Collective Members
Bulgarian Hotel & Restaurant Association
The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) was established in
1993 by Court Decree No. 17 173 of 20 October of the Sofia City Court as
a non-profit association. Its basic purpose for nine years now has been
to assist the development of the hotel and restaurant business and of the
tourist branch in Bulgaria.
Today in BHRA are united hundreds of hotels and some of the biggest privatized
tourist resort complexes - Riviera Vacation Club, Albena Resort Complex,
Russalka Vacation Club, etc.
The Association has already organized regional structures in regions with
developed tourism. The most important of them are on the Black Sea cost,
in Sofia, in Slanchev Bryag, in Varna, in Bansko, in Zlatograd, in Smolyan,
in Plovdiv, in Chepelare, in Borovets Resort 'Complex, etc. During last few
years members of our Association became some of the most prestigious and
famous Bulgarian hotels as Radisson SAS, Sheraton Sofia Balkan, Hilton, Bulgaria,
Geneva, Central, City Planet, Bistra & Galina, Sevlievo Plaza, etc.
The Association is working on a program of development of hotel and restaurant
business in the country and is advising colleagues for providing credits
for increase of category and expanding tourist enterprises. It provides them
with participation in every Bulgarian and foreign tourist exchanges, fairs,
seminars, etc. advertising and public relations - campaigns for forming of
image of its members and Bulgarian tourism. It deals with qualification and
training of staff; marketing and standardization of hotels.
The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association has permanent working groups
for:
coordination,
partnership and joint action between BHRA and the other similar branch organizations,
administrations and other societies in the field of
tourism;
categorization,
issue of licenses and quality control;
increase of professional
qualification of tourist enterprises' staff, international and local competitions,
training and interchange of specialists;
development of
projects and programs for tourism development and collaboration in their
realization;
information services,
public relations, advertising and international contacts.
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Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents
Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism
The Sofia City Tourist Council
Varna Association of Travel Agents
Union of Bulgarian Tourist Guides
