For 13 year, Real Hospitality Group has taken a firm stance in preventing and all-out ending the global issue of human trafficking. This year we have the honor in saying that our Founder and CEO, Ben Seidel is now an Advisory Council member of the AHLA Foundation's No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) advisory council along with other top leaders from across the hotel and lodging industry. Jim Keely, Regional Director of Operations, was also present at the event.
NRFT Advisory Council members help champion and shape the hotel industry’s unified efforts to support human trafficking survivors with critical resources on their path toward empowerment and self-sufficiency, while uniting and inspiring the industry in the continued fight against trafficking. NRFT Advisory Council efforts include the development and oversight of the NRFT Survivor Fund, which will provision community-based organizations with the resources they need to engage and support human trafficking survivors.
“The esteemed group of leaders we’ve assembled as part of our inaugural NRFT Advisory Council underscores the hotel industry’s deep commitment to fighting human trafficking,” AHLA Foundation President Anna Blue said in a statement. “With their leadership alongside AHLA and the AHLA Foundation's steadfast commitment to this effort, we will continue to work across our industry on critically important human trafficking prevention efforts.” Alongside the NRFT Advisory Council, the American Hotel & Lodging Association and AHLA Foundation will continue to work across our industry on critically important human trafficking prevention efforts.
Please consider contributing to the NRFT Survivor Fund, which has raised .4 million since its inception. AHLA Foundation will match NRFT Survivor Fund contributions up to million as part of its continued commitment to combatting this issue. With your help, we can make a difference!
