AH&LA Launches Interactive Web 2.0 Website
New Technology Resource Connects Members with Online Hospitality Community
JANUARY 8, 2008. Live today, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) launches a new, interactive Web 2.0 section of its Website featuring two blogs updated weekly by influential AH&LA executives. The new Web 2.0 section offers association members the unique opportunity for candid dialogue and idea exchange with their industry peers, and provides an organized roadmap to making sense of the rapidly-evolving online community.
Highlights of the new Web 2.0 section, online at http://www.ahla.com/blog/, include:
o Joe's Tales from the Road, a personal travel blog from President/CEO Joseph A. McInerney, CHA, updated as he logs his average 45-50 trips a year,
o Government Affairs blog, featuring updates on big issues facing hoteliers on Capitol Hill from Marlene Colucci, executive vice president for public policy,
o AH&LA Message Board and polls, providing members a place to speak their mind on personal and industry-related topics, and weekly poll questions on interesting hospitality issues,
o Buzzword Glossary, putting tech-related lingo such as blog, viral marketing, and RSS Feed into real-life context,
o Easily-accessible links to search-oriented Websites where members can monitor coverage of their own property on the Web,
o Easily-accessible links to widely-read and increasingly influential travel blogs such as USA Today's 'Hotel Hotsheet',
o Frequent updates on AH&LA's menu of tech-savvy initiatives, including the current Webinar professional development series.
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