PRLA Restaurant & Lodging Matters Winter 2021

Eliminate safekeeping fees until January 2023. Allow licensees to deliver wine and mixed drinks, just as they are able to deliver malt and brewed beverages currently. Increase the licensee discount to 15 percent permanently. Make mixed drinks to go permanent. Allow licensees to renew their off-premise catering permit at no cost in 2021 and 2022. Allow licensees to expand their licensed premise outdoors to non-contiguous areas. Allow a licensee that closes permanently to sell their exist- ing product (wine, beer, spirits) to another licensee. CONTACT Melissa Bova Vice President of Government Affairs mbova@prla.org (717) 963-8371 ALCOHOL LICENSEE-SPECIFIC RECOVERY ITEMS PRE-PANDEMIC PA HOTEL INDUSTRY ECONOMIC DATA • $12 billion estimated in busi - ness sales output in Pennsyl - vania hotels in 2019 • 121,516 hotel jobs in Pennsyl - vania • 1,509 properties with 144,570 guestrooms in Pennsylvania SINCE MARCH 2020 Hotels won’t make it another 6 months without further federal assistance 71% Lost state and local tax revenue lost in 2020 due to COVID-19 nationally $16.8 BILLION Hotels will be forced to lay off more staff. 77% Hotel owners across the nation have said they are in danger of foreclosure 59% PRLA Survey Results To assess the impact of Gov. Wolf’s December 12 order shutting down in- door dining and private events, the PRLA surveyed more than 5,000 industry members from December 11-13, 2020. 88 percent of respondents will now have to lay off staff. 26,275 employees were laid off immediately due to the order. More than $1.5 million worth of food was discarded or, rarely, donated. Approximate 13 percent of respondents said they would defy the order.