Welcome to the Monroe Chapter
Check out our upcoming events on the calendar below. You can also find our events on the FRLA Facebook page. #FRLAKeys #JoinFRLA
Check out our upcoming events on the calendar below. You can also find our events on the FRLA Facebook page. #FRLAKeys #JoinFRLA
FRLA’s Summit is back for our 13th annual premier Florida hospitality event. We are thrilled to partner with Results Thru Strategy, a diverse group of entrepreneurial and executive-level hospitality experts, for the fourth year in a row. Bringing you leading industry trends, best practices, top-notch speakers and unparalleled networking, we’ve made sure there’s a seat for everyone at our table.
Join Florida’s most influential hospitality professionals and top-level executives and expect to see powerful players such as Coca-Cola, MillerCoors, Marriott, Disney, Firehouse Subs, Sonny’s BBQ, Tony Roma’s, Loews Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Wyndham Vacation Rentals, Tijuana Flats, Bloomin’ Brands and many more.
Whether you’re an independent owner, quick-serve restaurant operator, chef, caterer, baker, bar or nightclub operator, hospital, hotel, or commercial foodservice personnel — join us November 8-9, 2023, at the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show at the Orange County Convention Center.
Learn about the hottest menu trends, state-of-the-art design and decor, the best in business education within our education programming, and hundreds of the leading vendors and purveyors dedicated to serving the restaurant & foodservice community — all under one roof.
Watch live culinary performances and listen in on discussions about how our chefs came to be. Emerging trends abound on the show floor with hundreds of exhibitors and in our exciting special events. Spark your creative appetite and celebrate your passion for the profession.
PRESIDENT
JOY BOYD | THE ISLANDER RESORT
VICE RESIDENT/RESTAURANTS
DAYLIN STARKS | IRISH KEVIN’S
VICE PRESIDENT/LODGING
JOHN HEARNS | BAKERS CAY RESORT
TREASURER
Yunior Rodriguez | The Marker Resort
SECRETARY
LAURA CIAMPA | OCEAN REEF CLUB
BILL LAY | LAY RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
(PRESIDENT 2022-2024)
SHELDON SUGA | CONSULTANT
(PRESIDENT 2012-2014, 2020-2022)
JOHN TROVATO | CASA MARINA & THE REACH RESORTS
PRESIDENT 2018-2020
CHARLIE BAUER | KEY WEST SONGWRITERS
REGGIE COOPER | HAWKS CAY RESORT
KRISTINE COX | SHANER RESORTS
KEVIN CROKE | OCEAN’S EDGE RESORT
SCOTT DAWSON | THREE WATERS RESORT & MARINA
TRAVIS DOLL | A & B MARINA COMPLEX
BOBBY KUCHINSKY | HALF SHELL RAW BAR
DJ MCCARTHY | OPAL KEY WEST
SARAH NOLAN | KEY WEST HISTORIC INNS
HECTOR ORTIZ | HYATT CENTRIC KEY WEST
DANIEL SAMESS | MARATHON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIANE SCHMIDT | OPAL KEY WEST/SUNSET KEY
MATT TRAHAN (HONORARY) | NOBLE HOUSE RESORTS
MIKE WEBER | SUNSHINE RV RESORT