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Hospitality industry faces worker shortage as restrictions ease (FOX 9) ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota may be easing pandemic restrictions, but a lot of businesses in the hospitality industry are facing a big problem: not enough workers. Jenna Culley has planned events across the Twin Cities for almost a decade. She organized 30 weddings a year pre-pandemic, but only did about five amid the pandemic. Hospitality industry faces worker shortage as restrictions ease Minnesota may be easing pandemic restrictions, but a lot of businesses in the hospitality industry are facing a big problem: n...

Liquor store owners, restaurant and bar operators and beer distributors have stood against the plan, saying that opening up broader sales at taprooms or breweries could pull sales from their businesses. State leaders should instead consider dropping capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other places of public entertainment to boost the hospitality sector, they've said. Committee chairs serve as key gatekeepers in shepherding a bill to or blocking it from the House and Senate floors. And the pair leading Minnesota's House and Senate Commerce Committees have said the measure lacks the suppor...

Bloomington grapples with hotel vacancies Bloomington scrambles to offset losses from lodging tax revenue.  February 11, 2021 — 6:55pm Text size Copy shortlink: In good times, dozens of Bloomington hotels lure travelers with their proximity to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America, bringing millions of dollars in lodging taxes to the city annually and supporting hundreds of other businesses. But COVID-19 has ravaged the hotel industry, leaving Bloomington officials to patch a multimillion-dollar budge...

A new survey by Explore Minnesota, Hospitality Minnesota, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis found there are big worries in the hospitality industry about the next few months ...

The bill will provide forgivable loans to certain businesses. Minnesota Hospitality says this will likely be a more streamlined process compared to the first rollout ...