No Room for Trafficking

How to be a Vigilant Traveler & Ways the Travel Industry is Leading the Way – Engage Together
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How to be a Vigilant Traveler & Ways the Travel Industry is Leading the Way – Engage Together

Human trafficking is a crime that often involves travel – traffickers move victims by cars, planes, trains, and buses and between countries, states, or cities within a state. This summer, as you use multiple modes of transportation to travel for business or a vacation, take a few moments to view the following list of anti-trafficking…

More Than One Million Anti-Human Trafficking Trainings Completed by Hotel Industry Employees
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More Than One Million Anti-Human Trafficking Trainings Completed by Hotel Industry Employees

WASHINGTON, DC – The AHLA Foundation proudly announced today that Foundation-funded human trafficking awareness trainings have been completed more than one million times by hotel employees across the industry. Developed by Marriott International and administered by PACT (previously known as ECPAT-USA), the trainings are part of an industry-wide initiative to help hotel employees recognize and…

AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking – Asian Hospitality AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking
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AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking – Asian Hospitality AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking

AAHOA IS ENDORSING passage of the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act that aims to improve reporting of suspected human and sex trafficking. The association also will continue training its 20,000 members to prevent and intercept trafficking in their hotels. The National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act would require entities that contract with the National…

AHLA Unveils Human Trafficking Advisory Council, Survivor Fund
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AHLA Unveils Human Trafficking Advisory Council, Survivor Fund

The American Hotel & Lodging Association Foundation has launched an advisory council of industry leaders dedicated to preventing human trafficking and supporting trafficking victims, it announced Tuesday. The No Room for Trafficking Advisory Council will develop and oversee a fund support human trafficking survivors and further “collective anti-trafficking efforts that meet the needs of today’s hospitality employers, employees and…

Combating Human Trafficking – AHLA Foundation
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Combating Human Trafficking – AHLA Foundation

800K+ Employees Trained to Identify & Report Suspected Human Trafficking Since 2020 $2.5M Contributed to industry’s first-ever Survivor Fund “In 2021, 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 16,554 individual victims. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem,” said…

NFL Stars Advocate to End Abuse and Human Trafficking With It's a Penalty's Campaign
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NFL Stars Advocate to End Abuse and Human Trafficking With It's a Penalty's Campaign

Today, It’s a Penalty launched its 14th global campaign ahead of Super Bowl LVII focused on harnessing the power of sport to prevent abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. Through partnerships with Hilton Hotels, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Airbnb, Motel 6, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and many others, the 2023 Super Bowl campaign covers travel touchpoints…

132: Combating Human Trafficking – Across the States
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132: Combating Human Trafficking – Across the States

Hear this Episode on this link In recognition of January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, ALEC’s Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development (CIED) Task Force hosted a webinar addressing this issue. Guest speakers from the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the National Beer Wholesalers Association, Summit Beverage, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce discussed ongoing…

Hospitality, tourism, sports industries come together to fight human trafficking – KGUN 9
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Hospitality, tourism, sports industries come together to fight human trafficking – KGUN 9

PHOENIX — Alicia Tucker, a survivor of human trafficking and a mother, stood in front of a room full of individuals all fighting for the same thing: eradicating human trafficking. Tucker told her story to a crowd for the first time last week, recalling being 15 years old working at a hair salon and being…

Group brings awareness to human trafficking before Super Bowl – 12News.com
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Group brings awareness to human trafficking before Super Bowl – 12News.com

PHOENIX — Along with the parties, red-carpet events, and festivals that come to a host city during the Super Bowl, groups are also using the event to end the scourge of human trafficking. The Super Bowl isn’t the biggest human trafficking event in the world despite popular belief, evidence shows. However, organizations fighting against end…