July 1, 2002

Interview With Kirby Payne, Chairman, AH&LA - Payne Comments On AH&LA's Announcement To Assess The Association's Governing Model (HITEC 2002 Video)

During the recent Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show, officials of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) unanimously agreed to assess the association's governing model. With that decision, AH&LA recently retained the services of Washington Resource Consulting Group, Inc., to perform a study to identify ways to improve the organization's current membership structure.

AH&LA

Updated November 19, 2002

About AH&LA
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) is a 91-year-old federation of state lodging associations throughout the United States with some 13,000 property members worldwide, representing more than 1.7 million guest rooms. AH&LA provides its members with assistance in operations, education, and communications, and lobbies on Capitol Hill to provide a business climate in which the industry can continue to prosper. Individual state associations provide representation at the state level and offer many additional cost-saving benefits.

Kirby Payne, Chairman
AH&LA
Kirby D. Payne, CHA, president of American Hospitality Management Company based in Minneapolis, Minn., is the 2002 chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA). His company operates limited- and full-service hotels for third parties and its own affiliates; undertakes consulting assignments, including litigation support for selected clients; and provides asset management, oversight management, and receivership services for institutional hotel owners...

Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for hsyndicate.com, wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing content for these websites in the form of articles and both audio and video interviews. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hospitality Net to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last year. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics, WUSA's Washington Freedom and DC United of MLS. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via [email protected].