VRLTA COVID Training

COVID-19 Support & Training Resources for Restaurants

ServSafe is offering three FREE classes, specifically related to COVID-19:

ServSafe Reopening Guidance: COVID-19 Precautions
ServSafe Delivery: COVID-19 Precautions
ServSafe Takeout: COVID-19 Precautions

Each class is available in English and Spanish. Learn more about these courses here, and register for them here.

To see VRLTA's regular ServSafe training schedule with our preferred partners, visit this page.

ServSafe Dining Commitment

The ServSafe Dining Commitment is a part of a multi-faceted multi-million dollar program designed to showcase the restaurants who have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to the health and safety of their employees and guests by signing the ServSafe Dining Commitment. The program will be supported by a national advertising campaign inviting diners back into your restaurants and to your tables. The campaign will take place across broadcast, print, and digital platforms and will feature the ServSafe Dining Commitment logo and urging diners to learn more about the steps restaurants are taking to keep them safe. When diners observe the Commitment logo decal on a restaurant window, returning diners know your restaurant is following the Association’s reopening guidance, local guidelines, and have ServSafe certified employees. Learn more here.

Virginia Restaurant Promise
The Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA), Virginia health officials, and restaurants have partnered to develop The Virginia Restaurant Promise, a set of commitments to employees and customers. Learn more about the Virginia Restaurant Promise here, on the Virginia is for Restaurant Lovers website. Virginia's Restaurant Promise posters can be downloaded and printed.

COVID-19 Training Resources for Hotels & Lodging Establishments

American Hotel & Lodging Association's SafeStay Initiative

“Safe Stay” is AHLA's initiative focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social interactions, and workplace protocols to meet the new health and safety challenges and expectations presented by COVID-19. The Safe Stay guidelines were created by an advisory council comprised of leaders from all segments of the hotel industry in accordance with CDC best practices. Safe Stay is endorsed by all major U.S. hotel brands, associations in all 50 states and Canada and are quickly becoming the industry's go-to guidelines.

To further expand the hotel industry’s Safe Stay initiative, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced COVID-19 Precautions for Hotels, an online course developed to help hotels train their staffs on the enhanced safety and cleanliness guidelines. The new training course was created in consultation with the AHLA’s Safe Stay Advisory Council and represents a united industry approach around the Safe Stay guidelines endorsed by all major U.S. hotel brands, hospitality associations in 50 states and Canada, and thousands of hotel properties across the country committed to ensuring the health and safety of guests and employees while continuing to provide outstanding service.

The 15-minute course is available in English or Spanish. Employees who successfully complete the course and brief assessment receive a certificate. COVID-19 Precautions for Hotels can be hosted on an organization’s LMS or purchased individually for $5 per person. In addition to the training component, AHLA’s Safe Stay initiative has developed a ‘checklist’ for members to utilize as they work to implement the Safe Stay Guidelines, as well as Safe Stay signage and collateral for use on property to inform both employees and guests of the industry commitment to safety and cleanliness. All of these resources are available on the AHLA’s Safe Stay website.