therefore‚ travellers depended on the hospitality of others during their long nights away from home. Hospitality‚ otherwise known as xenia‚ was the stranger-host relationship between members of different regions. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the poet shows that a character’s desire to be elite in society is what drives them to be hospitable. In particular‚ hospitality is shown to influence one’s social life through reputation‚ relationships and religion. Hospitality was the means to gain social status
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Hospitality management’s purpose has to do with accommodating and treating people in a way that is the most appropriate to the situation. It is one of the most growing industries and provides the employment of many. It now has attained a much higher status in society and demands high standards of work from its employees. I believe people in hospitality require: an enthusiastic attitude‚ friendly disposition‚ neat appearance‚ a willingness to work‚ confidence‚ cleanliness‚ personal hygiene‚ adaptability
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The Role of Hospitality Hospitality plays a very big role in Greek life throughout The Odyssey. It was by this code of conduct that people were able to travel without the fear of being rejected and having nowhere to stay when they arrived at their destination or at a stage on their journey. A host never knew if the beggar on his/her doorstep was a god in disguise. Such paranoia and religious beliefs kept most of the characters in The Odyssey on their best behavior‚ but others had no manners to
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How Can Tourism and Hospitality Businesses Manage Their Enterprises to Account for Fluctuations in Demand? Every industry is always faced with some points of ups and downs in terms of demand and supply. This is an implication that the market is not constant or moves in one direction of steady rise in supply or demand. However‚ it is important to note that the fluctuations or ups and downs in demand are as a result of various factors‚ which control influence demand in the market. These factors differ
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Grade 11 Class: Civics Topic: Tourism Tourism - the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence Tourist- A person who travels away from home for leisure‚ Business or any other purposes for longer than a day Excursionist: Persons traveling for pleasure in a period less than 24 hours Types of Arrivals A foreign air arrival- arrives by scheduled or chartered airline or by a private plane. A foreign sea arrival- who arrives in The Bahamas
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The Government of Nepal has declared to celebrate the year 2011 as "Nepal Tourism Year 2011" and has lunched the slogan "Together for Tourism" for it. The tourism trade Organizations and the stake holders like us have already accepted the Program and are eagerly awaited to welcome the targeted One Million Foreign Tourists and the Internal Tourists in similar numbers. The whole year will be celebrated by exposing the History‚ Culture‚ Nature and Adventure of the country. Visitors can observe various
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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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Impact on Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Implementations of technologies for Hilton Hotels Group. Demonstrate critical and evaluative interpretation and application of theoretical IT/ e-business concepts to a current tourism and hospitality market situation in order to build sustainable competitive advantage. I Introduction Accompanying the technological revolution of the 1990s there are many new opportunities and challenges for the tourism and hospitality industries. Since tourism‚ global
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involved in the provision of tourism and also its planning and management. It provides a voice for those directly affected by tourism; make use of local knowledge to ensure decisions are well informed. • Government Represent the taxpaying citizens and their opinions. Organize tourism. Market tourism (international promotion of landmarks) Establish general laws‚ rules‚ regulations and environmental policies. Educate tourists about culture. • The tourism industry Been accused of: Being
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segmentation method with current research limitations 5. Recommendations and conclusion 6. Reference 7. Appendixes Word count 1509 Key words: Segmentation‚ destination marketing‚ current marketing strategy‚ Jeju Island 1 Introduction and background of Jeju Island Jeju Island was chosen as the destination for developing the destination marketing. Current segmentation marketing strategy will be discussed in briefing paper as the purpose. Both tourism literature and theory will
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