AAHOA Media Guide

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Heighten Your Success with AAHOA!

Connect and engage with the largest and most influential hotels owners association in the world.

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Print Magazine and Digital Edition

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We currently represent nearly 20,000 members with thousands more joining each year.

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We are the foremost resource and advocate for
America’s hotel owners.

About Us

We are the recognized voice of America’s hotel owners. Founded in 1989, AAHOA is one of the fastest-growing organizations in the industry. We are dedicated to advancing and protecting the business interests of hotel owners through advocacy, industry leadership, professional development, member benefits, and community engagement.

Today’s Hotelier is the official publication of AAHOA, the largest hotel owners association in the world. The nearly 20,000 AAHOA Members own 60 percent of hotel properties in the U.S. With billions of dollars in property assets and hundreds of thousands of employees, AAHOA members are core economic contributors in virtually every community. AAHOA is a proud defender of free enterprise and the foremost current-day example of realizing the American Dream.

Our Readers

Our readers are owners of independent, budget, economy, mid-scale, and upper mid-scale hotels across the nation. 32% of our membership represents independent hotels and 82% are affiliated with franchise brands, including:

Best Western
Choice
G6
Hilton
Hyatt
IHG

Marriott
Radisson
Red Roof
Sonesta + RLH
Wyndham

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AAHOA manages 3.1 million hotel guests room across the U.S.

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Percentage of all U.S. hotel properties owned by AAHOA members.

Monthly audience of combined print and digital distributions.

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Amount members spend in inputs from other businesses

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AAHOA members contributes over $680.6 billion dollars in total sales

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Percentage of AAHOA members who own independent properties.

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AAHOA members contributed $368.4 billion to the U.S. GDP

AAHOA is the Largest Hotel Owners Association Across the World

In 2021, AAHOA announced the results of a new study conducted in partnership with Oxford Economics, a global leader in forecasting and quantitative analysis, on the economic impact and industry influence of the association’s nearly 20,000 members.

For more information about this latest study, check out the Oxford Economics Study infographic.

AAHOA's Share of U.S. Hotel Properties By Hotel Class

Economic

65.9%

Midscale

56.6%

Upper Midscale

61.7%

Upscale

50.7%

Upper Upscale

46.8%

Luxury

40.7%

Total

60%

Today’s Hotelier is a proud recipient of
the 2022 MarCom Platinum award

MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work, and generosity of industry professionals.

Since its inception in 2004, MarCom has evolved into one of the largest, most-respected creative competitions in the world. Each year about 6,000 print and digital entries are submitted from dozens of countries.

2022 Platinum Winner: Print Media – Association Magazine, Magazine Interior, Feature Article
2021 Platinum Winner: Print Media – Association Magazine
2020 Gold Winner: Print Media – Association Magazine