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In 1958, three non-profit Minnesota trade associations representing restaurants,
hotels and resorts decided there was much to be gained by joining forces and
working collectively. But rather than merge their three associations, the
leaders established a new vision – the creation of a management company to run
each of the three associations and thereby unite the voice of restaurants,
hotels, motels, resorts, campgrounds, bed and breakfasts, and their suppliers throughout Minnesota.
The Minnesota Restaurant Association (MRA), Minnesota Lodging Association (MLA)
and Minnesota Resort and Campground Association (MRCA) thus formed a management
company, Upper Midwest Hospitality, which is known today as Hospitality
Minnesota. Under this unique structure, each association retains its own vision,
mission, strategic plan, goals, brand identity, board of directors, committees,
and budget. In addition, each association owns a share of the management
company.
In 1996, the Minnesota Association of Campground Owners merged with the
Minnesota Resort Association to form the Minnesota Resort & Campground
Association. In 1997, Upper Midwest Hospitality began doing business as
Hospitality Minnesota, a corporate name that better identifies the nature of the
cooperative partnership. Hospitality Minnesota has a 12-member board of
directors comprised of representatives from each of the associations (six from
the MRA and three each from the MLA & MRCA – reflecting the stock ownership). In
2006, the Minnesota Hotel & Lodging Association and the Minnesota Association of
Innkeepers merged to form the Minnesota Lodging Association.
There have been four chief staff executives for Hospitality Minnesota. Mark J.
Ocken served as executive secretary from 1933 to 1968; W.J. “Chum” Bohr served
as executive vice president from 1968 to 1978; Arnold Hewes, CAE, served as
president & CEO from 1979 to 2004 and David Siegel, CAE, IOM assumed Hewes’
duties in 2005. Under Siegel’s leadership, Hospitality Minnesota operates with a
staff of 13, serving the members of all three associations.
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