Incorporated in 1974, the Oklahoma Hotel & Lodging Association is Oklahoma's trade association for the lodging industry. The OH&LA actively provides operational, educational, technical, marketing and communications support, as well as legislative representation on behalf of Oklahoma's entire lodging industry. The OH&LA is a state partner of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the voice of the $122.7 billion lodging industry, employing more than 1.8 million hotel property workers.

Our mission is to promote good will in the hospitality industry; provide programs of education and recognition to improve professionalism and the quality of services for guests; provide information to the membership on matters of government which relate to the hospitality fields; and establish programs which will be helpful to the membership in purchasing, marketing and in areas of general cooperation for the benefit of the industry and the public.

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OH&LA is pleased to offer CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Certification! Offered in partnership with Hospitality Comp, this course is designed to give hospitality companies and their associates the confidence to respond to life-threatening emergencies with skills that may save the life of a guest or fellow employee. Monthly training classes are offered in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

The Scholarship Application for School Year 2010-2011 is online. All applications must be postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 for consideration.


Latest News

10/08/09: U.S. House Passes 'Travel Promotion Act,' Legislation Goes to Senate for Final Passage

2010 Federal Per Diems Announced

Terrorist Interest in Public Targets Includes Hotels - 09/23/09

Senate Passes Travel Promotion Act - 09/09

Minimum Wage Increase Set for July 24, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security has scheduled a number of terrorism awareness classes around the country. These sessions are free to attend. Click here

to inquire about attending.

News: Heartland Payment Systems Returns to List of Certified Processors

This eight-minute video can be downloaded and then played via your computer to your managerial staff, educating them on the many threats card check poses to the U.S. lodging industry.  Presently, legal recognition of a union is achieved through secret ballot elections, in which each worker decides whether or not to support a union in the privacy of the voting booth.

Help the American Hotel & Lodging Association defeat card check legislation.  Circulate this ad to all of your member companies and let them know what we are doing to educate the public about the real purpose of the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" and to defeat this ill-conceived legislation when union leadership presses for another vote in 2009. You are an essential component in this effort, as we need our members to bring this to your legislator's attention via writing letters and backing the ad campaign.