Hospitality & Tourism Business Grants
The hospitality and tourism sector can access grants for business improvement, destination development, and recovery support. Local authorities, VisitEngland/Scotland/Wales, and regional tourism bodies provide funding opportunities.
Destination Development
Regional tourism bodies and councils fund destination improvement projects. These support attractions, accommodation providers, and visitor infrastructure development.
Business Improvement
Hospitality businesses can access grants for premises improvement, accessibility, and sustainability. These often come from local authorities or business improvement districts.
Skills & Training
The sector benefits from specific skills funding including apprenticeship support and training grants to address hospitality workforce challenges.
US Tourism & Hospitality Grants
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Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Provides funding and support to disadvantaged business enterprises seeking to operate airport concession businesses.
Export Marketing Assistance Service (EMAS)
The Export Marketing Assistance Service (EMAS) helps New York State businesses find sales agents or distributors abroad by providing local expertise, customized market research, and partner identification through Global NY’s international offices.
Global NY State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)
The Global NY State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) offers grant funding to New York small businesses to support export‑related activities such as foreign trade missions, trade show participation, export training workshops, market trips, website translation, international marketing campaigns, compliance testing, consultancy services, and export credit insurance premium reimbursement.
New York State Surety Bond Assistance Program
Provides access to bid bonds, payment and performance bonds for contractors performing on publicly funded projects via participating surety companies.
Global NY Grant Fund Program
The Global NY Fund offers grants (up to $25,000 for for‑profit companies and up to $100,000 for not‑for‑profit organizations) that reimburse a portion of export‑related project costs to help New York small‑ and medium‑sized businesses expand globally.
New York State Contractor Financing Program
Provides financing to contractors in need of working capital to deploy and execute federal, state, and local government‑related contracts. Loans are provided by participating lenders.
POWER UP Grant Program
The POWER UP Grant Program provides up to $100 million in grants to develop electric infrastructure at industrial sites, creating power‑ready locations to accelerate site development for high‑tech manufacturing.
New York State Land Bank Program
The program allows municipalities to establish land banks—non‑profit entities that acquire, manage, and redevelop vacant, abandoned, or tax‑delinquent properties—to return them to productive use.
FAST NY Shovel-Ready Grant Program
The FAST NY Shovel‑Ready Grant Program provides up to $400 million in state grants to prepare and develop sites across New York, aiming to make them shovel‑ready for large employers such as high‑tech manufacturing, semiconductor, logistics and other advanced industries.
New York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
Provides over $500 million in federal SSBCI funding to help small and traditionally disadvantaged businesses succeed, focusing on post‑pandemic recovery.
Tourism Matching Funds Program
The Tourism Matching Funds Program provides up to $3.45 million in matching funds to designated Tourism Promotion Agencies to market destinations and boost visitor numbers and spending in New York State.
Electric Generation Facility Cessation Mitigation Program
The Electric Generation Facility Cessation Mitigation Program provides annual funding over up to seven years to local government entities that lose at least 20% of property tax or PILOT revenue because an electric generating facility in their jurisdiction has ceased operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about US tourism & hospitality grants