Seattle Metro Chamber to host presentation on immigration policy impacts​

Aug 13, 2025 | News

The Seattle Metro Chamber is inviting Washington Hospitality Association members for an off-the-record morning of honest conversation and timely insight into one of Washington’s most urgent and complex challenges: immigration. Speakers will present timely, data-driven...

Changing the Business Model Toolkit: How some hospitality businesses are shaking up compensation

Mar 27, 2025 | News

Washington state’s minimum wage is well over $16 an hour, and many cities are implementing minimum wages in the $20 range. Operators are struggling with these wages. Anthony Anton, president and CEO of the Washington Hospitality Association, has been talking with...

Celebrate the diversity in wine: Join us Jan. 23, 2025

Dec 13, 2024 | Meeting and Events, News, SRA Events

The wine world is diversely rich in flavors and aromas. However, when it comes to the faces behind the bottles, the wine industry, though slowly growing in diversity, has a long way to go in diversifying bottle placement in retail stores, hotels, airports, airlines...

RSVP today for our September SRA member meeting

Jul 25, 2024 | Meeting and Events, News, SRA Events

This month, we’ll discuss the importance the total compensation rule to minimum wage has in our industry and what we can do to ensure that the policy continues in the city of Seattle. We will then break out into small groups based on restaurant type for an...

What you missed – May membership meeting

May 4, 2023 | Meeting and Events, News, SRA Events

If you missed the May membership meeting, Markham McIntyre, Director of the Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) came to discuss Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Downtown Activation Plan. Here are a few resources and highlights from the conversation: The Downtown...