South African Tourism is the tourism marketing arm of the South African government. Simply put, our job is to promote the country domestically and internationally, whether for leisure, business or events tourism.
Continue reading →SATSA is a member-driven association that offers inbound tourism services companies the highest level of quality in the tourism industry.
Continue reading →Affiliated to COSATU, this union is for workers in the hospitality industry. The SA Commercial Catering & Allied Workers Union regulates relations between Members and their Employers and protects and furthers the interests of Members in relation to their Employers
Continue reading →RASA is a body that was formed in 2004 to act in the interests of the South African restaurateur as a voice and lobbying body to speak on the behalf of restauranteurs.
RASA has direct representation with government and various other boards and promotes restaurants as a sector of hospitality.
RASA lobbies against government and has relationships with SAT, NDT, DOL TBCSGTCATHSSETBAC and other friends of the association.
Continue reading →The National Accommodation Association of South Africa is a network of guesthouses, bed and breakfasts (B&B) and self-catering accommodation around South Africa. All our members comply with the Association’s strict standards and requirements for membership ensuring quality, reputable service and value for money. Furthermore, smaller accommodation providers are a key driver of our economy. We want to ensure our members are visible, have a voice, and are able to grow through making use of our extensive network of partners and support system.
Continue reading →HOTELLICA TRADE UNION was formed in 1978 representing Hotels, Restaurants, and Liquor Stores, and later extended it’s scope in 1980 to cover the following sectors, Commercial, Retails, Catering, Hospitality, Security, Cleaning, Distribution and Logistics, Farming, Commercial Farming, Entertainment, Maintenance, Fruit & Vegetables, Butcheries, Petrol Filing Stations and in 2014 it was extended to cover all sectors.
Continue reading →GHASA was originally established as an association (Section 21, not for profit) in 1992, when a group of establishment owners got together to promote the Guest House Industry.
The association was subsequently privatised in 2000 and we’re now known as Guest House Accommodation of SA (GHASA).
Over the past couple of decades, GHASA has become well known as experts in Quality Guest House Accommodation, offering many benefits, assistance and valued advice to members, as well as booking opportunities for travellers.
Continue reading →Catra is the oldest and largest representative association in South Africa, not only serving the hospitality industry, but all other industries nationally.
It is a registered employer’s association that represents, protects and promotes the interests of employers and their employees, as well as consumers. Providing services and benefits to its members, it also strives to foster harmonious relationships between members and their employees through the process of conciliation and dialogue.
Although not confined to the hospitality industry, Catra is the only body representing employers at the Bargaining Council for the Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades.
Continue reading →FEDHASA is the national trade association for the hospitality industry that include accommodation and catering sectors and has been representing the industry since 1949.
As the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa, FEDHASA is the committed partner of the hospitality community. We support, engage and lobby on behalf of our members as we build an inclusive, strong and successful industry for all.
The Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) is one of the 21 SETAs established under the Skills Development Act (No 97 of 1998) in 2001.CATHSSETA was formally known as the Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training Authority (THETA) until 1 April 2012, when they became the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority. Their mandate is to facilitate skills development within their sub-sectors through the disbursement of grants for learning programmes and monitoring of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS).
They operate in the following sub-sectors: