Friday, June 28, 2024 The AHLA Foundation has announced that its third annual No Room for Trafficking Summit will take place on July 30, 2024, coinciding with the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. During last year’s NRFT Summit, the foundation revealed the inaugural grantees of the NRFT Survivor Fund, which include Safe House Project, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST), Restore NYC, Inc., and the University of Maryland’s SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors.
They also presented data highlighting the impact of the $500,000 distributed among these organizations: AHLA Foundation President, Anna Blue, shared, “In 2022, we launched the NRFT Survivor Fund – a first for the hotel industry – to expand the hotel and lodging industry’s efforts to support trafficking survivors. Since launching the Survivor Fund, we have grown our total raised to $7.5 million towards our goal of $10 million, and we look forward to awarding $1 million in grants to community-based organizations that support human trafficking survivors at our third annual Summit.
” The AHLA Foundation’s anti-trafficking initiatives are steered by the NRFT Advisory Council, which includes 12 leaders from the hospitality industry. The council is co-chaired by Joan Bottarini, Chief Financial Officer at Hyatt, and Farah Bhayani, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at G6 Hospitality, the parent company of Motel 6 and Studio 6 brands. Supporting companies of the.
