Join Us Wednesday January 18, 2012
Join us for Hospitality Professor and Attorney Stephen Barth. We hope to see you there! Click below to register. Download Stephen’s presentation handout here
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March 15, 2012 is the deadline to have your ADA compliant pool lift in place at your hotel. Please download the ADA Standards for Accessible Design here.
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In case you missed the recent luncheon for the Hotel Association of Tarrant County, then you missed a great recap from Smith Travel Research on trends for 2012. So, for those of you who did miss the meeting, we’ve uploaded the presentation for your review.
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For 66 years, THLA’s Short Course has offered the most outstanding all-in-one hospitality training available in Texas and beyond. During your service as a board member, you have certainly learned of the reputation and benefits of the Short Course for lodging operators throughout Texas. The International Society of Hotel Association Executives recognized THLA’s [...]
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March 15, 2012 is the deadline to have your ADA compliant pool lift in place at your hotel. Please download the ADA Standards for Accessible Design here.
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Today, the Texas Legislature filed the first draft of the Texas state budget as House Bill 1. To address the anticipated $27 billion shortfall in the budget, HB 1 includes very aggressive cuts to every state agency.
Impact on State Tourism Promotion Funding: In this initial draft, HB 1 cuts the state tourism promotion funding by [...]
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Many of you may have seen Labor Day press coverage of gubernatorial candidate Bill White calling for a zeroing-out of the state tourism budget.
Since Mr. White first made his comments, the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and the Texas Travel Industry Association have been in contact with his campaign and we are hopeful he will [...]
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Healthcare Reform: Law summary
Basics
The new law will require most Americans to carry health insurance or pay a fine, beginning in 2014. The law offers tax credits to help low-income individuals to buy coverage, and extends Medicare coverage to those earning up to 133% of the national poverty level ($14,404 for individuals, or $29,326 [...]
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Inc. Magazine has recognized Yellow Cab again as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America for 2011. They received this award for the first time in 2010.
Congratulations Yellow Cab!
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We are all faced sometimes with the arduous task of collecting tax exemption information from clients, partners, vendors and prospects, and HATC recommends turning to the good old State of Texas web site for information regarding tax exemption. We thought we would share a link to the Texas Tax-Exempt Entity online search tool which [...]
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Join Hotel Association of Tarrant County in congratulating industry friend, Yellow Cab Company of Dallas Fort Worth in earning its position of 3441 on the 2010 Inc. 5000, Inc.’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
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Reports came in today about a suspicious person on a campus today who entered several offices before leaving and was captured on camera. Although nothing was officially reported stolen, campus police are on watch for any additional concerns. The suspect was a black male, approximately 6 feet tall, 165 – 180 pounds, wearing a black doo [...]
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DID YOU KNOW? The federal General Services Agency (GSA) just released new federal per diem lodging and meal rates for cities across the nation, effective October 1, 2011. We are happy to report the federal per diem rate for Arlington, Fort Worth, Grapevine and all of Tarrant County increased by $1 per night. In Tarrant County, [...]
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