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American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
 Serving the hospitality industry for nearly a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members.
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Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
 HSMAI is the leading organization of sales and marketing professionals representing all segments of the hospitality industry. With a strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry leader in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry while operating as a leading voice for both hospitality and sales and marketing management disciplines. Members can access a wide variety of educational tools and enhance their skills and expertise to increase business and enrich their careers. Founded in 1927, HSMAI is an individual membership organization comprised of over 5,000 members representing 65 chapters in 35 countries worldwide.
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Hospitality Financial Technology Professionals (HFTP)
HFTP, Austin, Texas, USA and Maastricht, The Netherlands, founded in 1952, is the global professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, clubs and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP provides first class educational opportunities, research, and publications to more than 4,800 members globally including, the premiere hospitality technology conference HITEC--founded in 1972. HFTP also awards the only hospitality specific certifications for accounting and technology --the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in the USA as the National Association of Hotel Accountants. For more information, visit www.hftp.org.
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International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)
 Founded in 1946 in Paris, France and move to Geneva, Switzerland as of January 2008. The IH&RA is the only business organisation representing the hospitality industry worldwide. Its members are national hotel and restaurant associations throughout the world, and international and national hotel and restaurant chains representing some 50 brands. Officially recognised by the United Nations, IH&RA monitors and lobbies all international agencies on behalf of this industry, estimated to comprise 300,000 hotels and 8 million restaurants, employ 60 million people and contribute 950 billion USD annually to the global economy.
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Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA)
 The Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) is a not-for-profit trade association whose worldwide membership includes over 200 of the most influential companies in the hotel distribution industry. All of HEDNA's activities are intended to stimulate hotel bookings through the use of Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), the Internet and other electronic means.
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National Business Travel Association (NBTA)
 The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world’s premier business travel organization. U.S.-based NBTA and its regional subsidiaries – NBTA Asia Pacific, NBTA Canada and NBTA Mexico – serve more than 3,200 members in 30 nations around the globe. NBTA has 41 U.S. Chapters with more than 5,000 members. NBTA members are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers, who collectively manage and direct more than US$170 billion of global business travel expenditures annually. The association provides industry-leading networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy.
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Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA)
 The Caribbean Hotel Association is dedicated to excellence in hospitality, leadership in marketing, and sustainable growth in tourism, to the benefit of its membership and that of the wider Caribbean community. The members of CHA represent the entire spectrum of hospitality industry’s private sector, from over 1,100 member hotels in 35 national hotel associations, to allied members including airline executives, tour operators, travel agents, trade and consumer press, hotel and restaurant suppliers, and others.
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National Restaurant Association
 The National Restaurant Association (NRA), founded in 1919, is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which is comprised of 878,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets and a work force of 12 million employees - makeing it the cornerstone of the economy, career opportunities, and community involvement. Along with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundations, the Association works to represent, educate and promote the rapidly growing industry. For more information, visit our Web site at www.restaurant.org.
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Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
 Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association is the recognised authority on Pacific Asia travel and tourism. By dedicating itself to the promotion of this last remaining tourism frontier, PATA's uniquely structured organisation and its far-reaching efforts have helped unite the many facets of tourism in the region. PATA provides leadership to the collective efforts of 41 national government members, 48 state and local tourism bodies, 66 airlines and cruise lines -- all in all, nearly 2,000 travel industry companies. Our members also include companies that provide a wide range of services to the travel industry. PATA's Chapter membership includes 17,000 travel professionals in 80+ PATA Chapters located throughout the world.
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Travel Business Roundtable (TBR)
 The Travel Business Roundtable (TBR) was established in 1995 by travel and tourism industry leaders who recognized the need for an organization to educate legislative leaders -- on the national and state levels -- of the importance of the industry to the nation's economy. Today, more than 70 members (or their functional equivalents) are members of TBR. They represent the largest businesses in the travel and tourism industry, including hotels, restaurants, airlines, travel service companies, rental car companies, information technology providers, cruise lines, theme parks, trade publications, and visitors' bureaus.
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Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)
 The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), in existence since 1941, is… The Washington DC based, non-profit association that represents and speaks for the common interests and concerns of all components of the U.S. travel industry; The recognized leader in promoting and facilitating increased travel to and within the United States in order to make America the world’s number one tourism destination; The authoritative and recognized source of research, analysis and forecasting for the entire industry and its primary spokesperson to the domestic and international media.
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United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
 The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the leading international organization in the field of travel and tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how. Its membership includes 138 countries and territories and more than 350 Affiliate Members representing local government, tourism associations and private sector companies, including airlines, hotel groups and tour operators. With its headquarters in Madrid, WTO is an inter-governmental body entrusted by the United Nations with the promotion and development of tourism.
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World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
 The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the forum for global business leaders in travel and tourism. Its members are chairmen and chief executive officers from 100 of the industry’s foremost companies including airlines and other passenger transport, hospitality, manufacturing, entertainment, tour operators, car rental and other travel related services. WTTC, founded in 1990, is run by its President, Jean-Claude Baumgarten, and Chairman, Sir Ian Prosser, Chairman of Six Continents PLC. WTTC policies are set by an Executive Committee and implemented by a staff at its London headquarters. WTTC undertakes extensive annual macro-economic research, which estimates the potential financial and economic impact of Travel & Tourism.
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American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
 The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) is the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries. Established in 1969 as the American Land Development Association, ARDA today has close to 1000 members, ranging from privately held companies to major corporations, in the U.S. and overseas. ARDA's diverse membership includes companies with interests in vacation ownership resorts, community development, fractional ownership, camp resorts, land development, lot sales, second homes and resort communities. Members range from small, privately held firms to publicly traded companies and international corporations.
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Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association ("AAHOA") is THE voice of owners in the hospitality industry. Founded in 1989, AAHOA is now one of the fastest-growing organizations in the industry, with over 8,800 members owning more than 22,000 hotels that total $60 billion in property value. AAHOA officers include Chairman Ashwin "Ash" Patel, Vice Chairman Tarun Patel, Secretary ChandraKant "C.K." Patel, Treasurer Hemant D. Patel, and President Fred Schwartz, who work closely with a 31-member board of directors to provide direction for the association. AAHOA is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of its members by inspiring excellence through programs and initiatives in advocacy, industry leadership, professional development, member benefits, and community involvement.
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The Institute of Hospitality (formerly HCIMA)
 The Institute of Hospitality was launched on 2 April 2007 and is the new name for the Hotel & Catering International Management Association (HCIMA). The Institute of Hospitality represents professional managers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries and has a worldwide membership with members represented in all sectors of the industry including hotels, contract catering , restaurants, pubs and clubs, as well as leisure outlets, theme parks and sports venues. The Institute of Hospitality is managed as an educational charity, and exists to benefit its members in their career and professional development, as well as continuing to improve industry sector standards.
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OpenTravel Alliance
 The OpenTravel Alliance is passionate about solving the problems inherent with connecting multiple systems within the complex travel distribution arena. OpenTravel's mission is to engineer specifications that make data transmission flow smoothly throughout travel, tourism and hospitality. OpenTravel creates, expands and drives adoption of open universal data specifications, including but not limited to the use of XML, for the electronic exchange of business information among all sectors of the travel industry.
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Hotel Technology - Next Generation (HTNG)
 Hotel Technology - Next Generation is a nonprofit organization with global scope, formed in 2002 to facilitate the development of next-generation, customer-centric technologies to better meet the needs of the global hotel community. HTNG was formed by nine individuals from four continents, representing hotel companies, consultants, and academia. Based on feedback from the global hotel community during 2002, the founders appointed an Executive Board consisting entirely of senior hotel company executives with technology responsibility. The board has been actively engaging in discussions with other hotel companies and with vendors and has formulating next steps, leading to formal customer-vendor Integration Workgroups starting in September 2003. Workgroups will focus on specific integration issues and design a common technical architecture and platform that customers and vendors alike can agree to support.
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Hotel Technology - Next Generation (HTNG)
Hotel Technology - Next Generation is a nonprofit organization with global scope, formed in 2002 to facilitate the development of next-generation, customer-centric technologies to better meet the needs of the global hotel community. HTNG was formed by nine individuals from four continents, representing hotel companies, consultants, and academia. Based on feedback from the global hotel community during 2002, the founders appointed an Executive Board consisting entirely of senior hotel company executives with technology responsibility. The board has been actively engaging in discussions with other hotel companies and with vendors and has formulating next steps, leading to formal customer-vendor Integration Workgroups starting in September 2003. Workgroups will focus on specific integration issues and design a common technical architecture and platform that customers and vendors alike can agree to support.
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