Asian American Hotel Owners Association
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is a trade organization that represents Asian American hotel owners in the hospitality industry.[1] Founded in 1989,[2] AAHOA as of 2006[update] has more than 8,000 members.[2]
Indian Americans in the hotel and motel industry early on faced discrimination, both from the insurance industry and from competitors placing "American owned" signs outside their properties to take business from them.[2] In 1985, a group was formed in Tennessee, the Midsouth Indemnity Association, which then grew nationwide and changed its name to the Indo American Hospitality Association.[3] Another group of Indian hoteliers was created in Atlanta in 1989 to address discrimination issues and increase awareness of Asian Americans working in the hospitality industry under the name Asian American Hotel Owners Association.[3] In 1994, the organizations merged in order to work more efficiently to defend Asian hotel owners’ interests throughout the United States.[3]
