Membership    Becoming a Member

Becoming a Member

Candidate Criteria

The Society is composed of individuals, not organizations, corporations, or groups.  Membership in ISHC is by invitation only.  To be eligible for membership, an individual must initially meet the following minimum criteria:

  1. Be a practicing hospitality consultant with five consecutive years of consulting experience immediately preceding invitation or have three consecutive years of consulting experience immediately preceding invitation if the candidate has a total of ten years hospitality industry experience.
  2. One's primary professional activity is as a practicing hospitality industry consultant selling a service or intellectual property, as opposed to a physical or tangible product.
  3. Be an owner, officer, partner or principal of his or her own company (management companies excluded), or the equivalent thereof.
  4. Be sponsored by existing members as determined by the Board of Directors. Currently, U.S. candidates are required to have three existing members as sponsors. Non-U.S. candidates require two existing members as sponsors.

Procedures to Become a Candidate for Membership and Candidate Obligations

  1. Review our on-line membership directory and identify members that are personally familiar with your work experience as a consultant.
  2. Contact the member and inquire if he/she is willing to serve as a sponsor for your membership.  (Please note that the sponsoring member must be personally familiar with your professional work as a consultant to launch the candidacy process. For example, simply knowing the candidate or being on a conference panel is typically viewed as insufficient to be a sponsoring member.)
  3. Attend an ISHC conference if invited.  (The conference is held annualy, typically in September or October.)
  4. Submit payment for candidacy fee upon invoicing. The candidacy fee is USD $295.
  5. Submit payment for annual dues upon invoicing. The dues are USD $1,000.