Wednesday, April 29, 2009

AAHOA - A legend of Hospitality Industry

“THE voice of owners in the hospitality industry” AAHOA was founded in 1989 with a mission a vision to make there name in hospitality industry and it had a unbelievable two decades and it had number of achievements during this course .Today the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is one of the dominating organization in the hospitality industry in the United States. The key to AAHOA’s success has been there dedication towards there work and also towards the welfare of there members. Ashwin "Ash" Patel is the chairman of AAHOA.

AAHOA focuses on the interests of its members by inspiring excellence through programs and initiatives in industry leadership, professional development, membership benefits, and community involvement. AAHOA has over 8000 members along with more than 22000 hotels. The members of AAHOA has there hospitality properties across United States and covers around 37 percent of the hotel property in US. From the hotels owned by AAHOA, near about 12,700 are franchised and 7,300 are independent. The main motive of AAHOA was to make good relationship between franchisors and their franchisees and got very much succeeded in doing it. This had a positive impact on the hospitality industry.

After India got independence in 1947 many Indian thought of moving ahead in there life and went to America to find educational opportunities and got attracted towards the hospitality industry. During this period the hospitality industry was very much in demand because of its heavy need in the market and the money related to it. Indians struggled to start off well in the hospitality industry in America because of many causes. They face problems from banks and also from many insurance companies. The Indians faced discrimination from the banks and insurance companies in America and to fight against this the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) was founded by a group of Indian hotelier in 1989. The Name “Patel” became famous in the American Hospitality industry. Today more than 60 percent of the members surname is Patel.

When AAHOA was founded it had only 100 members but today it has more than 8000 member. This is a clear indication of the development and also the domination of AAHOA on the hospitality industry. Since 1989 it has climbed many ladders of success and there graph is moving higher and higher which is a good sign for the hospitality industry. AAHOA is a non-profit association and its main focus is to provide education and advocacy to its industry.

Today the market value of the properties owned by the members of the Asian American Hotels Owner Association has reached approximately $29.9 billion in franchised property and $8.1 in independent property and it is still growing day by day. AAHOA has made a great impact on the hospitality industry and it will be interesting to see what more it provides to the industry and also the world.

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