Thursday, September 08, 2005

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News-AH&LA Partners with DHS, FEMA, Red Cross to Assist Hurricane Katrina Victims

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News: "AH&LA Partners with DHS, FEMA, Red Cross to Assist Hurricane Katrina Victims


WASHINGTON, Sep 07, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In the wake of the tragic impact of Hurricane Katrina, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and its partner state associations are teaming up with various government agencies, travel and tourism organizations, and AH&LA allied members to offer assistance to the hundreds-of-thousands of individuals displaced from their homes and disaster relief workers beginning to converge in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the surrounding states.

More than 60,000 evacuees are currently in hotels in 42 states."

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