MEMBER BENEFITS
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Click here to download a printable an Allied Membership Application Did you Know... ...that over $200 million dollars in Hotel Occupancy Taxes went directly to local city governments in the North Texas area in recent years? The Hotel Association works for you. We provide a forum for the hotel community to speak with a unified voice, acting on your behalf on issues relating to proper use of hotel taxes, issues that affect the way you do business, and issues that impact the way the Dallas metroplex competes with other major destinations. What would you derive from Hotel Association membership? Association Benefits Include:
√ MARKETING & PROMOTION OF MEMBERS
- Association Website
- Association Newsletter Networking with industry members
- Career Center Interactive Mapping
√ FREE JOB POSTINGS ANNUALLY:
- Association Online Career Center
- dmn.com with Dallas Morning News
- hotjobs.com with Yahoo!
√ FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
- Continuing Education
- Associates Degree
- Undergraduate Degree Hospitality Educator
- TH&LA Short Course
√ EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS
- Hotel Security Network
- Legal Issues Promotions
- Member Driven /Member Request Topics
√ LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Local and State Levels Industry Trends
- City and Law Enforcement Agencies
√ ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNCIL
√ ACCESS TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
√ SUBSCRIPTION TO MONTHLY NEWSLETTER √ MEMBERSHIP TO HOSPITALITYLAWYER.COM - Unlimited acess to forms, checklists and procedures
- Access to forums
- Email HospitalityLawyer.com staff with your questions
- Newsletter with legal, safety and security tips
√ MEMBERSHIP DATABASE FOR UTILIZATION
√ COMPLIMENTARY SEAT
- Annual Meetings
- Luncheons
√ DFW PHONE BOARD DISCOUNTS
√ COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EDUCATION
⇒ Student Community Partnership:
Collaborate with area agencies to provide internship opportunities in North Texas Hotels
⇒ North Texas Food Bank: Support program known as the Dallas Hunger Link to rescue surplus prepared foods for distribution at on-site feeding programs
⇒ Dallas Independent School District: Support teacher perfect attendance awards
Support employee discount program
⇒ Support and participate in programs of the: Central Dallas Association, Dallas Hospitality Educators Alliance, Dallas Police Recognition Program, Greater Dallas Restaurant association, just to name a few
⇒ Among a long list of others, we support the following hospitality and educational institutions:
Skyline Hospitality Program Texas High Schools for Hospitality Dallas Academy of Travel and Tourism Cedar Valley College, El Centro College North Lake Community Center
√ HOTEL SECURITY NETWORK
⇒ Co-Founded with the Dallas Police Department, but has since expanded to include local and national law enforcement agencies
⇒ Similar to a “crime watch” for hotels
⇒ Fax and Email Alert System notifies hotels and law enforcement agencies when an issue occurs
⇒ Enables properties to communicate with each other to prevent repeated criminal activity at hotels
⇒ Window Decal that identifies program
⇒ Hotel Security Network Manual available for use as a reference guide or “front desk” tool
√ PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY
The Hotel Association of Greater Dallas works to keep the hospitality industry apprised of public affairs and current issues.
⇒ Monitor and advocate hotel interests on issues that affect Hotel Occupancy Taxes in your area, and the way you conduct business
⇒ Development Proposals
⇒ Local Hotel Association Partnerships
⇒ Meetings and promotional / marketing events
⇒ Partner with civic and political leaders on key common issues, such as:
- Smoking Bans
- Taxi and transportation
- Meeting space and convention facilities
- Proposed Convention Center Hotel
- Security Labor issues
- Industry trends
- Hospitality education
- Immigrant labor legislation
- Department of Health updates
- Area Convention and Visitors Bureaus
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