Hospitality Law Hospitality law has evolved as a specialty within the legal profession in the last several decades. It is also offered as a course on the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in some law schools. A typical hospitality law course covers the history of hospitality law‚ the impact of federal and state civil rights laws on the hospitality industry‚ and an extensive discussion of contract law‚ including discussions of remedies for overbooking and a guest’s breach of the contract
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www.elsevier.com/locate/atoures Annals of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 28‚ No. 2‚ pp. 360–377‚ 2001 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0160-7383/01/$20.00 PII: S0160-7383(00)00051-7 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TOURISM A Review of Research Approaches Karin Weber La Trobe University‚ Australia Abstract: A review of the existing literature on adventure tourism reveals that research on this subject has so far focused mainly on preconceived notions of scholars and
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ASSESSMENT COVER PAGE Name: Student Number: Subject: Introduction to Hospitality‚ Tourism and Events. Code: MGT102 Lecturer: Trish Powers Assignment Name: Research Report Due Date: 2012 Table of Contents 1. 1. Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to identify the fundamental characteristics of the Hospitality‚ Tourism and Event industries‚ their focus on customer service and satisfaction‚ how they converge and how they have relied
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Introduction The tourism industry is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing and successful industries‚ with revenue of recorded 693 million international tourist arrivals in 2001‚ reported by World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ nevertheless its definition cannot be agreed on. Youell (1998; pg.9) presents a definition given by WTO in 1993 defining tourism as “activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure
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Management research in the hospitality and tourism industry Xu Cheng University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Business Administration‚ Management‚ and Operations Commons‚ Hospitality Administration and Management Commons‚ and the Recreation‚ Parks and Tourism Administration Commons Repository Citation Cheng‚ Xu‚ "Management research in the hospitality and tourism industry" (2010). UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional
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Ideas on Cultural Hospitality in the Quran The virtues within the Qur’an regarding hospitality and generosity seem to be a product of the landscape of pre- Islamic Arabia. Indeed‚ the arid environment and tribal configuration of the society required that neighbors help each other‚ strangers or travelers be given food‚ and wealth be distributed evenly throughout the clan. The communities that settled along the trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula relied on merchants returning to their community
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What is hospitality? * «The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers * Relating to or denoting the business of entertaining clients‚ conference delegates‚ or other official visitors * “The relationship between the guest and the host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers.” Grecan Hospitality “Hospitality was a way of honoring the gods‚ which was so essential
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Introduction According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ globalization is covering a wide range of distinct political‚ economic‚ and cultural trends (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚). Globalization has enabled businesses to tremendously expand and for the most part‚ consumers find great satisfaction in globalization. Industries like the hospitality industry find successes in the global markets that are unheard of traditionally. Businesses such as Subway‚ McDonalds‚ and Wal-Mart
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Byran Dia FSS4234C Chef Moran Leadership Assignment Article: Which of These Six Leadership Styles works best? Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704041504575045163417674970 Summary/Key Points: The article lists and explains six different leadership styles: visionary‚ coaching‚ affiliative‚ democratic‚ pacesetting and commanding. However‚ it doesn’t necessarily deem any one style to be the best and it stresses that different styles work better than others depending on the situation
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HOSPITALITY SUMMARY TOPIC 1: Historical development in hospitality A lot of people may wonder how and when did hospitality start. Did it start off by a man dreaming of opening a lodging place‚ which called a ‘hotel’? Or did it start with a sweetheart grandma offering cookies and milk to lost kids on Christmas? Let me take you more in depth. When people usually think of Hospitality Industry‚ they immediately think of hotels and restaurants. Nevertheless‚ the true meaning of hospitality is way
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