AHLA Blog

Alberta Budget 2023 - "Securing Alberta's Future" Premier Danielle Smith tabled her first budget yesterday, which included a $2.4 billion surplus and is focused on five areas: Economic growth and jobs Transforming the health care system Funding education and schools Community safety Affordability Numbers at [...]

AHLA's new President and CEO Following a thorough executive search, led by Leaders International, the AHLA Board of Directors are pleased to announce Tracy Douglas-Blowers is the new AHLA President & CEO. Tracy joined the AHLA in 2001, she has applied her years of [...]

  Are you passionate about Alberta's hotel industry? Do you believe that hotels are stronger when they work together? Consider running for the AHLA Board of Directors! The Board of Directors is responsible for setting the association’s strategic direction to serve our members. Our purpose [...]

Advocating for Industry in Alberta Budget 2023 The AHLA continues to advocate for members and the hotel industry by providing feedback on the Government of Alberta’s 2023 Budget. In the feedback submission, we highlight that Alberta hotels are a key driver of economic diversification, [...]

The AHLA is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a feedback submission to the Government of Canada on their 2023 Budget. In our feedback, we highlight devastating impacts of COVID-19 had on tourism and how these challenges have compounded the financial difficulties Alberta [...]

Premier Danielle Smith began releasing mandate letters to several cabinet ministers on November 9, including one to Todd Loewen, Minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism. All of the letters asked the ministers to keep the inflation and affordability crisis top of mind, focus on job [...]

At our latest Quarterly Innsight webinar, AHLA members learned about: The latest economic trends in our industry AHLA Advocacy Update Resort Municipality Status There is a push by some communities to implement a resort municipality status similar to BC’s resort status model. There is concern that [...]

At our latest Quarterly Innsight webinar, AHLA members learned about: The latest economic trends in our industry Addressing labour challenges by creating a sustainable workforce for Alberta hotels Identify, develop, & cultivate sources of labour and help members to connect with them, such as: Signing [...]

Recently there was a story that made national headlines about a hotel group in Alberta that had hired a group of over 100 workers from Mexico. Unbeknownst to the hotel group, the workers didn’t have the proper documentation to work in Canada. They were hired [...]

The AHLA is pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the Federal Tourism Growth Strategy. We have outlined the challenges that hotels continue to face post-pandemic and opportunities for growth. We focused our submission around three pillars: Dedicated Labour Strategy Prioritize hotel sector jobs [...]