In 2015, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group became a founding member of a new, public-private partnership of government and corporate employers combatting sex trafficking. The partnership, BEST Employers Alliance, was launched in Seattle by Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST), a local not-for-profit organization dedicated to aligning and equipping business leaders to use the power of their businesses to prevent human trafficking.
BEST got its start in 2012, training Seattle and Washington State hotel employees how to spot and report signs of sex trafficking. Mar Brettman, executive director of BEST, told the Seattle Times that the organization has trained 700 hotel employees across the state, with 44 percent of participating hoteliers reporting suspected cases to police, up from 8 percent in the year before the training.
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Sustainable Brands Staff
Published Jan 17, 2016 6am EST / 3am PST / 11am GMT / 12pm CET