Hospitality Association Members:
We are engaged at the local, state and federal level and taking action accordingly. We will continue to provide regular updates via email,
our website
and social media.
Take action right now!
Action 1
:
Respond to a request for information
from the State of Minnesota to support their request for disaster aid from the Small Business Administration. This is information only, not a loan application.
Action 3
:
The American Lodging and Hotel Association urges lodging leaders to convey to Congress and the Administration the catastrophic impacts we are seeing on our businesses and our workforce. Use
this link
to take action.
Coronavirus and labor issues – a recording of today’s “Specialty Session”
Update on state advocacy efforts
During Sunday’s press conference, Governor Walz indicated that he was not yet ready to take the step of closing bars and restaurants, as is happening in other cities and states. He said, “
We want them to be able to weather this, stay in business," noting that "day-to-day, changes our reality."
The Governor will hold another press conference this afternoon at 5pm, and we’ll send any information that might impact you.
Today, we’ve sent two letters to the state.
- We asked Gov. Walz to submit a formal request to the Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance in Washington, D.C. This is the first step to open aid programs to help businesses impacted by COVID-19.
- We addressed the Governor, Senate Majority Leader Gazelka and Speaker Hortman—outlining a number of relief mechanisms we are asking them to implement on behalf of hospitality businesses.
Update on federal advocacy efforts
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (
H.R. 6201
) is moving from the House to the Senate, where it is expected to be taken up on Tuesday. We are working with our colleagues at the National Restaurant Association, and we need your help. We must urge the Senate to fix provisions that would have an unintended negative impact on small businesses.
Take action now
, and we’ll share the outcome in a future update.
Survey on business impact
Finally, our recent merger was a recognition that we are all in this hospitality industry together. The crisis we are currently facing could not make that plainer, and we are committed to bringing you the information and resources on the pandemic and subsequent relief opportunities. Our primary focus is our concern for helping our owner/operators, their employees and customers.
If you have specific questions or concerns we can help with, please call our office at 651-778-2400.
Thanks for your time,
Liz Rammer
President and CEO
