Three Steps to Profitability – Smarter Hotel Operations for Today’s Market

A guide to finding and fixing profit leaks before they sink your margins.

In this exclusive session with the California Hotel & Lodging Association, HotStats shares the best approach to uncovering hidden profit opportunities in your hotel operations. Learn how to identify where profit is slipping, benchmark performance like top-tier hotels, and take action using insights that go beyond RevPAR.

ADA & Beyond: Resources & Guidance from the California Commission on Disability Access

Join us on June 5th for an informative webinar featuring the California Commission on Disability Access (CCDA). Discover how the CCDA supports accessibility compliance across California and how you can leverage their support to promote an accessible guest experience. We’ll explore key resources available to hoteliers and dive into web accessibility best practices to make your online presence more inclusive and user-friendly for all guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of compliance and enhance the guest experience for everyone.

Overcoming Hospitality Hurdles in 2025

This high-impact webinar explores the current and upcoming challenges in the hospitality industry, while spotlighting innovative procurement solutions, real savings opportunities, and sustainable purchasing strategies.

🌟 Key Highlights:

• Hospitality Trends 2024–2025: Navigating inflation, labor constraints, and supplier volatility.
• Member Benefits via Source1:
  • Average 10–15% off-invoice savings
  • 1–2% cashback rebates
  • Strategic support to reallocate costs toward staffing or renovations
• Sustainability Compliance: Adapting to California’s foam packaging ban with alternative packaging and vendor programs.
• Real-World Case Studies: Showcasing $27,000+ in annual savings, with program alignment and rebate recovery.
• Market Updates & F&B Cost Insight: How inflation, commodity fluctuations, and packaging bans affect operations.

💡A major focus is helping CHLA members access cost-saving programs without changing menus or vendors.

Navigating Immigration in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know

Join us on Wednesday, January 29, at 10 a.m. PT for a timely immigration webinar with Fisher Phillips’ Partner, Jocelyn Campanaro. Gain expert insights into the evolving immigration landscape and its implications for employers. Learn the differences between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and audits, how to prepare for both, and best practices for conducting internal I-9 audits. Attendees will receive valuable employer resources designed to minimize disruption and protect their employees and operations, courtesy of Fisher Phillips. Don’t miss this chance to stay ahead of the latest developments—register now!  

Understanding Current & Future Trends in Hospitality

Join Seasonal Connect as they discuss the current state of hospitality and where the industry is heading. Using real-time polling, attendees will have an opportunity to actively participate while discussing key trends impacting the hospitality landscape. All will walk away from this session with an understanding of issues in hospitality and strategies for staying ahead in an ever-changing environment.  

New Year, New Laws

The 2024 legislative year in California was another busy one, introducing a wave of critical updates that every employer needs to understand. Join Fisher Phillips Regional Managing Partner of the Irvine office, Jeffrey Thurrell, for an informative seminar covering important California legislative and legal updates that will affect employers in 2025 and beyond with an overview of important new laws impacting workplace policies, compliance, and employee management. Participants will gain insights into key legislative changes, including the below. Don’t miss out on staying ahead of the curve in 2025.

• AB 2288/SB 92 – PAGA Reform
• AB 1034 – Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act
• SB 399 – Employer Communications | Intimidation
• AB 2299 – Whistleblower Posting
• AB 2499 – Victim-of-Violence Leave
• AB 2123 – Disability Compensation | Paid Family Leave
• SB 1100 – Discrimination | Driver’s License
• SB 988 – Freelance Worker Protection Act
• AB 3234 – Social Compliance Audits

How to Save $ Without Switching Processors

72% of businesses are overcharged for their credit card processing. CHLA partner Merchant Advocate can help optimize your business’s payment system for increased profitability without switching processors. 

Do not miss our live webinar, How to Save $ Without Switching Processors, where CHLA’s dedicated representative, Howard Goldstein, will discuss:

• The real cost of payment processing
• Where the hidden fees are and how you can optimize your system
• Relevant industry case studies

Don’t miss this opportunity to optimize your payment processing costs and boost your bottom line!

California Dramatically Changes PAGA

The recent, dramatic changes to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) stand to give savvy employers new defenses to the scourge of California wage-hour lawsuits.  But in order to take advantage of those defenses, employers will have to take “reasonable steps” to ensure their compliance with the law.  What are those reasonable steps?  How else has PAGA been weakened?  What should you be doing differently?  On July 17, 2024 at 9:00 am (pst), join Hirschfeld Kraemer attorneys Dan Handman, Monte Grix and Alia Chaib for a 1 hour webinar with Q&A following.

Fee Transparency – What You Need To Know

Are you prepared to comply with California’s new fee transparency laws taking effect July 1, 2024?  Join us on May 30 and hear from Robert Schnitz from Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP on the two measures designed to increase the transparency of displayed prices, and what lodging establishments must do to comply.

Acorn Association Webinar: Using Canva for Fun and Profit

Join Acorn Marketing as they discover the basics of Canva. Learn how to use this platform for social media, blogging, your website and more!

Workplace Violence Prevention

Join CHLA and Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP on Thursday, April 18 at 10:00am to discuss the new law regarding Workplace Violence Prevention. Learn how to develop your written plan and comply with recordkeeping and training requirements before the July 1 deadline.

Acorn Association Webinar: The Google Metaverse

Join Acorn Marketing as they cover all the different iterations of Google that exist outside of the basic desktop search, and how to use this information to make sure your property is getting seen by potential guests.