Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Removing Digital Exclusion from Hospitality

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) takes place each year on the third Thursday of May. Since its launch in 2012, inspired by conversations between web developer Joe Devon and accessibility advocate Jennison Asuncion, it has encouraged wider awareness of digital accessibility and the barriers people encounter when using digital products and services. Accessibility conversations in […]

RNIB & The Accessible Hospitality Alliance, seeing hospitality differently

The Accessible Hospitality Alliance is thrilled to be building a strong relationship with RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People). As the UK’s leading sight loss charity, RNIB provides emotional and practical support to people with sight loss, drives social change and challenges public perceptions of sight loss. Too often people with sight loss face […]

David’s 13th Birthday Memory-Making Mission Accomplished at Rudding Park

  An emotional and short-notice Muscle Dream collaboration in partnership with Rudding Park Hotel near Harrogate (Yorkshire) and the Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) charity based in Hampshire delivered a VIP birthday celebration reminding everyone in the room what memory-making service looks like and how the power of hospitality can be transformative. When time is precious, […]

Tylney Hall Hotel & Gardens appoints Megan King as Access Champion

Tylney Hall Hotel & Gardens, a member of Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha), has appointed Megan King, Events Coordinator, as its Access Champion, further embedding accessibility within the hotel’s culture. King will help ensure accessibility remains visible, discussed, measured, and progressed across the business, reflecting Tylney Hall’s ongoing commitment to creating hospitality experiences that welcome everyone. […]

Industry Leaders Back Better Hospitality Campaign for a Fairer, Stronger, More Inclusive Sector

Be Inclusive Hospitality today launches a significant sector‑wide survey as part of its new Better Hospitality campaign, backed by hospitality leaders and organisations from across the industry. Better Hospitality is a landmark campaign designed to build a fairer, stronger, more inclusive hospitality industry. With a focus on race and ethnicity, it addresses inequities in pay, […]

An inclusive approach to recruitment in hospitality

An inclusive approach to recruitment in hospitality: By Laura Maddams Head of Talent and Development at Searcys. As Head of Talent and Development at Searcys with over 14 years’ experience in talent acquisition, I’ve seen first‑hand how inclusive recruitment can transform workplace culture. I joined Searcys in October 2022 and lead our approach to inclusive recruitment, […]

Savore Announces Two Senior Access Champion Appointments

Savore, a member of Accessible Hospitality Alliance, has appointed Jules Domanski, ESG & Partnerships Manager, and Mariola Legierska, their General Manager, as its Access Champions. Working alongside Dan Kelly, Creator and Principal of Savore, Domanski and Legierska will embed accessibility into how the business operates, ensuring it is considered through its people, its environments, and […]

Isle of Eriska Hotel joins Accessible Hospitality Alliance membership

Isle of Eriska Hotel has become the latest hospitality operator to join Accessible Hospitality Alliance membership. Located on its own private island off Scotland’s west coast, the five-star hotel is part of the ICMI collection, further strengthening the group’s engagement with accessibility following Inverlochy Castle joining last month. Set within 300 acres of island landscape and […]

The aha Forum, in Partnership with Thomas Franks reaches capacity

The aha Forum, in Partnership with Thomas Franks, taking place on Tuesday 9 June 2026 at Barings, 20 Old Bailey in the City of London, has now reached full capacity. All places have been allocated ahead of schedule, with attendance confirmed from a cross-section of hospitality operators, including Access Champions representing Accessible Hospitality Alliance member […]

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