From b6cb58d76e2ce1f702f2ab7b779d1452a51c0c07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amithanda <amithanda@google.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 17:47:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: define Lodging Tech Council and list its founding
 members

---
 GOVERNANCE.md  |  9 +++++++++
 MAINTAINERS.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
index a9dc63c..2c08e1d 100644
--- a/GOVERNANCE.md
+++ b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@
   (total 10 votes).
 - Includes 6 members from any organization, each with 1 vote (total 6 votes).
 
+### Lodging Tech Council (Lodging TC)
+
+- Responsible for building and maintaining core specification for the
+  Lodging domain.
+- Includes 16 members, with 12 permanent members from founding organizations,
+  6 from Google, 1 from Amadeus, Booking.com, Expedia, Hilton, Marriott,
+  Trip.com each with 1 vote (total 12 votes).
+- Includes 4 members from any organization, each with 1 vote (total 4 votes).
+
 ## Governing Council (GC)
 
 - Responsible for governance, overall health and adoption of the protocol.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 7933713..83877f2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -77,6 +77,38 @@ design of the protocol for Food Ordering Domain.
 | Open             | to be elected |
 | Open             | to be elected |
 
+## Lodging Tech Council
+
+The Lodging Tech Council is responsible for the technical direction and overall
+design of the protocol for Lodging Domain.
+
+<!-- cSpell:ignore Akhil Kavuri Alice Laic Amit Handa Chenlu Zhang -->
+<!-- cSpell:ignore Colm Gallagher Devesh Arora Jing Li Lee Graham -->
+<!-- cSpell:ignore Niranjan Manjunath Ryan Adler-Levine Sean Carapella -->
+<!-- cSpell:ignore Shukri Sharif Wishy Arora -->
+
+| Name               | Company       |
+| :----------------- | :------------ |
+| Akhil Kavuri       | Expedia       |
+| Alice Laic         | Booking.com   |
+| Amit Handa\*       | Google        |
+| Chenlu Zhang       | Trip.com      |
+| Colm Gallagher     | Google        |
+| Devesh Arora       | Marriott      |
+| Jing Li            | Google        |
+| Lee Graham         | Hilton        |
+| Niranjan Manjunath | Google        |
+| Ryan Adler-Levine  | Google        |
+| Sean P. Carapella  | Amadeus       |
+| Shukri Sharif      | Google        |
+| Wishy Arora        | Google        |
+| Open               | to be elected |
+| Open               | to be elected |
+| Open               | to be elected |
+| Open               | to be elected |
+
+_\* Standing Governing Council (GC) member participating per [GOVERNANCE.md](GOVERNANCE.md#governing-council-gc) rules._
+
 ## Governance Council
 
 The Governance Council is responsible for the overall adoption and health of