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Finnish HospitalityAssociation MaRa

Supporting FinnishTravel and Restaurant

Industry

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Finnish Travel and Restaurant Industry in

Morsels• Travel and restaurant sector accounts for

3,4 % of Finland’s GDP (more than e.g. banking & insurance or forest industry)

• Sector employs some 130 000 professionals (circa 5 % of the Finnish workforce)

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Finnish Travel and Restaurant Industry in

Morsels

• Sector generates over 5,2 billion Euros in taxation for the Finnish government (annual turnover 11 billion Euros in 2007)

• 8 % of the turnover of MaRa's member companies is based on export sales (hotels over 30 %, event organisation agencies 90%)

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MaRa in Morsels

• Trade and labour market association for the Finnish hospitality industry

• Represents over 2400 member companies that have an excess of 6000 outlets and 60 000 employees

• Member companies’ turnover is more than 5,5 billion Euros• Members represent in 80-90 % of the total

turnover of the sector in Finland• MaRa is a member alliance of Confederation of

Finnish Industries (EK)

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MaRa’s members

• Hotels, camping sites, hostels, vacation valleys, countryside travelling farms

• Restaurants, catering companies, staff restaurants, pubs, nightclubs and service stations

• Spas and recover centres• Bowling halls• Skiing centres and skiing schools

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MaRa’s members

• Theme parks and amusement parks• Snowmobiling, dog sled, river rafting and other

specialized travel companies• Festivals and concerts• Timeshare companies• Various travel companies whose aim is to

increase travelling in Finland

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MaRa’s services for its members:

• MaRa is a versatile welfare service house in the field of accommodation, restaurant, travelling and adventure services

• Counselling: free advice in everyday problem situations at work and legal counselling (in-house lawyers: 6 specialised in employment law and 4 in business legislation)

• Training: own extensive training programme (working contracts, alcohol, health & safety, sales & marketing, etc.)> Also tailor-made for individual company’s needs. In a league of its own in Finland in terms of expertise and quality-price ratio

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MaRa’s services for its members:

• Lobbying: takes part in drafting legislation at local, national and at EU level

• Campaigning: various programmes to develop the image of the industry and to attract youngsters to study and become professionals

• Collective bargaining: 6 collective agreements, official negotiating partner

• Restamark: shop and publishing house for professionals & households

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MaRa’s services for its members:

• Communication: daily updated www-pages, extranet for members, monthly e-newsletter, Vitriini-magazine

• Research: statistics about the sector, trends, challenges, etc.

• Knowledge: skilled, motivated and experienced personnel (30 employees)

• Other various membership benefits (reduced fees, cheaper Lounasseteli provision, etc.)