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IH&RA, the international global association of hotels and restaurants, invited by UMIH for its Executive Board

The Executive Board of IH&RA, gathered around its President Dr Ghassan AIDI and the different Board members China, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, USA , the Mediterranean Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MH&RA) was held in UMIH's offices. The Executive Board has given a large part of its debates to the global phenomenon of the pseudo- collaborative economy, which has negative effects on the hospitality industry but also on the neighborhood and cities.The IHRA President remind everybody that the first meeting of IHRA after the 2nd world war was in this room of UMIH head office in 1947

The French advances, presented by UMIH, were welcomed by the IH&RA, which considers that the balance found in France with the law LEMAIRE (registration number, identification of the renter's status, control of the length of stay with 120 days for the main residences), the 2017 Finances Act (automatic income transmission) and the Social Security Finance Law 2017 (social contributions for incomes above 23,000 €) is a real innovation, very promising.

"The measures adopted by France are major steps towards greater transparency. If fully implemented and enforceable by the Government, France will be an example to follow for many countries that are now trying to regulate these practices for fair competition between all actors of the accommodation sector. These decrees must be published as soon as possible. This will enable the global hospitality industry, which employs and recruits millions of employees every day, to offer equivalent solutions to these global platforms such as Airbnb or HomeAway. We are the last barrier against the poverty by training, hiring, recruiting thousands of people every day, and paying competitive wages . " said Dr. Ghassan AIDI, President of IH&RA.

"Very pleased to welcome the hoteliers and restaurateurs from all over the world for the third time at UMIH's offices and to share with them the same visions of the future of the profession", Roland HEGUY, Confederal President of UMIH, deplored "The blocking of the publication of decrees while the vote was unanimous in Parliament. France has the opportunity to show the way to transparent information for the customer, fair competition while respecting the existing regulations. Let's not pass by. "

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IH&RA, the international global association of hotels and restaurants, invited by UMIH for its Executive Board

International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)∘28 April

The Executive Board of IH&RA, gathered around its President Dr Ghassan AIDI and the different Board members China, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, USA , the Mediterranean Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MH&RA) was held in UMIH's offices .

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Dr. Ghassan AIDI has been appointed as President at International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)

International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)∘23 May 2016

The IH&RA Board of Directors and the General Assembly met in Barcelona to elect a new President and a New Board after the resignation of the President for Personal reasons.

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Report From The International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA) General Assembly 2016

International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)∘23 May 2016

Aidi reminded the Assembly that he founded the Mediterenean Hotels and Restaurant Association (MH&RA) last year in Barcelona, a small association with members from 24 countries only and he will be glad to share his time between both associations. ... IH&RA's new President will nominate a new Board and present it in September 2016.

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