Hotelleriesuisse

Hotelleriesuisse (stylized spelling HotellerieSuisse, actually Schweizer Hotelier-Verein, SHV; as well as Swiss Hotel Association) is the business association of the Swiss accommodation industry and represents the interests of accommodation companies in Switzerland.

HotellerieSuisse
IndustryHotels
Founded1882
HeadquartersBern, Monbijoustrasse 130
Key people
Claude Meier (Director) Andreas Züllig (President)
Number of employees
100
Job certificate of the Swiss Hotelier Association
Partial bond of Regina-Hotel Jungfraublick AG dated October 1, 1906 with a illustration of today's Schulhotel Regina from HotellerieSuisse

History and organization

The association was founded on 11. February 1882 as the Schweizer Hotelier-Verein (Swiss Hotel Association, SHV).[1]

The member companies of the HottellerieSuisse hold over two-thirds of the Swiss bed offers and generate around three-quarters of the corresponding overnight stays.[2] As the umbrella organisation of 13 regional associations,[3] HotellerieSuisse is present in all parts of the country, language regions and employs around 100 people in Bern and Lausanne.[4]

In addition, HotellerieSuisse is a shareholder of Switzerland Travel Center AG.[5]

Agendas

HotellerieSuisse supports its member companies in their business management, in ensuring the availability of qualified professionals for the industry, and in advocating for industry- and employer-friendly framework conditions at the political level.

Tourism is also one of the five most important export sectors in Switzerland.[6] As a representative of a sub-sector of tourism, HotellerieSuisse is a member of various umbrella organizations and maintains strategic partnerships in the tourism sector.[7]

Hotel classification

In 1978 the association introduced the hotel classification in Switzerland.[8] A new rating system for awarding hotel stars has been used in Switzerland since 1. January 2011.[9] The Swiss hotel classification is based on a catalogue of standards that HotellerieSuisse created together with European partner associations. The Hotelstars Union, founded in 2009, is responsible for the harmonized hotel classification.[10] It is under the patronage of HOTREC, the European umbrella organization for hotels, restaurants and cafés in Europe.[11] HotellerieSuisse is a founding member of HOTREC.

Educational services

In addition to basic vocational training in its own school hotels,[12] HotellerieSuisse is the founder of the Hotel Management School in Thun and a minority shareholder in the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (higher technical colleges)[13] and the founder of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (university of applied sciences).[14] HotellerieSuisse is also one of the supporting associations of Hotel & Gastro formation,[15] which is, among other things, an examiner and provider of various training courses that lead to a federal diploma or a federal specialist certificate. The industry registers about 3,500 apprenticeship degrees and about 800 degrees in higher vocational education every year.[16]

References
  1. "Gastgewerbe". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. "Mitglieder und Mitgliedschaft bei HotellerieSuisse". www.hotelleriesuisse.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. "Alle Regionen im Überblick". www.hotelleriesuisse.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. "Mitarbeiter/in Hauswirtschaft HotellerieSuisse" (PDF). berneroberland.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. "Switzerland Travel Centre". Switzerland Travel Centre (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. "Fakten und Zahlen zum Schweizer Tourismus". 2020-02-25. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  7. "Strategische Partnerschaften stärken Tourismusland Schweiz". www.hotelleriesuisse.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  8. "Hotelsterne mit Zusätzen". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  9. "Unverständlicher Gerichtsentscheid: Wirteverband darf Hotel-Sterne vergeben". presseportal.ch (in German). 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  10. Rokou, Tatiana (2013-03-26). "Belgium becomes thirteenth Member of the Hotelstars Union". TravelDailyNews International (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  11. "Untersuchung für den TRAN-Ausschuss – Europäische Tourismuszertifizierung" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  12. "Lausanne buys a significant stake in the Swiss School for Tourism and Hospitality". Hospitality ON. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  13. "The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne acquires the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality AG in Passugg". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  14. "Student Accommodations – History of sleep on EHL campus Lausanne | By Delphine Thonney". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  15. "Hotel & Gastro formation Schweiz :: Organisation Ausbildung & Weiterbildung im Gastgewerbe". www.hotelgastro.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  16. "Jeden Tag Gäste begeistern" (PDF). ssth.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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