CANCELED | IH&RA 43rd Annual Congress
Oct 25 - 28, 2006
Sheraton Park Tower Hotel
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The new leadership of its prestigious Member and host FEHGRA, Federacion Empresaria Hotelera Gastronomica de la Republica Argentina, has decided that for purely internal reasons it is no longer in a position to honour the commitment made by its previous president to host the 43rd Annual Congress of the IH&RA in Buenos Aires this year. This decision was reached by the Executive Committee of FEHGRA under the direction of their newly appointed President and was formally communicated to IH&RA’s President, Mr Dieter Huckestein.
“This is a huge disappointment ...” stated Dieter Huckestein, “.... particularly in view of the excellent Congress Program and prestigious and influential slate of high-level keynote speakers and panelists we had lined up to bring delegates from all over the world to the exciting city of Buenos Aires, one of the world’s great tourism destinations.”
Professor Kaye Chon, Chair of the Human Resources Forum and Dean of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was also dismayed at this cancellation citing a major setback for the academic and human resources community who had submitted some 30 papers in preparation for this Forum.
The IH&RA will make alternative arrangements to hold its Statutory meetings (Board, National Association Chief Executives (NACE), Chains Council and General Assembly) in an alternate location, the details of which will be announced shortly.