by Garrett Coppedge | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, News
City regulations governing business signage have a big impact on hotel construction, remodeling, and general operations. A case recently came before the United States Supreme Court which had the potential to affect a city’s ability to regulate commercial signage...
by THLA Staff | Jan 28, 2022 | News
Following a January 13, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court blocking OSHA’s vaccine emergency temporary standard (ETS) from taking effect for employers with 100 or more employees, OSHA formally withdrew the ETS on January 25th. The Supreme Court decision and OSHA’s...
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 | Nov 30, 2021 | News
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is providing extra help to the service industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic, by providing 12 months of free child care to low-income parents who are employed in the service industry. TWC has an existing child care...
by Justin Bragiel | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog, News
We are pleased to report that in Section 2 of SB 8, the Texas Legislature appropriated $180 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Governor’s office on Economic Development and Tourism for the purpose of funding grants to tourism, travel, and...
