The Cyprus Hotel Association is the Hoteliers National Trade Union. The history of its foundation goes back in the mid 1930s. Today the vast majority of all hotel establishments and other licensed tourist accommodation units, all over Cyprus, are members of the Cyprus Hotel Association. The Association, in order to achieve its aims and goals, develops a wide range of activities and offers various services to its members. Representatives of the Association participate actively in many official committees set up by the government or by semi-governmental organizations, related to the various sectors of the hotel and tourist industry and to the economy of Cyprus in general. In order to protect and promote its members’ interests, the Association takes the necessary steps and makes representations to the Government, to the House of Representatives, to various Official Organisations and to the Workers Unions on economic, industrial, commercial, labour, legislative, social and other subjects related directly or indirectly to the hotel and tourist industry of Cyprus. The Association is an active member of the Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe (HOTREC), maintains close cooperation with the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA), and is affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI), the Cyprus Employers & Industrialist Federation (OEB) and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA).