The Oklahoma Hotel & Lodging Association is proud to offer Free Human Trafficking Prevention Training through a partnership between the
American Hotel & Lodging Association, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG Hotels & Resorts who have created Modernized, Updated Human Trafficking Prevention Training
Training Made Available to the Industry at No Cost, Underscoring Hospitality’s Longstanding Commitment to Preventing Human Trafficking
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HOSPITALITY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The hospitality industry is in a unique position to identify and report human trafficking due to its perceived anonymity. Traffickers believe they can go unnoticed while exploiting victims across the globe in hotels— ranging from budget properties to luxury resorts. From check-in to check-out there are several indicators victims and exploiters exhibit during the time they are on a hotel's property.
FREE TRAINING FOR OKLAHOMA HOTELS
Washington, D.C. [January 28, 2026] — Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG Hotels & Resorts today announced a comprehensive human trafficking prevention training curriculum that will be made available to the hospitality industry at no cost. The training will be available to independent hotel owners, operators, and brands throughout 2026, marking the first time these three major hospitality companies have collaborated on a training initiative designed to help prevent human trafficking across the industry.
The updated training, developed in partnership with the three hospitality companies, Protect All Children from Trafficking (PACT), and Unboxed Training & Technology, is survivor-informed and leverages live-action video storytelling that will now be available in English and Spanish on PACT's website for industry use.
PACT will serve as the training administrator and provided subject-matter expertise grounded in survivors’ lived experience. Unboxed Training & Technology served as the strategic learning design partner, working with the companies to design and deliver a scalable, multilingual learning experience aligned to shared industry standards. Participants will receive technical support throughout the training, scheduled reminders to encourage completion and a certificate upon successful completion.
The collaboration exemplifies AHLA Foundation’s mission to unite the industry against human trafficking through its No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) initiative. All three companies are represented on AHLA Foundation’s NRFT Advisory Council, whose members champion and shape the hotel industry's unified anti-trafficking efforts and survivor support. It will be featured alongside the industry’s existing training launched by Marriott International, which has been completed more than 2.6 million times by industry employees since 2020.
This training launch announcement culminates a series of advocacy and awareness events conducted throughout January in recognition of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, offering the industry a valuable tool as it prepares to welcome large-scale events to the U.S. in 2026, which present opportunities to further strengthen awareness and prevention efforts. Industry members can access the training and additional information at courses.wearepact.org/preventing-human-trafficking.
FREE TRAINING FOR OKLAHOMA HOTELS
Washington, D.C. [January 28, 2026] — Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG Hotels & Resorts today announced a comprehensive human trafficking prevention training curriculum that will be made available to the hospitality industry at no cost. The training will be available to independent hotel owners, operators, and brands throughout 2026, marking the first time these three major hospitality companies have collaborated on a training initiative designed to help prevent human trafficking across the industry.
The updated training, developed in partnership with the three hospitality companies, Protect All Children from Trafficking (PACT), and Unboxed Training & Technology, is survivor-informed and leverages live-action video storytelling that will now be available in English and Spanish on PACT's website for industry use.
PACT will serve as the training administrator and provided subject-matter expertise grounded in survivors’ lived experience. Unboxed Training & Technology served as the strategic learning design partner, working with the companies to design and deliver a scalable, multilingual learning experience aligned to shared industry standards. Participants will receive technical support throughout the training, scheduled reminders to encourage completion and a certificate upon successful completion.
The collaboration exemplifies AHLA Foundation’s mission to unite the industry against human trafficking through its No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) initiative. All three companies are represented on AHLA Foundation’s NRFT Advisory Council, whose members champion and shape the hotel industry's unified anti-trafficking efforts and survivor support. It will be featured alongside the industry’s existing training launched by Marriott International, which has been completed more than 2.6 million times by industry employees since 2020.
This training launch announcement culminates a series of advocacy and awareness events conducted throughout January in recognition of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, offering the industry a valuable tool as it prepares to welcome large-scale events to the U.S. in 2026, which present opportunities to further strengthen awareness and prevention efforts. Industry members can access the training and additional information at courses.wearepact.org/preventing-human-trafficking.
