Invited guests click here to RSVP to the Foundation Luncheon
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Find your next Employee on the New Hospitality MN
Career Center
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Hospitality News
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Green Workshop is Next
Tuesday
There is still time
to register for our "Greening Your Property" workshop set for Tuesday, May 13.
The Minnesota Restaurant, Lodging and Resort & Campground Associations are collaborating with the
Environmental Pollution Control Agency to present this interactive seminar
geared toward maximizing efforts on being a more "green" and
environmentally-conscious property.
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Save the Date for the June 1 HMEF
FUNdraiser
You and your whole family are invited to the Hospitality Minnesota
Education Foundation Family FUNdraiser Sunday, June 1, at Canterbury Park Race
Track. There will be fun and entertainment for all ages, so come enjoy the horse
races, pony rides and a petting zoo.
This event is to raise money for student scholarships.
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Our Career Center is Growing
Strong 
Since implementing
our online Career Center several months
ago, we have had more than 3,000 job views and 700 job searches. Our Career
Center is a great way to give you great exposure to a wide array of candidates
who are specifically seeking a job in our industry.
Looking to fill a position?
- Gain access to job seekers with a specific interest in our industry
- Post multiple positions at affordable prices
- Receive "Resume Alerts" of recently-uploaded resumes
The more jobs we have posted, the more powerful
our career center will be. To place an ad on the job board, call Sara Hansi at
(866) 376-0949, ext. 7076. Be sure to ask for the member discount.
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 Register Today for HOPAC
Golf!
The annual HOPAC Golf
Outing will take place Monday, June 9, at Mendakota Country Club in Mendota
Heights. HOPAC, our Hospitality Political Action Committee, supports political
candidates who advocate for the interests of Minnesota's foodservice and lodging
businesses. This golf outing is its biggest fundraiser of the year.
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Associations Seek Silent
Auction, Prize Items
The Associations are
seeking donated items for upcoming events to be used as silent auction items,
door prizes and more. Upcoming events include the HOPAC Golf Outing, HOPAC Twins
Night and a Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation Golf Tournament.
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Small Businesses Can Benefit from
Economic Stimulus Legislation
The National Restaurant
Association (NRA) has helped the restaurant industry secure valuable tax
benefits through the recent economic stimulus package.
The stimulus plan is
intended to boost consumer confidence and spending through direct tax rebates to
individual taxpayers, and to encourage business activity through investment tax
incentives. Two specific provisions of the legislation - small business
(Section 179) expensing and bonus depreciation - may be of value to
small businesses.
Small businesses would benefit from a provision that
would double the amount they could write off for new investments under Section
179 of the tax code. That means a business that places less than $800,000 of
equipment into service this year could immediately deduct up to $250,000 - up
from $125,000 - of its investment in 2008. Businesses will also be able to
immediately deduct 50 percent of the cost of certain new investments.
To find other ways to
benefit from the package, click here.
The NRA is soliciting
examples of how restaurants plan to take advantage of the Section 179 expensing
and bonus depreciation benefits. Send your stories to Meredith Nethercutt at
mnethercutt@restaurant.org.
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 Lodging
Conference to be Held at 2009 Show
We are pleased to announce that
the first-ever Midwest Lodging Conference sponsored by Minnesota Lodging
magazine will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Upper Midwest Foodservice
& Lodging Show, February 23 and 24 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The
conference will offer attendees the opportunity to increase their industry
knowledge by attending specific education sessions and hearing from keynote
speakers targeted to the lodging industry. In addition, attendees will be given
the opportunity to network with their industry peers on the expansive Show floor
and at social events.
The
incorporation of the Midwest Lodging Conference will encourage greater hotelier
participation, thus increasing the visibility of exhibitors' products and
services to a wider variety of qualified buyers comprised of hoteliers, as well
as those involved in the foodservice industry.
For more
information regarding the Midwest Lodging Conference, please contact Susan
Larson, Director of Association Partnerships & Shows, at (651) 778-2400 or
susan@hospitalitymn.com.
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Win $5,000 in the Restaurant Neighbor
Award  program
Is your restaurant one of the 90% of restaurants doing charitable work in
the community? Each year, the National Restaurant Association and American
Express awards $5,000 each to four restaurants - one small business, one
mid-size/large business, one national chain and one humanitarian of the year -
through its Restaurant Neighbor Award, an awards program that recognizes
outstanding community service efforts among the nation's restaurants.
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National Tourism Week: May 10 -
18
Join hundreds of
cities, states and businesses nationwide in the annual salute to travel and
tourism in America, during National Tourism Week, May 10-18, 2008. National
Tourism Week is organized by the Travel Industry Association (TIA) as a
collective effort to promote the power of travel through awareness efforts in
communities nationwide. The goal is to enhance the country's economy, security
and perception, and recognize the cultural and social benefits created by travel
and tourism.
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