ʻO ka Vermont Lodging Coalition, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wā o ke ahulau, a me ka Vermont Inn and Bed & Breakfast Association (VIBBA), me 11 mau makahiki o ka mōʻaukala kākoʻo i ka mokuʻāina, e hoʻolaha pū i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o hoʻokahi hui hui pū ʻia ka inoa ʻo Vermont Lodging Association (VLA). ʻO ka hale hoʻokipa ma Vermont, ka mea e hōʻike ana i $ 600 miliona i loko o ka loaʻa kālā makahiki, ʻo ia ka iwi ʻaoʻao o ka mokuʻāina ʻo $ 2.9 biliona hana hoʻokipa.

Ma hope o ka Covid-19 i ka hapalua o Malaki, ka mea i alakaʻi ʻia ai i nā poho kālā i loko o ka mokuʻāina o ka mokuʻāina, ua hoʻokumu kahi hui o nā hōkele i kahi pūnaewele e hana i kahi ala i mua no ka palekana a me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me nā pilina paʻa i ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina a me ke keʻena o ke kiaʻāina. No ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kēia mau hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua hui pū nā hoa noho he nui, me ke kaulike ʻana me VIBBA, kahi i hoʻokumu pono ʻia, ka ʻike ākea ākea, a me nā kumu lālā paʻa.

A ʻo kahi hopena, ua hui like ka hui i ka Vermont Lodging Coalition, ka mea i hoʻomaka e hōʻike i nā pono a ka ʻohana e koi ana a hoʻolimalima iā Downs Rachlin Martin (DRM) ma ke ʻano he hui lobbying e pani i nā makemake a me nā pilikia o nā lālā o ka mokuʻāina.

"Ua nānā nui ʻia ka VLA i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā kōkua kōkua Covid-19 no ka noho ʻana mai ka mokuʻāina mai," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Brian Maggiotto, ka mea nona ka hale hōkele 21 ma Manchester a me ka lālā hoʻokumu o ka VLA. "I kēia manawa, me kahi pilina paʻa paʻa me ka Administration a me ka ʻahaʻōlelo, ke kakali nei mākou i mua e ulu ana i ke kumu lālā e hoʻolilo i ka hoʻohiki a kā mākou hui hoʻolaha i leo leo o ka hana no ka ʻoihana."

ʻOiai ua kūleʻa ka hui ʻana i ka mahi ʻana i nā hopena, akā e hiki ai i kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana, ua hana ka hui i kahi ʻōlelo a Vision a Mission e hoʻolālā i kahi hui. ʻAʻohe hale hoʻokipa mai ka 2005 i ka manawa i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻoihana hale ʻaina ma lalo o ka Vermont Lodging & Restaurant Association. ʻAʻole pāʻani ka ʻAhahui i kahi kuleana o kahi ʻoihana hoʻolaha hoʻolaha, akā he kumu no ka ʻike ʻoihana a me nā kumuwaiwai pili.

Wahi a Patti Komline, Luna o nā pili aupuni a me nā hana lehulehu ma Downs Rachlin Martin, "ʻO kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ke olakino kālā āpau o Vermont, ʻo ka ʻāpana hoʻokipa kekahi o nā mea kōkua nui loa i ka waihona ʻauhau mokuʻāina a hoʻokahi inā ʻo ia nā mea hana nui. ʻO ka Vermont Lodging Association i hoʻokumu hou ʻia e lilo i mea kākoʻo ma ka pae aupuni aupuni no kāna mau lālā āpau, mai ka moena ʻohana a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka a hiki i nā kauhale mauna. "

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Following the COVID-19 outbreak in mid-March, which led to devastating financial losses in the state's lodging sector, a group of hoteliers formed a network to create a path forward for safety and business continuation as well as stronger connections to the state legislature and governor's office.
As a result, the group collectively formed the Vermont Lodging Coalition, which began to outline the industry's advocacy needs and hired Downs Rachlin Martin (DRM) as a lobbying group to represent its members' interests and issues to the state government.
The newly formed Vermont Lodging Association will be a proactive advocate at the state government level for all its members, from the family-owned bed and breakfast to the mountain resorts.