Deutscher Hotel- und Gaststättenverband e.V. (DEHOGA)

DEHOGA (the acronym stands for Deutscher Hotel- und Gaststättenverband) is an organization that since its foundation in 1949 has represented the economical, social and professional interests of the entire HORECA industry - ranging from luxury hotels to snackbars and canteens - in Germany. With almost 90,000 - voluntary - members DEHOGA can avail itself of the intensive support in terms of finance, knowledge and contacts of a large share of this major industry that comprises 220,000 enterprises with an annual overall turn-over of 110 billion deutschmarks and a workforce of 1.1 million.