Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Matters

The PRLA annually honors exceptional members of the hospitality industry for their leadership, commitment, and service to the industry and community. PRLA is proud...

“Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business.” –Steve Forbes, Editor in Chief, Forbes Remember the 90s? Sure you do:...

State Items Elections On May 18, Pennsylvania voters passed the two constitutional amendments to limit the governor’s emergency powers. The first empowered the state legislature to...

Tools for You and Your Employees The lifting of all COVID-19 mitigation in Pennsylvania made the world feel like it came alive again, but it...

Unable to reimplement pre-COVID-19 operating hours, restaurants must rethink, retool, and revitalize how to attract and retain employees. In today’s crazy environment in which staff...

Remember the expression “too many cooks in the kitchen”? Well, go ahead and unlearn it. In 2021, the restaurant industry is experiencing an unprecedented labor shortage...

As the hospitality industry exits the pandemic and enters recovery, staffing shortages are replacing the issues suffered from mitigation. PRLA engaged our PR partner,...

On April 27, the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (PRLA) alcohol service, government affairs and lodging, and tourism committees met to amend the association’s...

State Items Mitigation The Wolf Administration announced in early May that it would be lifting all mitigation orders except for mask wearing on May 31. The...

One year into the pandemic, the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (PRLA) is celebrating the significant accomplishments both local and national that, in the...

The Pennsylvania ProStart Invitational was held virtually in 2021, with 38 students from eight secondary schools across Pennsylvania putting their skills to the test...

While there hasn’t been a lot of good news for restaurants during the pandemic, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) contains several helpful measures,...

Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide—including right here in the United States (U.S.). It can happen in urban, suburban,...

Despite the clean slate of a legislative session, the first day of the new session was filled with partisan rhetoric from both sides. PRLA...

It is hard to imagine what our lives were like before COVID. As we reflect on a year where the lows seemed to have...

Partisan Politics It is hard to imagine life before COVID, even within the legislature, but this year’s session continued to display the partisan divide that...

The scholarship program is administered by PRLA's charitable foundation, PRLA Educational Foundation (PRLAEF). It annually provides Pennsylvania students with the opportunity to further their...

State Items A federal judge in Western Pennsylvania ruled that aspects of the Wolf Administration’s COVID-19 mitigation strategies were unconstitutional, specifically the business shutdown order...

Outdoor conditions will soon make it too cold for al-fresco service in many parts of the country. As a result, many restaurant owners and...

PRLA raised $257,627 for Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania (HARP) to fund 848 one-time grants of $250 to provide immediate emergency assistance to hospitality...