Upcoming Events

• Have you been to an ORA event? Take advantage of these industry events to support strengthening the business environment within which your establishment operates. Meet fellow industry members, and potential customers. Gain statewide exposure for your company and products through event sponsorships; learn about the latest trends, issues and educational programs are of value to your business. Attendance is often FREE or of minimal charge and the networking possibilities are endless.

• 2009 ORA Open

  July 7, 2009 - Langdon Farms Golf Club

  ORA will hold its annual golf tournament at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora. One of ORA's most popular events, the ORA Open supports a stronger advocacy effort strengthening Oregon's business climate. REGISTER NOW!

• ORA Convention 2009 – Back to Basics…and Beyond!

  September 20-22, 2009 - Sunriver

  Grow your business, network and discover new ways to be profitable by attending this year’s ORA Convention.

  Each year ORA brings together in one place the elite of Oregon’s hospitality industry to share knowledge of new strategies for your businesses profitability.

  Attend the 2009 ORA Convention and make the new contacts you need to stay competitive. Bring members of your management staff and receive a discount on registration - learn and build your relationship while having fun together in this year’s interactive workshops, Molecular Science in the Kitchen and Urban Mixology. Find out how to Create Customers for Life from top-performing business leaders, understand how to Maximize your “Social Network” and increase your businesses efficiency without spending a dime! Celebrate the synergy of our industry with Oregon’s finest as part of the annual industry Awards of Recognition, featuring some of Oregon’s finest craft spirits, craft beers and local wines.

  Register online now and SAVE!

• Northwest Foodservice Show

  April 18-19, 2010 - Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA

  
  

  Former exhibitors, if you exhibited at the 2008 show, the last time the show was hosted in Seattle, you have a booth available for reclaim. The reclaim period for the 2010 show continues through July 15th. Exhibitors who had booths at the 2009 show in Portland but were not at the last Seattle show, as well as 2008 exhibitors who are requesting booths different from what they had on the show floor that year have first priority for booths that are not reclaimed by July 15th, and will be allocated space based on their requests in the order, by date, in which completed Applications for Exhibit Space with deposit are received. The best available booths always get reserved early, so get yours in today.

  New exhibitors and those who may have last exhibited prior to 2008 may also submit Applications for Exhibit Space and will be assigned space based on their choices after placement of recent former exhibitors who have submitted their Applications by July 15th.

  After July 15, all booths to be reserved on a first come-first reserved basis.

Past Events

• Northwest Foodservice Show

  
  

  March 29-30, 2009 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR

  More than 7500 attendees registered for The Greatest Show in the Northwest!, a restaurant and foodservice extravaganza of a trade show in the mold of an old time circus that featured 441 vendor booths, New and Green Products Showcases, live chef demonstrations, free educational seminars and entertainment by the Kader Klowns. Jointly produced by both the Oregon and Washington Restaurant Associations, the annual Northwest Foodservice Show is the region’s largest industry event.

• One Big Night

  March 11, 2009 - Governor Hotel, Portland

  
  

  Annual PAC Auction and Dinner

  Attendees came from across the state to celebrate, mix and mingle for one very important cause –the hospitality industry. Nearly 250 industry elite attended the 2009 One Big Night Pac Auction & Dinner truly making this year’s event a success, echoing that even in these current economic times the industry still recognizes that there is strength in numbers.

• 2009 ProStart State High School Culinary Championships

  
  

  February 28, 2008 - Portland Expo Center

  Featured: Boyds Coffee Culinary Cup and Western Culinary Institute Management Challenge. Presented by: The Oregon Restaurant Education Foundation

• Cannon Beach Chairman’s Getaway

  
  

  November 9, 2008 - Cannon Beach, OR

  The Cannon Beach Ocean Getaway was an Oregon Restaurant Political Action Committee (ORPAC) fundraiser which offered participants a great networking opportunity and the chance to build support for continued grassroots efforts for our industry and helps elect pro-restaurant legislators.

• Leadership Conference

  
  

  September 14-16, 2008 - Sunriver

  The Oregon Restaurant Association executed a superior program full of true networking opportunities discussions on issues that were hitting our industry hard, topics such as Immigration, Menu Labeling, and The Ever Rising Costs of Doing Business.