A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO express sincere gratitude to the participating restaurants and sponsors of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association's annual hospitality Day legislative luncheon and to RECOGNIZE Wednesday, April 24, 2024, AS "hospitality DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, on Hospitality Day at the State House, the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association will feature some of the state's most popular restaurants, as well as several impressive public high school culinary programs, to produce the association's "A Taste of South Carolina" legislative luncheon; and

Whereas, the annual event is presented by the hospitality industry of South Carolina and consists of association members located around the State. It serves as a backdrop for industry leaders, legislators, and their staff to celebrate the successes of the industry and the collaboration between state and industry leaders in sustaining positive growth of the hospitality industry and the significant economic impact the industry has on our State; and

Whereas, there are over eleven thousand five hundred dining and lodging establishments across South Carolina employing over two hundred seventy thousand individuals; and

Whereas, South Carolina's hospitality and tourism industry has an annual twenty-nine billion dollar economic impact on our state. It supports one in eight jobs; and

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to pause in the midst of its deliberations to welcome these businesses to the State House and to acknowledge their generous acts and vital importance to the economy of this great State. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, express sincere gratitude to the participating restaurants and sponsors of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association's annual Hospitality Day legislative luncheon and recognize Wednesday, April 24, 2024, as "Hospitality Day" in South Carolina.

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