BHA gets a new chairman
Dudley Osborn, proprietor of the Weston Manor Hotel, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire, was elected chairman of the national executive of the British Hospitality Association according to an announcement made in February. Mr Osborn was previously vice-chairman.
The new vice-chairman is Christopher Davy, proprietor of the Rose and Crown Hotel, Romaldkirk, Co Durham, who was previously chairman of the BHA’s northern committee..
Mr Osborn, who has been a member of the National Executive for more than ten years, bought the Weston Manor in 1983. Mr. Davy acquired the Rose and Crown in 1988. .
"The hospitality industry faces the toughest period of trading in a generation and the BHA needs to continue to support the 200,000 businesses throughout the UK that are affected by the current recession," said Mr. Osborn.
"Tourism is currently going through a long period of investment, in which over 200 new hotels have opened every year since 1992 and we must try to ensure that this £5bn annual investment is maintained, despite the recession. We will continue to argue the industry’s case in
Whitehall and elsewhere for the tourism industry to be taken more seriously by government."
Report by Chitra Mogul
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