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AAHOA FLEXES ITS POLITICAL MUSCLE

Published Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Asian American Hotel Owners Association threw a party for itself in late March, drawing about 5,000 to San Antonio for its convention and trade show. Ashwin “Ash” Patel and his collegial style succeeded the charismatic Dilipkumar R.”Danny” Patel as chairman, AAHOA issued a report interpreting and criticizing the franchise practices of Accor, Carlson, Choice, La Quinta and Wyndham, and Tom Netting, managing director of convention hotel the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, apologized for the condition of his $285-million, 34-story property. In the evening the March 26-29 convention opened, more than 100 guests had to be relocated from ...

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