Pictured in the middle IH&RA President Ghassan Aidi and UMIH President Roland Heguy. Meeting at the UMIH, the Board of Directors of IH & RA, gathering around its President Dr Ghassan AIDI the representatives of China, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates Canada, the Mediterranean Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MH & RA), has given a large part of its debates to the global phenomenon of the pseudo- collaborative economy, which has negative effects on the hotel industry but also on the neighborhood And cities are found everywhere. — Photo by UMIH

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. "

Two decrees are particularly expected by the profession, they aim to apply two articles of the law LEMAIRE:

  • Article 49 on the identification of the renter (private / professional) which will appear on the advertisement, thus enabling the consumer to distinguish between the actual collaborative activity and the industrial activity, and the municipalities to reinforce their
  • Article 51 on the registration of rentals that the municipalities may decide to set up and the registration number to appear on the This registration number will allow the mayors to have an overall knowledge of the tourism offer and to ensure an effective control of the rentals.

International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)

Founded in 1859 in Koblenz (Germany), 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.

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