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Abbreviation | BHA |
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Predecessor | National Hotel-Keepers Association Incorporated Hotel-Keepers Association (IHKA) Hotel & Restaurant Association of Great Britain (HRA) British Hotels and Restaurants Association (BHRA) British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers' Association (BHRCA) |
Successor | UKHospitality |
Formation | 1907 | (Incorporated 1910)
Merger of | (1910) Incorporated Association of Hotels and Restaurants (IAHR) (1948) Residential Hotel Association (1970s) Caterers' Association (2018) Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) |
Type | Trade association |
Purpose | Hospitality/tourism |
Headquarters | London, England |
Region | United Kingdom |
Membership | 40,000 [1] |
Website | www |
The British Hospitality Association (BHA), incorporating The Restaurant Association (RA), was a non-government representative body for hotels, clubs, restaurants, leisure outlets and other hospitality-related organisations nationwide headquartered in London, UK. In 2019 it merged with the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to form UKHospitality.[2] The association promotes the interests of the hospitality industry to the Government Ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), Members of the Senedd (MSs), MEPs, the EU Commission, the City and the Media. The association operates by membership-based system.[3]