Tourism Industry Achievement Awards
Travel Oregon announced the recipients of the Travel and Tourism Industry Achievement Awards at the 2026 Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Portland. Oregon Coast Travelability received the Governor’s Award for leading a statewide initiative to expand and promote accessible tourism across Oregon.
HB 4134 Puts Oregon Tourism Jobs at Risk
The passage of HB 4134 imposes a $38 million tax increase on Oregon’s struggling hospitality sector, threatening one of the state’s most effective economic development tools. If signed into law, it jeopardizes more than 200,000 tourism jobs and undermines the Governor’s stated goal of strengthening Oregon’s economic prosperity.
Salem CTEC Wins ProStart Championships
Salem-Keizer CTEC swept first place in both the culinary and restaurant management competitions at the Oregon ProStart Championships, beating out 12 other high schools and earning the opportunity to represent Oregon at the National ProStart Invitational in Baltimore this April.
ORLA is the only industry advocate striving to protect the vitality of all restaurants and lodging operations across Oregon.