News
THLA is pleased to announce that Governor Abbott has signed into law House Bill 390 (authored by Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston) relating to annual human trafficking awareness and prevention training for hotel employees. THLA supported this important...
