AHLA Foundation Launches scholarship Application Portal

The American Hotel and Lodging Association’s charity arm, the AHLA Foundation, introduced a new platform to expedite the application process for scholarships. The site enhances the user experience and comes with an integrated eligibility assessment that lets students take advantage of all opportunities presented by the Foundation for which they are eligible.

Through the generosity of both individual and corporate donors, the Foundation has long fostered the next generation of talent in the hospitality industry, having awarded approximately $17 million to deserving students nationwide to date.

“The AHLA Foundation has been committed to supporting hospitality students for 70 years,” AHLA Foundation President Anna Blue said in a statement. “Increasing access to resources and opportunities is a critical investment in the future talent of our industry.”

The new system will let students to apply for multiple scholarship opportunities in one application. The AHLA Foundation Academic Scholarship Program includes funds provided by the AHLAF General Campaign, AHLA Foundation Hospitality 2000 Campaign, Americas Lodging Investment Summit, AHLAF New Century Fund, the National Restaurant Association, John Clifford Memorial Fund, Cecil B. Day Memorial Fund, Handlery Hotels, Conrad N. Hilton Memorial Fund, Creighton Holden Memorial Fund, Hospitality Asset Managers Association, Steve Hymans Extended Stay Scholarship, Richard Kessler, J. Willard Marriott Memorial Fund, Joseph McInerney Scholarship, Curtis C. Nelson Fund, and individual contributions to AHLA Foundation’s Annual Giving Fund.

This new portal lets AHLA Foundation to manage eight other scholarship opportunities as well:

  • Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students
  • Rama Scholarship for the American Dream Program
  • American Express Scholarship Program
  • Ecolab Scholarship Program
  • Karl Mehlmann Scholarship
  • Banks Brown Graduate Scholarship Program
  • Arthur J. Packard Memorial Scholarship Program
  • Stephen P. Holmes Scholarship

 

The foundation also manages the Incoming Freshman Scholarship, which awards PepsiCo Foundation and ALIS Scholarships, and the Opening Doors to Opportunity Scholarship, which awards the Minaz Abji Scholarship.