Hospitality is one of the most important themes in Homer’s The Odyssey‚ and the Phaeacians seem to be among the more hospitable people that Odysseus meets. Among the other people that Odysseus encounters are Aeolus‚ Polyphemus‚ Eumaeus‚ and the suitors. Most of the people he meets are generally pretty hospitable‚ due to the fear of Zeus punishing them. “Jove [Zeus] takes all respectable travelers under his protection”-Eumaeus This rule is called xenia‚ meaning the mutual “friendship” between the
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traveler up to many dangers while making their way to their destination‚ such as mugging‚ murder‚ not being able to find nutrition‚ or not having a place to stay. To avoid these hardships‚ almost every Greek abided by the concept of hospitality. In The Iliad‚ hospitality was shown when Achilles accepted the heralds into his camp‚ when the story of Bellerophon and Oeneus
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The analysis of the global environment of a company is called global environmental analysis. This analysis is part of a company’s analysis-system‚ which also comprises various other analyses‚ like the industry analysis‚ the market analysis and the analyses of companies‚ clients and competitors. This system can be divided into a macro and micro level. Except for the global environmental analysis‚ all other analyses can be found on the micro level. Though‚ the global environmental analysis describes
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Business Across Culture Week 3 Learning Journal Hospitality Across Culture Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. When coming to another country‚ we always want to make a good impression to the native people like showing them our hospitality. But sometimes‚ because of different culture our hospitality is considered as offence.So what should we do in this case? In case study‚ a typical situation
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Chapter 7 Question reviews: 1: Why do hospitality firms need to advertise? What factors should be considered when planning an advertising strategy? Hospitalities firms advertise for a number of reasons: Advertise reach a vast audience. Advertising is relatively inexpensive. Advertising prompts audience response Advertising demonstrate competiveness 2: what types of media are available for print advertising‚ and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each type? Print advertising:
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Introduction to Hospitality and tourism Lecture 1 Tourism : Activity of people taking trips away from home and the industry which has developed to cater to/support the needs of tourism. (does not include migrants‚ PR‚ illegal immigrants) History of tourism * Early travellers travelled for: 1) curiosity 2) food and hunting (survival) 3) trade (trade routes formed – silk
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Schultz’s Growing Frustration On Schultz’s return from Italy‚ he shared his revelation and ideas for modifying the format of Starbucks stores with Baldwin and Bowker. But instead of winning their approval‚ Schultz encountered strong resistance. Baldwin and Bowker argued that Starbucks was a retailer‚ not a restaurant or bar. They feared that serving drinks would put them in the beverage business and dilute the integrity of Starbucks’ mission as a coffee store. They pointed out that Starbucks was
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HOSPITALITY IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE The world has reduced to a global village. It is no more just defined by countries and continents. People are connected across the globe through the Internet and World Wide Web. On the Internet‚ physical distance is even less of a hindrance to the real-time communicative activities of people‚ and therefore social spheres are greatly expanded by the openness of the web and the ease at which people can search for online communities and interact with others
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In The Odyssey the reader learns about what the Greek people valued by learning that they valued hospitality no matter who you are‚ and lineage. The story shows the reader that if someone is found in a situation in which they do not know someone‚ the host should be hospitable and help the stranger with what he or she needs. Also‚ the idea that where someone comes from‚ who their father is ‚ and who is their family is determines how they should act and what they are like. The Odyssey Shows many examples
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In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ the book Hospitality in the Forest is extremely important to the development of the story because it depicts another side of Odysseus’ personality‚ patience and cautiousness‚ when he visit Eumaeus‚ a pig farmer‚ instead of his family or wealthy allies and tells a story about being a commoner from Crete. Odysseus knows he can trust Eumaeus and that he has stayed loyal after all of the years at Troy and lost at sea. Book XIV illustrates Odysseus’ intelligence in a different
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