Hospitality: Odysseus & Polyphemus Portal: Seeking Wisdom Amanda Conley Salve Regina University Hospitality: Odysseus & Polyphemus Good hospitality is an expected practice in Greek culture. The King of gods‚ Zeus‚ supports proper hospitality. “Zeus of the Strangers guards all guests and suppliants: strangers are sacred—Zeus will avenge their rights!” (Odyssey‚ 9.304-5) The encounter between Odysseus and Polyphemus‚ also known as “the Cyclops”‚ showed a great example of poor hospitality
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HOSPITALITY AND/OR TOURISM INDUSTRY Globalization refers to the increments in the relationships of the people‚ industries‚ culture and various activities of economy. The term Globalization refers to the economics and all the global distribution of the production of goods and service which ultimately reduces the barriers of international trade like export fees‚ import quotas and various other tariffs‚ Cowen (2003). The Globalization has contributed to the growth of economy
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Hospitality can be defined as the practice of entertaining strangers graciously. It was a very important trait in Biblical times. In the New Testament‚ the Greek word translated as hospitality literally means “love of strangers.” In the Old Testament‚ Abraham was the host to angels unaware; he invited strangers into his house‚ washed their feet‚ prepared fresh meat‚ had Sarah bake bread‚ and later accompanied them as they left (Genesis 18: 1-15). Even today a traditional greeting by Bedouin people
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Accompanied by the readily available cheap labour force available from countries such as India‚ Pakistan and the Philippines Dubai has now managed to transform it self into a Hospitality and Tourism Centre in the Middle East. The major trend in the job market place in Dubai has therefore been in favour of the tourism and hospitality industry (Collins‚ 2007). In other words‚ there are more and more jobs available in the particular industries as tourism increases exponentially each year. More over with
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Explain how the managerial ideas of Taylor and Fayol differ from Mayo. The Classical Management approach attempted to apply logic and scientific methods to management of complex organisations‚ such as factories. It assumed that there was "one best way" to manage an enterprise. Classical Management comprises three different approaches: · Scientific Management‚ which represents Frederick W Taylor’s work‚ developed scientific principles of management‚ focusing on the individual‚ rather
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industry‚ to see how design‚ capacity and queuing management will improve the organization’s performance. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort combines with amusement park and two hotels. It is owned by a joint venture company‚ Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited‚ with shareholders‚ the Hong Kong Government and the Walt Disney Company. It is opened in September 2005 and is the fifth Disney Resort in the world. According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board‚ HKDL is one of the top 10 attractions in Hong
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experienced the hospitality industry. The industry is vast‚ and constantly changing to meet customer expectations. It is also a very diverse industry‚ ranging from stays in a five-star hotel to meals in a fast-food outlet. In these first two units‚ you will develop your knowledge and understanding of this exciting and fast-moving industry. You first consider the different types of businesses in hospitality industry at national and local levels. You will explore the types of hospitality jobs‚ and the
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QUALITY OF HOSPITALITY SERVICE A CHALLENGE Delivering quality service will be one of the major challenges facing hospitality managers in the opening years of the next millennium. It will be an essential condition for success in the emerging‚ keenly competitive‚ global hospitality markets. While the future importance of delivering quality hospitality service is easy to discern and to agree on‚ doing so presents some difficult and intriguing management issues. Since the delivery of hospitality service
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the following pages you will be able to know xxxx risk management plan as well as risk management for Investment Department and this for accomplishment of the assignment of Contemporary management courses. Contemporary management assignment INTRODUCTION In order to accomplish the assignment of Contemporary Management‚ I have tasked to write the risk management plan for the strategic plan of my institution in general and to write the risk management plan for my department in particular
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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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