Hotel Industry Testifies Before Congress on How Franchising Creates Small Business Success
📈 Tina Patel, Co-Principal of Promise Hotels, testified before Congress for the AHLA on October 2023, emphasizing the franchise model's role in entrepreneurship. Patel, from Eastern Oklahoma, leads a Tulsa-based hotel group with seven hotels, 713 rooms, and 165 employees. She urged Congress to pass the American Franchise Act (H.R. 5267) for joint employer clarity. The AHLA, representing 30,000 members, supports this, aiming to protect 3 million jobs in the franchise model.
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