Hotelleriesuisse

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HotellerieSuisse

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legal form society
founding 1882 (as the Swiss Hotelier Association , SHV)
Seat Bern , Monbijoustrasse 130 Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 7.8 "  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 11"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred and ninety-nine thousand eight hundred twenty-eight  /  198268World icon
management Claude Meier (Director)
Andreas Züllig (President)
Number of employees 100
Branch Employers' association ( hotel industry )
Website www.hotelleriesuisse.ch

Hotelleriesuisse (spelling HotellerieSuisse , actually the Swiss Hotelier Association , SHV; also Swiss Hotel Association ) is the business association of the Swiss accommodation industry and represents the interests of accommodation providers in Switzerland.

History and organization

The association was founded on February 11, 1882 as the Swiss Hotelier Association (SVH).

The member companies of HotellerieSuisse have two thirds of the Swiss bed supply and thus generate around three quarters of the corresponding overnight stays. As the umbrella organization of 13 regional associations, HotellerieSuisse is present in all parts of the country and linguistic regions and employs around 100 people in Bern and Lausanne .

Agendas

HotellerieSuisse supports the member companies in operational management, in ensuring the availability of qualified specialists for the industry, as well as in promoting industry and employer-friendly framework conditions at the political level.

The tourism is also one of the five major export industries of Switzerland. As a representative of a sub-sector of tourism, HotellerieSuisse is a member of various business associations and maintains strategic partnerships in the tourism sector.

Areas of responsibility

  • Economic policy advocacy for tourism in Switzerland
  • Swiss hotel classification
  • Maintenance of the extensive Swiss hotel database
  • Promotion of young talent, training and further education
  • Advice and information service
  • Maintenance of the social partnership via the state collective labor agreement (L-GAV) for the hospitality industry
  • Publication of the independent Swiss specialist newspaper for tourism, htr hotel revue, as well as other specialist publications
  • Offer of a social security solution together with HOTELA

HotellerieSuisse is also a shareholder in Switzerland Travel Center AG .

Hotel classification

In 1978 the association introduced the hotel classification in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2011, a new rating system for awarding hotel stars has been in effect in Switzerland . The Swiss hotel classification is based on a catalog of standards that HotellerieSuisse has drawn up together with European partner associations. The Hotelstars Union, founded in 2009, is responsible for the harmonized hotel classification. It is under the patronage of HOTREC , the European umbrella organization for hotels, restaurants and cafés in Europe. HotellerieSuisse is a founding member of HOTREC .

Educational services

Partial bond of Regina-Hotel Jungfraublick AG dated October 1, 1906, depicting today's Regina school hotel from Hotelleriesuisse

In addition to basic vocational training in its own school hotels, HotellerieSuisse is the founder of the Thun hotel management school and minority shareholder of the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality ( higher technical schools ) and founder of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne ( university of applied sciences ). HotellerieSuisse is also one of the sponsoring associations of Hotel & Gastro formation , which, as an OdA, is among other things examiner and provider of various training courses that lead to a federal diploma or a federal specialist certificate . The industry records around 3,500 apprenticeship degrees and around 800 degrees in higher vocational education each year .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DV Bern AG: Swiss Hotelier Association (SHV). Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c HotellerieSuisse: Annual Report 2018. (PDF) HotellerieSuisse, April 2019, accessed on February 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ hotelleriesuisse - regional associations. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Facts and figures on Swiss tourism. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Welcome to swisshoteldata.ch - swisshoteldata.ch. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  6. ^ Station: Switzerland Travel Center. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  7. ^ SWI swissinfo.ch, a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation: Hotel stars with additions. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ swisshoteldata.ch - Comprehensive Swiss hotel directory. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ hotelleriesuisse - hotel classification. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Hotelstars Union celebrates its 10th anniversary. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  11. ↑ hotel education - school hotels. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Board of Directors of SSTH. In: SSTH. SSTH, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ hotel education - Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Hotel & Gastro formation Switzerland :: Organization of training and further education in the hospitality industry. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Inspire guests every day. (PDF) Tagesanzeiger, April 13, 2019, accessed on February 25, 2020 .