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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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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Culture‚ Hospitality and Tourism The word “culture” cannot be defined with a precise and singular definition. In fact‚ Raymond Williams‚ a leading cultural theorist‚ pointed out “Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language” (Williams 1983:87). There are more than one hundred definitions of culture depending upon the various academic disciplines‚ ranging from literacy studies to anthropology and sociology. Different scholars have different views about what
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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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Hospitality Business Development Essay Matriculation no. 40071909 Module no. – TMS09801 Date – 30.03.2012 Paper ID- 15870080 Word count-1387 “ Knowing your customers – actual and potential – and your competitors is essential to the development of strong businesses” (Hassanien‚ Dale & Clarke‚ 2010‚ p.84). Evaluate this point of view within the context
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The Hospitality Industry - a massive expansion of joy-bringing and inspired ideals that are present in different variations across the globe! There are so many adjectives you can use to describe the different facets of this incredible industry; some may be exotic and thrilling‚ while others are simply relaxing and luxurious! You really can not go wrong in this industry‚ and after all what ’s not to love? That is why I‚ having stumbled my way blindly into the hospitality experience‚ am not going to
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(Jenkins‚ 2003; Enders and Sandler‚ 2002). In hospitality industry‚ concern regarding terrorism has been noticed since the mid-1980s‚ as cases of terrorism in tourism related sectors increased dramatically from 206 in 1972 to 3‚010 in 1985 (d’Amore and Anunza‚ 1986). Since then‚ security is seen as crucial (Pizam and Mansfeld‚ 1996) and is increasingly intensified especially after the tragic events on September 11‚ 2001 (Cohen‚ 2002). Terrorism in hospitality industry is continuously happening. Post
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the presence of celebrity chefs. They will be demand quality‚ organic ingredients and healthy food. 5. Social networking Social media tools are key to attracting tourists. Researching everything using social media is gaining popularity in the hospitality industry. People often read and compare hotel reviews before planning a trip‚ so a good online persona is important. Hoteliers should participate in review sites and hotel-listing Web sites.
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Running Head: Hospitality Industry Leader Hospitality Industry Leader Richard B Hope Nassau Community College Introduction: The Hotel General Manager is someone who works in a hotel. He or she works as a head of the department to coordinate and monitor the progress of business strategies in a large hotel. In medium hotels‚ the General Manager is responsible for day to day running of the hotel‚ including carrying out reception duties. A Hotel General Manager
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Practices and Theories‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 1‚ 2012 (January)‚ e-ISSN 2247 – 7225 www.ijept.org Current and Future Trends in Tourism and Hospitality. The Case of Greece by Soultana (Tania) Kapiki Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki tkapiki@tour.teithe.gr Abstract. This paper identifies some of the current and future trends affecting the tourism and hospitality industry‚ including globalisation‚ guests’ safety and security‚ the importance of offering outstanding services‚ the new technologies
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