CEO grapples with across-the-board cuts even as American Hotel & Lodging Association works to keep nation's hotels in business Rogers The hotel industry was growing so fast in January that it had nearly 1 million job openings to fill. But Chip Rogers, CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, saw a storm brewing by mid-February when hotels nationwide were flooded with cancellations. As hotels began to close due to a lack of business, the industry quickly went from soaring to sinking. Four million hotel employees were out of work by May, he said in an interview with CEO Update. "That is a dramatic change, and therefore the needs of our members change," he… Read More