by Justin Bragiel | May 1, 2020 | News
May 1, 2020 The American hotel industry released national protocols for industry-wide hotel cleaning and safety standards in response to COVID-19. The initiative, referred to as “Safe Stay,” is focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social...
by Justin Bragiel | Apr 13, 2020 | News
Updated April 29, 2020 Webinar On April 13, THLA hosted a webinar with experts at the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). We asked the TWC questions about applying for unemployment benefits, employee eligibility, employer unemployment tax liability, partial benefits,...
by Justin Bragiel | Mar 30, 2020 | News
Updated May 27, 2020 Updates May 27 update related to forgiveness: On May 24, the SBA released the first version of the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application that contains information regarding the forgiveness portion of the PPP loan. This...
by Justin Bragiel | Mar 25, 2020 | News
Updated 10:00 pm, March 30, 2020 On March 27, the federal CARES Act was signed into law, providing over $2.2 trillion in federal stimulus spending to aid the U.S. economy. The THLA legal team is still reviewing the enormous bill and all the programs it creates, but...
by Justin Bragiel | Mar 20, 2020 | News
Updated May 27, 2020 May 26th update: On May 26th, Governor Abbott announced that water parks can open at up to 25 percent capacity beginning on May 29th. May 18th update: On May 18th, Governor Abbott released an updated executive order announcing further openings of...
by Justin Bragiel | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Updated March 18, 2020 Texas Hotel & Lodging Association is in communication with the State of Texas and with local governments regarding the possibility of hotels entering into a lease or other occupancy agreement with the government during the response to the...
