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2/26/2021 Richmond now has six major casino proposals - Virginia Business
2/24/2021 Northam relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions - Richmond Times-Dispatch
2/22/2021 Bill would make app-based delivery companies work with restaurants - Roanoke.com
2/20/2021 Plastic foam container ban one step closer in Virginia - WRIC Richmond
2/17/2021 Business Groups Ask VA Lawmakers for Higher PPP Tax Deductions - Virginia Business
2/17/2021 How bad was 2020 for hotels? Hilton posted a $720 million loss - Bizjournals.com
2/16/2021 Tourism council continues to stay positive during COVID-19 - The Northern Virginia Daily
2/16/2021 Marriott says President and CEO Arne Sorenson died unexpectedly on Monday - MarketWatch
2/15/2021 VIR hotel, related mixed-use project eyed in Alton area - SOVANow.com
2/15/2021 Colonial Downs proposing gaming resort in Dumfries - Inside NoVA
2/11/2021 Virginia's first JW Marriott Hotel Coming to Reston - Virginia Business
2/9/2021 Local lawmakers support raising federal minimum wage to $15 - WTKR Norfolk
2/8/2021 Opinion: A way Virginia can really help small businesses - The Washington Post
2/7/2021 DoorDash and VRLTA partner to provide $450K in funds to Virginia restaurants - Bristol Herald Courier
2/5/2021 DoorDash partners with VRLTA for restaurant grants - WHSV Charlottesville
2/4/2021 Bill to mandate paid sick leave for essential workers passes Virginia House, receives opposition from businesses - The Center Square
2/4/2021 Virginia restaurant owner says his workers don't want $15 minimum wage - Fox News
2/2/2021 How Drive-To Meetings Are Helping Destinations Stay on Track - Meetings Today
2/2/2021 As Senate seeks tax compromise, businesses say 'not right' for state to take what Congress gave - Richmond Times-Dispatch
2/1/2021 Virginia Hotel Revenues Fell 42% in December 2020 - Virginia Business
1/28/2021 Yelp Names Black-Owned Businesses to Watch in 2021 - Yelp
1/25/2021 Tourism leaders share success — even during a pandemic - The Winchester Star
1/24/2021 As pandemic rages on, legislature moves to extend loosened alcohol restrictions as lifeline to restaurants - The Roanoke Times
1/21/2021 U20 World Record Set in Virginia Beach Sports Center - Visit Virginia Beach
1/20/2021 The George Washington Inn and Conference Center will be turned into a 125-unit rental apartment building - WYDaily
1/19/2021 VA Lawmakers Consider Extending Rule For Alcohol To-Go - VPM
1/14/2021 Business community worried about permanent COVID-19 safety regulations adopted by Virginia board - The Center Square
1/13/2021 New takeout and delivery-only Mac & Cheese-focused restaurant now open in Shockoe Bottom
1/11/2021 Welcome from AHLA Chair of the Board - Mark Hoplamazian, President & CEO of Hyatt Hotels - AHLA
1/9/2021 Gov. Northam floats possibility of year-round school, concerning tourism industry - WAVY
1/7/2021 House effort to provide tax relief for Virginia small businesses garners bipartisan support - The Center Square
1/6/2021 Virginia Beach asks General Assembly to allow the city to create a tourism authority - Virginian Pilot
1/6/2021 Winchester being asked to increase tourism funding - The Winchester Star
1/5/2021 New food hall expected to open in spring as part of mixed-use development in Richmond's Manchester area - Richmond Times-Dispatch
1/1/2021 When We Need Them - Today's Hotelier
12/31/2020 Focusing on a niche: Henrico-based hotel operator rapidly growing - Richmond Times-Dispatch
12/29/2020 Letter to the editor: Thanks for supporting local restaurants during a difficult year - The Virginia Gazette
12/29/2020 Governor Northam Commits Additional $20 Million to Rebuild VA Economic Recovery Fund
12/29/2020 Hotel Owners Switch Focus to Residential - Virginia Business
12/28/2020 Richmond restaurant roundup for 2020: Pandemic pivots and new eateries - Richmond BizSense
12/23/2020 Shamin’s Short Pump Hilton headed to receivership, foreclosure - Richmond BizSense
12/23/2020 With Absolute Uncertainty, Williamsburg’s Alewerks pivots during pandemic, plans ahead for future - The Virginia Gazette
12/23/2020 Outdoor drinking areas could offer big boost to Virginia's economy - WTKR Hampton Roads
12/23/2020 Nearly one billion hotel rooms have gone unsold during the pandemic - CNBC
12/16/2020 All h’ale’ Alewerks. They’ve just been named 2020 Brewery of the Year - WYDaily
12/14/2020 Richmond extends deadline for second small business grant fund - Virginia Business
12/11/2020 The Restaurant Lockdown Massacre - Wall Street Journal
12/9/2020 Richmond restaurant owner fears wave of closures this winter: 'The clock's ticking' - WTVR Richmond
12/9/2020 Pandemic pivot: Opting against indoor dining, Chez Foushee to deliver three-course meals instead - Richmond BizSense
12/5/2020 ‘It’s a dire situation’: Restaurants push Congress for direct relief to save the industry as restrictions tighten - WRIC
12/3/2020 Ex-GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina to chair Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Board of Trustees - The Virginia Gazette
12/2/2020 No new restrictions, but Northam urges COVID-19 caution - Virginia Business
12/1/2020 Job Loses Linger in Leisure & Hospitality Businesses - WVTF
12/1/2020 Breaking News: Arena-anchored ‘GreenCity’ development planned for Henrico-owned Best Products site - Richmond BizSense
8/18/2020 Pandemic has picked the pockets of zoo, aquarium, living museum - Daily Press/Newport News
8/16/2020 For area restaurants that haven't closed in COVID's wake, holding on till next year is the goal - The Daily Progress/Charlottesville
8/14/2020 Empty tables, seats the new reality for some Richmond restaurants - WRIC/Richmond
8/7/2020 Covid's next casualty: American restaurants - CNN
8/6/2020 VDH to hire around 100 workers to enforce COVID guidelines; 1 Richmond area restaurant already lost permit - Richmond Times-Dispatch
8/6/2020 'This is 100% COVID-related': SaltBox Oyster Co. at Willow Lawn is permanently closed - Richmond Times-Dispatch
8/5/2020 Pandemic sparks a building boom for restaurant drive-thrus - CNBC
8/4/2020 Church Hill’s Grisette branches out with wine club - Richmond BizSense
8/2/2020 PPP gave Roanoke restaurants a 'shot in the arm,' but what happens now?
8/1/2020 In Williamsburg area, no tourists and no theme parks are far more than an inconvenience - Daily Press/Newport News
7/31/2020 Shocktober Haunted House Goes Virtual This Fall - LoudounNow
7/30/2020 UPDATE: Busch Gardens Williamsburg plans to reopen next week with limited capacity special event; Kings Dominion remains closed - Richmond Times-Dispatch
7/29/2020 Virginia companies seek paths to reopening amid pandemic - Virginia Business
7/28/2020 Norfolk brewery, Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association react to new restrictions for Hampton Roads - WTKR/Hampton Roads
7/27/2020 In a rare alignment with labor, Dr. Northam prescribes bitter medicine for business as part of his pandemic treatment - Virginia Mercury
7/27/2020 Unemployment benefit poses dilemma for restaurants in need of workers - Richmond Times-Dispatch
7/27/2020 Pandemic pivot: Owner of Jasper, Carytown Cupcakes going into ghost-kitchen mode - Richmond BizSense
7/24/2020 How restaurants can recover from COVID-19 - Yahoo! Finance
7/24/2020 Restaurants fear financial recovery impossible with new COVID-19 restrictions - CBS19 News - Charlottesville
7/24/2020 'It's terrible for everybody': Heritage restaurant in the Fan 'hitting pause' and temporarily closing again to weather the pandemic - Richmond Times-Dispatch
7/24/2020 Phase 3 Purgatory - Restaurants grapple with safety, hospitality and keeping business afloat during pandemic - Style Weekly Richmond
7/23/2020 Boutique inn in Lexington owned by Richmonders named one of the top city hotels by a national travel magazine - Richmond Times-Dispatch
7/23/2020 Maryland group says 35% or 40% of restaurants may close for good - WTOP/DC
7/20/2020 Travelers want safe, clean spaces. Here's how one hotel brand is innovating to meet their needs - Business Insider
7/17/2020 Session offers tips for stressed hospitality workers - The Winchester Star
7/16/2020 Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive - Harvard Business School
7/15/2020 The National Restaurant Association's Blueprint for Restaurant Revival
7/15/2020 Fairfax adds $20M to small business relief fund - Virginia Business
7/14/2020 Amherst County creates small business relief fund - Virginia Business
7/14/2020 Businesses taking a hit as Busch Gardens Williamsburg remains closed - 13 News Now
7/13/2020 Pandemic pivot: Richmond startup brings cocktails to your living room - Richmond BizSense
7/12/2020 Dining out in Richmond in Phase 3 means mask wearing, no bar seating, some reservations required, and lots of confusion - Richmond Times-Dispatch
7/8/2020 Restaurant reopenings require balance between reassuring diners, reinforcing rules - SmartBrief
7/8/2020 Primland, Salamander nominated for USA Today resort list - Virginia Business
7/6/2020 Meeting Professionals International Va. Chapter chooses board president - Virginia Business
7/6/2020 Roanoke County launches small business relief grants
7/2/2020 366K+ Virginians remain jobless - Virginia Business
7/1/2020 Checking in on Richmond’s breweries: delivery, to-go keeping the lights on - Richmond BizSense
6/30/2020 Northam bans congregating in bars as Phase Three starts - Virginia Business
6/29/2020 United Way of Greater Charlottesville teams up with Va. 30 Day Fund - Virginia Business
6/26/2020 6 ways small businesses can market themselves in a post-COVID-19 world - Business Insider
6/25/2020 Virginia seeks to codify COVID-19 rules, concerning the business community - The Center Square
6/24/2020 Planning to travel? Hotels in Virginia cautiously reopening - WRIC/Richmond
6/24/2020 Hotel Rooms Help Fairfax County Homeless During Pandemic - Patch.com
6/24/2020 Kings Dominion releases statement on Phase 3 of reopening - NBC12/Richmond
6/23/2020 GO Virginia awards more than $230,000 in grants to help with job recovery in the Richmond region from COVID-19 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
6/23/2020 Richmond adopts rules for Airbnb-style home rentals - Richmond BizSense
6/23/2020 Virginia businesses still suffering even with phase 3 of reopening on the horizon - The Center Square
6/22/2020 Hospitality industry sees encouraging signs after spring decimated by COVID-19 - The Daily Progress/Charlottesville
6/22/2020 Rockafeller’s owner found her niche in hospitality - The Virginian-Pilot
6/21/2020 Without international students this summer, Virginia Beach hotels, restaurants need workers - The Virginian-Pilot
6/20/2020 Restaurant owners receive advice on reopening - The Winchester Star
6/18/2020 Charlottesville Chamber to distribute reopening toolkits - Virginia Business
6/17/2020 Arlington Small Business Emergency GRANT (Giving Resiliency Assets Near Term) Program Recipients Announced
6/16/2020 Hilton lays off 2.1K employees, extends furloughs
6/16/2020 Businesses seeing signs of hope as restaurants begin to reopen - FOX5/DC
6/15/2020 More than three-fourths of Virginians want to keep to-go drinks legal - The Center Square
6/12/2020 New Poll Finds Widespread Support for To-Go Drinks Post-Pandemic - ARLnow
6/12/2020 Nervous going out to eat? Health officials, patrons, restaurant owners weigh in - WSLS/Roanoke
6/10/2020 More financial help for businesses in the works as city enters next reopening phase - Richmond BizSense
6/8/2020 Hampton Roads restaurants and businesses that have closed permanently during the pandemic - The Virginian-Pilot
6/3/2020 The Most Important Word in the Hospitality Industry? ‘Clean’ - The New York Times
6/2/2020 Phasing In, Dining Out: Richmond enters Phase 1 of reopening as the governor issues a statewide mask mandate. What does it mean for restaurants? - Style Weekly/Richmond
5/27/2020 Va. lodging industry launches safety initiative as commonwealth reopens - NBC12/Richmond
5/23/2020 Carryout orders a lifeline for Roanoke Valley restaurants - Roanoke Times
5/20/2020 Charlottesville, Albemarle to allow restaurants to set up seating in parking lots - Daily Progress
5/19/2020 Northern Virginia business owners fear keeping region closed will sink them for good - The Center Square
5/18/2020 Beaches in Virginia Beach can open with restrictions, but nowhere else - The Virginian-Pilot
5/15/2020 Restaurant sales fell to their lowest real level in over 35 years - Restaurant.org
5/13/2020 Ahead of reopening, some businesses ask: Who shaped the Phase One guidelines? - Richmond Times-Dispatch
5/13/2020 Here's what dining out looks like in Virginia during Phase One reopening - WTVR/Richmond
5/13/2020 Virginia ABC to expand outdoor dining for businesses, potentially into parking lots, sidewalks - The Virginian-Pilot
5/11/2020 Virginia’s restaurant, tourism leaders urge Northam to create relief fund for hospitality industry - WSLS/Roanoke
5/11/2020 Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association pens letter to Gov. Northam for COVID-19 support - WTKR/Hampton Roads
5/8/2020 Coronavirus-related restaurant and bar industry job losses totaled 5.5 million in April - Nation's Restaurant News
5/6/2020 What Now? First-time restaurateurs grapple with a hazy future - Richmond Magazine
5/3/2020 Restaurant industry calls for $240B coronavirus relief plan - Fox News
5/1/2020 What’s next for restaurants, hotels in Prince William County? - Inside NOVA
4/30/2020 Nearly half of city EDA pandemic loan funding is spoken for - Richmond BizSense
4/30/2020 Feed More receives $90K grant, hires Richmond chefs to help prepare meals - NBC12/Richmond
4/28/2020 'Trying to give them a lifeline': Fund gives grants to 100-plus small Va. businesses including 15 in Richmond area
4/27/2020 Virginia restaurants lose big in April - CBS19/Charlottesville
 

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