Musikfest, Bethlehem’s annual music and art festival, received the Hospitality Event of the Year Award for 2021 from the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association. 

Business is returning to hotels in the Lehigh Valley as restrictions from COVID 19 are being lifted and   people are on the move. John Longstreet, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, said leisure travel has come back strong. “When people could start to travel, they did,” he said. Eric Collins, director ...

Lehigh Valley Business recently sat down with John Longstreet, president of the PRLA, to talk about how its members are coping with the pandemic and what the organization is doing to help. 

Lehigh Valley Business recently sat down with John Longstreet, president of the PRLA, to talk about how its members are coping with the pandemic and what the organization is doing to help. 

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement Tuesday that restaurants can return to 50% seating capacity starting Sept. 21 is giving with one hand but taking away with the other, industry leaders complained.

Pennsylvania business owners could lose their state licensing credentials and eligibility for liability insurance if they do not comply with the governor’s mandated three-phase reopening process, according to a statement from Gov. Tom Wolf Monday.

Requirements for small businesses to be forgiven for federal paycheck protection loans are at the center of lobbying efforts to revise the program’s guidelines by industry leaders who say the aid package fails to address sector-specific challenges of the coronavirus recession.

A top Pennsylvania trade group raising grant money for beleaguered restaurant staffs reached its 1,000-application limit in 12 hours Thursday, a sign of how imperiled the hospitality industry is amid the protracted economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

PRLA officials said they will begin accepting applications for HARP on April 23, and the application portal will end May 5. Only the first 1,000 applicants will be accepted during the first round.