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Hawassa

to Host Hotel Conference

Feteh Weldesenbt is President of Ethiopian Hotel and Related Service
Employers’ Federation and the PHD candidate in Hotel Marketing ata
university abroad. He also serves as General Manager of Central Hawassa
Hotel and working in the hotel and tourism sector for a longtime. He is one
of the founders of the National Hotels Owners’ Federation, representing the
hotel and related service owners at national level for the first time.He speaks Feteh Weldesenbt
on various issues with ABN. and Related Service Employers
President of Ethiopian Hotel
How was your organization /EHRSE/
established? behalf of hotel and related service

We had a structural and a representation “ owners.
motive to establish the federation. You How do you describe the hotel
may be aware that just two or three years industry in Ethiopia?
ago there was only which association No doubt it
which represents the specific place and Hotel sector in Ethiopia is an
there was no any national representation needs more untouched sector and dramatically
for the hotel and tourism sector. growing sector when compared to
and more others. When you see the influence

According to proclamation 377/96 and of the sector and the attention
the International Labor Convention 87, improvement given to it by the government and
more than ten single employers can the stakeholders, there are more
associations can establish a federation on these issues. and more works to be done in
establish an association; more than two
and more than two federations can the sector. Ethiopia possesses all
rounded tourist destinations like
establish a confederation. In the context We heard the religious (Christian and Muslim),
of Ethiopia the employees established cultural and natural attractions.
their federation for long term and they surplus of The sector has created hug amount
have worked to protect their members’ of job opportunity for women and
interest strongly. the educated youths, it becomes the good source

Next to tell you this background, as and trained of foreign currency for the national
economy.
more associations are established most
members in the stages of the negotiations employees in How do hotel investment and
associations are representing their
of their interests with the government the country. tourism go together?
and the employee delegates. To this It’s no doubt that hotel and tourism
end the sector needs its own national go together. Tourism is described
representation and the 11 regional and asthe movement of people from
city hotel owners associations have met one part of the world to another;
and established this national federation ” it can be locally or internationally.
two years ago and now we all have a It means you leave your residence
national representation and workon

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