Partnership Agreement between Economic Development Department and the Jersey Hospitality Association.

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A decision made (18/02/2008) regarding: Partnership Agreement between Economic Development Department and the Jersey Hospitality Association.

Decision Reference: MD-E-2008-0024
Decision Summary Title :	Partnership agreement with the JHA		Date of Decision Summary:	7 February 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Mike King		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	Partnership Agreement between Economic Development Department and the Jersey Hospitality Association		Date of Written Report:	7 February 2008
Written Report Author:	James Dixon		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Partnership Agreement between Economic Development Department and the Jersey Hospitality Association
Decision(s): The Minister endorsed the Partnership Agreement between the Economic Development Department (EDD) and the Jersey Hospitality Association (JHA) and delegated responsibility for signing the Agreement to the Chief Executive Officer.
Reason(s) for Decision: The EDD has a clear objective of working more closely with the hospitality industry to maximise the profitability of businesses and, in doing so, increase the economic contribution of the sector to Jersey. The JHA and EDD have agreed to fully integrate the production of marketing and promotional activity. This will result in the transfer of responsibility for the “Accommodation Guide” from the JHA to EDD. As a consequence advertising revenue will be received by Jersey Tourism and the JHA will lose a significant revenue stream. The Partnership Agreement establishes the vires to provide grant assistance to the JHA to allow continued provision of services to the hospitality industry including, but not limited to, training and recruitment.
Resource Implications: There are no net resource implications. Grant funding to JHA will be offset by advertising revenue generated by the Jersey Accommodation Guide that will accrue to Jersey Tourism
Action required: The Chief Executive Officer will sign the agreement on behalf of the Economic Development Department.
Signature: Senator Philip Ozouf		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):