For more than 65 years, AHLEI has worked to provide hospitality organizations and schools with quality resources to train, educate, and certify hospitality professionals, first as the educational arm of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (27,000+ members hotels, the 10 largest hotel companies in the US) and since February 2017 as part of the National Restaurant Associations’s Training & Certification Division.

AHLEI serves the world from its headquarters in Orlando, Florida, with additional offices in Lansing, Michigan; India; and China.​

The Educational Institute has licensees all over the world connecting AHLEI’s hospitality education and professional development resources throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Welcome Global is the International Associate & Partner in Greece.