the joint wto & ih&ra; study on hotel classification - Hotel Designs

IND.D.004.16 April 2004Country/TerritoryObligationsrelating toemployerAre you satisfied with <strong>the</strong>existing system in yourcountry?Plans to introduce newclassification or revisecurrent classification?I<strong>ra</strong>qJordanout of 16% socialsecurity fees, <strong>the</strong>owner pays 11,6%Kuwait none might need updateCNSS,t<strong>ra</strong>nsportation, yes, it has just been revised andLebanoneducation <strong>the</strong> new one is quite modernMalaysiaNe<strong>the</strong>rlandsNorwayRomanianoofficially no, but<strong>the</strong>re are examplesof real estate taxesbeing based on <strong>the</strong>star <strong>ra</strong>ting of <strong>the</strong>hotel concernedExist plans for <strong>the</strong> system to bemanaged by <strong>the</strong> national hotelassociation but not for certain yetrevise currentclassificationYes, to differentiatecriteria for serviceapartments<strong>the</strong>y are in <strong>the</strong> process of evaluating <strong>the</strong> system; <strong>the</strong>y have conducted asurvey among <strong>the</strong>ir members and 44% want to maintain <strong>the</strong> presentsystem, 28% prefer a voluntary system and 18% want no classification at allcould be better, but state regulations,control and certification is still necessary tillprivatisation is ready and ope<strong>ra</strong>tors will bemore checked by market consumers thanby official bodies<strong>the</strong>y are working on hotelclassification and now <strong>the</strong>yhave conducted a surveyamong <strong>the</strong> consumers andtour ope<strong>ra</strong>torswithin one month, but <strong>the</strong>only change refers to F&BsectorSlovak Republic yes not in near futureSultanate of Omannoneyes, <strong>the</strong> system is currentlysatisfactory; <strong>the</strong>re is a tourism lawwhich will amend and improvefur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> classification<strong>the</strong> tourism law will add andrevise certain pointsSwedennoyes, and <strong>the</strong>re is an intention tobuild a Nordic System with Swedenand Denmark as a baseStudying to classifyapartment hotels andconference facilities<strong>the</strong> current classification willbe revised during <strong>the</strong> nextthree years and enter in forceSwitzerland none yesTurkeynoneno, <strong>the</strong> changes in <strong>the</strong> industry arevery fast and <strong>the</strong> classification systemis not very effective actuallyin 2005involve more <strong>the</strong> hotelassociation instead ofcent<strong>ra</strong>l government- 29 -