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Mr. Patel’s primary focus has been to own and operate over half a dozen franchised hotels in the Gulf Coast. He has been an active member of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) for more then two and a half decades. His tireless contribution to Aahoa in bringing thousands of Asian Hoteliers from his community together and speak as one voice has led AAHOA to evolving into the world’s largest Hotel Association with 22,000 hotels and 14,000 members. He has served two terms as the Chairman of the Franchise & Industry Relations Committee, which undertook major Industry issues relating to franchisors Good Faith Fair Dealing practices that significantly led to major changes in their business practices.

For many of his accomplishments Mr. Patel was recognized and honored with an Honorary Doctorate in Theology for his accomplishments in providing selfless education & his vision to better the industry. Over the years, Mr. Patel has been the recipient of multiple industry-recognized awards from various national organizations including the prestigious Outstanding Service Award, The Award of Excellence, The Spirit Award, Strategic Partnership Award, The Chairman’s Award and most recently, The Hispanic Industry Leadership Award from the International Hispanic Meeting Professional.

Mr. Patel emphasizes on the fact that franchising is one of the most powerful global industries and with great powers comes great responsibilities. Mr. Patel is co-developing; Project Green Leaf, (PGL) a 501c3 not-for profit organization for the worlds first free wireless electric vehicle charging network through local Cities, Counties and Universities.