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Fostered development of interoperability among systems used by hospitality companies through meetings, conferences, and exhibition demonstrations of and by 12 working groups consisting of hospitality companies and technology vendors.developed outreach program to assist members in specifying relevant standards when preparing requests for proposals for technology products and services.during the year ended june 30, 2021, the organization entered into a "plan and agreement of merger" with american hotel & lodging association (ahla), an independent and separately incorporated 501(c)(6) trade association offering similar and complementary benefits to its membership. The organization discontinued operations as a separate entity in may 2021.