Welcome to the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association!
These last three months have been the most challenging that Michigan’s hospitality industry has ever faced. The Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association (MRLA) has been providing critical resources, breaking news updates and answers, free webinars to connect with UIA, OSHA and other leaders, while advocating for business-saving needs to the entire industry since the effects of COVID-19 began in early March.
Now, more than ever, you need us and we need you.
Our voice and impact as an industry is strongest when we stand together.
Our voice and impact as an industry is strongest when we stand together.
As access to communication and resources returns to Members-Only on July 1, please join as an MRLA member to maintain access to need-to-know information and must-have resources.
Membership Benefits
Free Benefits from MRLA for the Last 3 Months:
Membership Benefits
- Advocacy – Fighting for or against legislation that will directly affect your business
- Member Savings - Unlock your savings on your day to day operations
- Education and Training Opportunities - Member Discounts on ServSafe
- Compliance / Labor Law Posters
- Additional Member Value
- Buyer’s Guide – Directory of Food & Beverage Service Industry Vendors
- National Restaurant Association membership included for restaurants
- Training and Seminars
- Digital industry publications to keep you informed
Free Benefits from MRLA for the Last 3 Months:
- Crisis Communication:
- Daily updates digesting federal, state and local orders
- Comprehensive website for coronavirus must-knows
- Restaurant Roadmap to Reopening and Hotel A Safe Welcome Back guides
- Advocacy:
- Ensured that restaurants and hotels were deemed essential businesses to remain open in some capacity amid statewide Stay at Home order
- Advocated for, and passed, reform to the Payroll Protection Program legislation
- Alcohol to Go, Social Zone and Third-Party fee reductions bill creation
- Mission to Save Hospitality- A 30 point priority document to save the industry
- Supporting your workforce:
- Creation of the Michigan Hospitality Industry Employee Relief Fund-which provided $300,000+ in awarded funds to displaced industry workers
- Free Education:
- Delivered webinars on PPP, UIA, Workshare, MIOSHA and grocery, to name a few
- Created carryoutmichigan.com directory to educate customers on open status
- Reduced Overhead:
- Complimentary Legal Advice via MRLA Legal Center
- Social media promotion of industry
- Partnering with MRL Worker’s Comp Fund to maintain premium savings
