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For Safety’ s Sake
Hotels4Truckers Joins the Fight Against Human Trafficing
Hotels4Truckers ® and Truckers Against Traffi cking( TAT) have joined forces to assist the trucking industry in the fi ght against human traffi cking.
“ We want to use TAT materials and our connections in the hotel industry to help train and equip hotel personnel to be on the lookout for signs that human traffi cking is taking place, as well as what to do if they think they see it,” said Dan Fuller, president of Hotels4Truckers ®.“ We also want them to share information about fi ghting human traffi cking with their customers, so we continue to build awareness of this crime, both within the trucking industry and with the general public. In an effort to drive awareness, we’ ll be handing out TAT
materials on our membership packers, and we will be sharing anti-traffi cking programs and training materials with any hotel property within our system.”
Founded by a driver team, Hotels4Truckers. com is an online directory for truckers to help them locate hotel names and addresses with appropriate and adequate truck parking. Hotels4Truckers ® works with major hotel chains including Choice Hotels International, Red Roof Inn, Motel 6, Vantage Hospitality, Wyndham Hotel Group and others to offer its members great discounts of 10-20 % off at thousands of their properties across North America.
“ Traffi ckers like to sell their victims to transient populations, so there’ s a reduced
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