NABHOOD

Name

NABHOOD

Legal name

NABHOOD

Website

https://nabhood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Industry Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Large-Scale Headquarters Convention Hotels (THAGALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hotel & Resort Convention Venues (Convention Hotels) (THAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Hospitality industry association
• Hotel ownership advocacy
• Diversity tourism promotion
• Hospitality networking events
• Minority business development

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lauderdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: NABHOOD generates revenue through various membership tiers including corporate membership, allied membership, and individual membership options. The organization offers different membership categories for funding partners, corporate members, allied members, and hotel products partners.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NABHOOD (National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers) is a membership-based hospitality association that connects African American professionals with hotel ownership, investment, and management opportunities. The organization delivers annual summits (the International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit and the International Multicultural Heritage, Travel & Tourism Summit), a hotel directory, a career portal, educational programs, legal resources, and access to funding and corporate partners to advance minority participation in the hospitality industry.

Product overview

NABHOOD (National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers) is a membership-based organization that operates as a platform connecting African American professionals with hotel ownership, investment, and management opportunities. The core offerings include the annual NABHOOD Summit (International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show), the International Multicultural Heritage Travel & Tourism Summit, and the NABHOOD Career Portal. Supporting services include a Hotel Directory, Membership Programs, Educational Programs, Legal Advice Services, Corporate Funding Partners, and Preferred Partners. The organization provides networking platforms, educational workshops (including the ABCs of African American Hotel Ownership Workshop), legal resources, and access to funding and investment partners to facilitate minority participation in the hospitality industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show (NABHOOD Summit) Flagship annual summit and trade show bringing together African American hotel owners, investors, operators, developers, corporate funding partners, and hospitality industry leaders for networking, education, deal-making, and trade show engagement.
• International Multicultural Heritage, Travel & Tourism Summit Annual summit focused on multicultural heritage tourism initiatives and supporting tourism that celebrates and promotes African American culture, heritage, and destinations.
• NABHOOD Career Portal Online job board and career services platform hosted at jobs.nabhood.com that connects hospitality professionals with employment opportunities in the hotel industry.
• Hotel Directory Comprehensive online directory of hotels searchable by US state (and international listings) with state-specific pages for Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington D.C., Washington, and Wisconsin. Designed for meeting/event planners and prospective owners seeking diversity ownership initiatives.
• Membership Programs Organizational membership offering tiers including corporate membership, allied membership, funding partners, and hotel products partners, providing access to networking, educational programs, legal advice, membership directory, and preferred partners.
• Educational Programs Training and educational resources including workshops such as the ABCs of African American Hotel Ownership Workshop, aimed at teaching African American entrepreneurs the fundamentals of hotel ownership.
• Legal Advice Services Legal guidance and resources for hotel owners, operators, and developers, including an attorney directory and legal consultation services accessible to members.
• Corporate Funding Partners Program Access to corporate funding partners and finance resources that members can leverage for hotel development, acquisition, and investment opportunities.
• Preferred Partners Network Vetted network of preferred hotel product suppliers, management companies, consultants, credit card processing providers, and diversity ownership initiative partners serving NABHOOD member hotels.
• Roadmap To Diversity Action-oriented roadmap and resource program designed to increase diversity in hotel ownership and management through structured initiatives and member engagement.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Congressional Black CaucuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNABHOOD partners with the Congressional Black Caucus to deliver the ABCs of African American Hotel Ownership Workshop, providing educational programming on hotel ownership for minority entrepreneurs at a prestigious policy venue
• Hyatt Regency MiamicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHyatt Regency Miami serves as the venue host for NABHOOD's 30th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show in July 2026
• Mark Ingram (Heisman Trophy Winner)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMark Ingram, former NFL player, serves as a brand ambassador sharing his perspective on building wealth through hotel investment, demonstrating the organization's reach into professional athletics for visibility
• Preferred Partners (Hotel Products)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred partners including hotel products, finance, management companies, diversity ownership initiative, credit card processing, and consultants providing products and services to NABHOOD's member hotels

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association): AAHOA is the closest direct comparable to NABHOOD: a long-standing U.S. trade association serving a specific demographic (Asian American hotel owners) through annual conventions, advocacy, education, and member services. Both organizations operate essentially the same playbook — annual owners' summit, membership tiers, advocacy, and community development — for different hotel-owner communities.
• U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. The U.S. Black Chambers is a national business association that supports Black-owned businesses across industries via membership, advocacy, and events. NABHOOD is a direct sector specialization of this model — a membership-driven business association focused on a single industry (hospitality) — and shares the same member-services, advocacy, and convening playbook.

Broad incumbents

• National Urban League: The National Urban League is a long-established civil rights and economic empowerment organization that, like NABHOOD, focuses on wealth-building, entrepreneurship, and minority economic advancement. NABHOOD is a narrower, industry-specific vertical of the broader community-economic-empowerment mission that the Urban League pursues.
• American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA): AHLA is the largest, broad-incumbent U.S. trade association for the hotel and lodging industry, offering advocacy, education, and events across the entire industry. NABHOOD operates as a focused, demographic-specific complement to AHLA, serving prospective and existing minority hotel owners that AHLA's broader portfolio does not specifically target.
• International Franchise Association (IFA): IFA is the principal trade association for franchising across the U.S., including the major hotel franchise systems. NABHOOD complements IFA by helping its members navigate hotel franchising as a path to ownership; the organizations share the same event-, advocacy-, and education-driven operating model.
• U.S. Travel Association: U.S. Travel Association is the national trade body for the broader U.S. travel industry, including lodging, tourism, and travel-related services. NABHOOD's International Multicultural Heritage, Travel & Tourism Summit sits at the intersection of NABHOOD's hospitality focus and the broader multicultural-travel agenda that U.S. Travel promotes.
• NAACP: The NAACP is a large incumbent civil rights organization with advocacy, economic programs, and convening power that overlaps with NABHOOD's mission of advancing African American economic opportunity and policy advocacy. NABHOOD is the hospitality-industry-specific expression of a similarly themed national agenda.
• National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC): NMSDC is a major U.S. organization that certifies and connects minority-owned businesses with corporate buyers and supplier-diversity programs. NABHOOD's Corporate Funding Partners and Preferred Partners program mirrors this corporate-minority-matchmaking model, focused specifically on the hotel ownership and operations vertical.

Regional players

• African American Chamber of Commerce: African American Chambers of Commerce exist in multiple U.S. regions and provide business-development, advocacy, and networking services to Black-owned businesses. NABHOOD is the national, hotel-industry-specific counterpart to these regional, cross-industry chambers, and serves a similar membership demographic at a different geographic and industry scope.

Emerging players

• National Business League: The National Business League, re-launched in 2020 as a successor to Booker T. Washington's historic Black business organization, provides business-development services, networking, and advocacy for Black entrepreneurs. NABHOOD and the National Business League share a mission of advancing Black-owned business wealth creation, with NABHOOD specializing in hotel ownership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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