Hotel Association Germany (IHA)
The Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA) eV is the industry association for the hotel industry in Germany with its headquarters in Berlin. It was founded in 1992 in Bonn by the members of its predecessor organization, the German section of the "International Hotel Association", whose abbreviation "IHA" is still in its name today. The Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA) has around 1,400 hotels from the individual, cooperative and chain hotels, which represent a market share of 20 percent based on room capacity (as of July 2016).
tasks
The hotel association represents the interests of the hotel industry on a national and international level vis-à-vis politics and the public. The IHA supports its members exclusively with professional and specialized services.
In 2001, the hotel association also took over the management of the hotel sector of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA Bundesverband). This has created a uniform representation of the entire hotel and accommodation sector in Germany at the federal level.
Chair and Board of Directors
According to the statutes, the executive board with its chairman is at the head. The following people have held this office since it was founded:
- Dieter Bauer (1992-2002)
- Fritz G. Dreesen, Rheinhotel Dreesen Ringhotel Bonn (2002–2016)
- Otto Lindner, Lindner Hotels AG (since 2016)
According to Section 11 Paragraph (1) of the Articles of Association, the board of the hotel association is currently composed of:
- Monika Gommolla, 1st Deputy Chair, Maritim Hotels
- Robert Stolze, 2nd Deputy Chairman, Hotel Bayerischer Hof Lindau
- Manfred Gangnus, Treasurer, SETA Hotel Bad Neuenahr
- Michael Mücke, Albeck & Zehden Hotels & Gastronomy
- Marco Nussbaum, prizeotel
- Volkmar Pfaff, Accor
- Rolf Seelige-Steinhoff, Seetelhotels
- Marcus Smola, Best Western Central Europe GmbH
- Reinhold Weise, personal member
Memberships
The association is a member of the following organizations:
- HOTREC - Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe
- Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry
- German Hotel and Restaurant Association
- German National Tourist Board