HerOwnership Conference

2024 AAHOA HerOwnership Conference & Retreat

About HerOwnership

AAHOA's third annual HerOwnership event, coming your way Fall 2024, will focus on helping you elevate your career, determine your next steps, and inspire your journey.

Launched in 2022, the HerOwnership Conference & Retreat is dedicated to providing women in hospitality with the tools, knowledge, and connections they need to succeed in hotel ownership. It's created by women hoteliers, for women hoteliers, and it's all about building a stronger, more inclusive industry where women thrive.

#HerOwnership2023: What to Expect

💡 Educational Insights
Gain valuable knowledge from industry experts through insightful educational sessions, panels, workshops, and discussions.

🤝 Networking
Connect with a diverse community of women in hospitality – a supportive network that can open doors and inspire your journey. This year, we're hosting The Pink Party, Inspired by Barbie, Brought to You by HBO, on Thursday night. Dress to impress in your finest pink attire, channeling your inner Barbie while celebrating your unique HerOwnership journey.

💪 Empowerment
Be inspired by the stories and experiences of successful women who have achieved their hotel ownership dreams, women who are starting their HerOwnership journeys, and industry executives and leaders who will share their leadership insights.

📸 Personal Branding
On Thursday, attend our personal branding masterclass, "Building Your Brand, Defining Your Success, Shaping Your Future: A Personal Branding Masterclass for Women Executives," which begins at 10:30 a.m. Then, on Friday, can elevate your professional presence and embrace confidence with a fresh new headshot at the DIRECTV HOSPITALITY and SHOWTIME® Photobooth! This year, DIRECTV HOSPITALITY and SHOWTIME® are offering attendees a complimentary headshot session that will capture your confidence, style, and personality. 

And Much More!

 


Fall 2024


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Location TBA


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Bonus Wellness Content

   

 

Building Your Brand, Defining Your Success, Shaping Your Future: A Personal Branding Masterclass for Women Executives

Elevate your personal brand and define your success with our exclusive Masterclass for women executives in hospitality. Dive into a transformative journey of personal branding excellence, mastering core principles, and crafting your unique identity. Uncover strengths, conquer self-doubt, pinpoint your niche, and gain the skills to shape, promote, and evolve your brand. Your journey to personal branding and stepping into your unique identity and influence starts here!

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, The Beeman Hotel, Dallas, TX

🚨 SOLD OUT!

  

Why Attend

🙌 Unique Content and Format

The 2023 HerOwnership Conference & Retreat will connect women hotel owners and aspiring hotel owners directly with some of the biggest and most recognized brands in the industry, to uncover what programs they’ve launched to uniquely support women in your ownership journey.

🧘‍♀️ Infused with Wellness

In the new HerHarmony segments, learn the ways that you can infuse wellness into your everyday life to balance the demands, prevent burnout, reduce stress, and create and find the balance between wellness and your career.

✨ Inspiring Panels

From ownership trends and opportunities, and panels on executive presence to financial mastery and effective communication and negotiation, the event is packed with content to help you learn about all the opportunities in the industry and how to navigate and create your own path to success.

🎉 Ample Networking

With networking, luncheons, networking breaks, the Pink Party reception, the HerOwnership event will provide attendees with ample opportunities to connect, reconnect, and build incredible relationships that can help you expand your network and learn from women who are redefining what entrepreneurship looks like in our industry.

Learn Why Nearly 300 Attendees Joined Us Last Year

 

 

HerOwnership Pink Party

Inspired by Barbie, Brought to You by HBO

6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2

Step into a world of elegance, empowerment, and a touch of nostalgia at The HerOwnership Pink Party: Inspired by Barbie, Brought to You by HBO. This exclusive event promises an evening of glamour and inspiration as we celebrate women's entrepreneurship and leadership.

Dress to impress in your finest pink attire, channeling your inner Barbie while celebrating your unique HerOwnership journey. This is your chance to connect, celebrate, and be inspired by the incredible women making waves in the world of hospitality and leadership.

#HerOwnershipPinkParty 🎀✨

2023 Sponsors

Thank You, AAHOA Women Hoteliers Committee, for Your Steadfast Support!

Purnima Patel

Co-Chair/Voting Board Liaison
Virginia Beach, VA

Hina Patel

Glennville, GA

Nila Patel

Miamisburg, OH

Milly Desai

King City, CA

Tejal Patel

Co-Chair/Voting Board Liaison
League City, TX

Kataki Patel

Stone Mountain, GA

Reena Patel

Los Angeles, CA

Nancy (Nayana) Patel

Corpus Christi, TX

Heena Patel

Virginia Beach, VA

Mayuri Patel

Moorestown, NJ

Cookie Desai

Sherwood, AR

Nijal Suthar

Kernville, CA

Olivia Story

Team Liaison
Atlanta, GA