VPSI 2026 is fast approaching, and our students are gearing up to bring exceptional skill and creativity to the Individual Competitions.
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Forty-Eight High Schools from Around the Country Receive The Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grants to Build Culinary Classrooms.
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The 2025 VA1 Governor’s Tourism Summit, held at Caesars Virginia in Danville, welcomed over 500 tourism and hospitality professionals.
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Drews, GM of the DoubleTree by Hilton McLean Tysons, was one of six hospitality professionals recognized at The Hospitality Show.
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The City of Fredericksburg is represented in the new Bull Run Chapter footprint (Getty Images) RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) is proud to announce the expansion of its Bull Run Chapter, further strengthening the association’s local engagement across the Northern Virginia region. The chapter’s footprint now includes Spotsylvania County,…
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which passed through Congress in July and has been signed by President Trump, will have some interesting impacts on Virginia residents over the next few years. Some of those impacts could be positive, like the possibility for tax filers to save money by conforming the Commonwealth’s rules to…
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Jenny Beaudoin, a VRLTA member and Inspire franchisee, represented the restaurant industry and the franchisee community in Washington, DC.
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The Virginia Restaurant Lodging and Travel Association (VRLTA) is grateful and excited to note that the Budget bill proposed by Washington D.C. Muriel Mayor Bowser to City Council calls for the eventual complete repeal of Initiative 82
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Though rejected by Fairfax voters twice, the County Board of Supervisors approved the new tax during Budget Mark-Up, while including the discount to help offset the cost to merchants.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary have announced the FDA’s plan to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s food supply.
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