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Work in Minnesota's Hospitality Industry!
Discover Minnesota's great career opportunities.
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Who We Are
The Minnesota Restaurant Association, Minnesota Lodging Association and
Minnesota Resort and Campground Association operate collaboratively through a
management entity known as Hospitality Minnesota.
Housed in St. Paul with a staff of 13, the three associations are managed
by Hospitality Minnesota and provide legislative and regulatory advocacy,
marketing, education and information and money-saving programs to members.
In addition, Hospitality Minnesota operates a non-profit education foundation,
the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation, which provides a high school
curriculum in foodservice and lodging management and provides scholarships to
students pursuing higher education in the hospitality field.
Our Industry is an
Economic Powerhouse in Minnesotan
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10 billion dollar industry
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More than 261,000 employees – 1 in 10 Minnesotans works in our industry
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More than $650 million generated in state sales tax
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MoreMore than 3.7 billion dollars in wages
- The leisure and hospitality industry is projected to add more than 41,000 jobs
between 2004 and 2014, a growth rate of 17.4 %.
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The annual number of person visits in Minnesota is nearly eight times the total
population of the state
- Travelers in Minnesota spend more than $32 million per day.
- Every $1 invested in marketing Minnesota results in $4.60 in state and local
taxes, $20.40 in wages and $53 in gross sales.
- Travelers spend 14% of their dollars on lodging, 24% on food, 25% on recreation,
25% on shopping and 11% on transportation
- Every $1 spent in restaurants in Minnesota generates an additional $1.44 in
sales for other industries in the state.
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