Welcome to the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)

Become a Member? Founded in 1946 in Paris, France and move to Geneva, Switzerland as of January 2008. The IH&RA is the only business organisation representing the hospitality industry worldwide. Its members are national hotel and restaurant associations throughout the world, and international and national hotel and restaurant chains representing some 50 brands. Officially recognised by the United Nations, IH&RA monitors and lobbies all international agencies on behalf of this industry, estimated to comprise 300'000 hotels and 8 million restaurants, employ 60 million people and contribute 950 billion USD annually to the global economy.

 
Hotel Energy Solutions Survey - Management (I)

Tourism Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change: Hotel Energy Solutions will deliver training, information and technical support to help hotels across the 27 EU countries to increase their use of energy efficiency and renewable energy... want to apply this survey?

 
47th Annual IH&RA Congress in Belgrade, Serbia

The IH&RA 47th Annual Congress will be held during 18-21 January 2010, at the Continental Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia. Please refer to the congress flyer link below for more information. see the congress flyer...

 
The IH&RA Video Movies Events

Watch the video movies of the past conferences and events.
The IH&RA President, Dr. Ghassan AIDI, was filmed during different seminars such as the UNWTO Davos Conference in Switzerland or the WTO General Assembly. The video shows different aspects and visions of IH&RA’s taken positions on a different topics in the hospitality industry. watch the movies...