New Hotel Relief Grant Program Rolls Out July 1 With July 22 Application Deadline

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — A new hotel relief grant program will launch July 1 for Montgomery County hotels with 10 or more rooms and bed and breakfasts with five or more rooms. The ownership of these facilities must be based in Maryland and be able to demonstrate a loss of revenue of 25 percent or more from September 2021 through January 2022 compared to September 2019 through January 2020. Up to $500 per room in hotel relief grant money will be available.

Applications, when available, can be found online at the Montgomery County Business Portal. Applications will be accepted through July 22. The business portal will include program details, including eligibility requirements and frequently asked questions.

“There are few industries that have been impacted as significantly from the pandemic as our hospitality businesses,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said. “Our leisure and hospitality businesses employ approximately 12 percent of our county’s workforce and the World Tourism Organization has predicted that this sector will not recover fully until 2024. It is imperative that we continue to assist this industry’s recovery efforts in order to help them support their workforce. I encourage all county hotels and B and B’s to apply for this newest round of grants.”

This is the fourth round of the hotel relief grant program provided by the county using ARPA funds provided by the state of Maryland. To date, more than $6.8 million has been distributed.
The hotel relief grant program is administered by Visit Montgomery, in partnership with the Montgomery County Business Advancement Team.