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Work in Minnesota's Hospitality Industry!
Discover Minnesota's great career opportunities.
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Who is Hospitality Minnesota?
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, Minnesota 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.
The Travel Industry is an Economic Powerhouse in Minnesota
- A 10 billion dollar industry
- More than 261,000 employees – 1 in 10 Minnesotans work in our industry
- More than $650 million generated in state sales tax
- More 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 %.
- The annual number of people visiting 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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