The New York Hospitality Council is a New York not-for-profit corporation formed, among other reasons, to: encourage, foster and stimulate the hospitality industry, in general and in the State and City of New York, by promoting the interests of the industry and affording a forum for discussion and exchange among the industry’s leaders; conserve and promote the general welfare of the hospitality industry and the common interests and welfare of participants in the industry; and encourage public interest in and awareness of the hospitality industry and its role in the international, national, regional and local economies.