Current Issues in the Hospitality Tourism Industry in Oman (This is posted at the http://www.ecotourismblog.com/oman-perfect-destination-at-its-best-2/#comment-47) Introduction: Oman is country with an area of 309‚500 sq. kilometers and a population of 3.7 million people. The mainstay of the Omani economy is oil. Total size of the economy is 81 billion USD and per capita income is 22‚180 USD. The economy presently faces an imminent danger of the sharply falling oil prices. In this scenario the only
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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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Choosing a career in the Hospitality Industry So‚ it is time to decide what you will do with your life. What will you choose? Perhaps you might consider a career in the hospitality industry. What is the hospitality industry? The hospitality industry is defined as the activity of providing lodging‚ food and beverage‚ and recreational services‚ which include but are not limited to hotels‚ motels‚ clubs‚ casinos‚ restaurants‚ recreation facilities‚ tourism‚ cruise lines‚ and theme parks. Wow‚ what
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Social media is increasing on the internet very quickly‚ with millions of people‚ who have already joined it. It is a young phenomenon‚ impulsed by the desire of meeting and chatting with friends‚ on a single platform‚ such as Facebook® or Twitter®. But‚ social media means to join groups and pages‚ to participate to debates‚ to give feedbacks or reviews too. In this way‚ how is it useful for hotels and hospitality companies? What are the advantages? What are the drawbacks? In the first part‚ this
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Introduction The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging‚ restaurants‚ event planning‚ theme parks‚ transportation‚ cruise line‚ and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry that mostly depends on the availability of leisure time and disposable income. A hospitality unit such as a restaurant‚ hotel‚ or even an amusement park consists of multiple groups such as facility
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1 Hospitality Industry 1.1 Introduction to Hospitality Industry 1.1.1 The Nature of the Hospitality Industry What is the meaning of HOSPITALITY? There have been different definitions of Hospitality. Broadly speaking‚ Hospitality is the act of kindness in welcoming and looking after the basic needs of guests or strangers‚ mainly in relation to food‚ drink and accommodation. A contemporary explanation of Hospitality refers to the relationship process between a guest and a host. When
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Hospitality Industry Level 5 Assessor: Pratika Teyssedou Student name: Anastassia Iljina Student ID: 20691 Table of contest Table of contest………………………………..........................................................1 Introduction………………………………...............................................................2 LO1 The current structure of the hospitality industry…………………………..2-6 1.1 The current scale‚ scope and diversity of the hospitality business…………………2
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the UK hospitality iNdustry 1.1 The structure of the hospitality industry The hospitality industry in the UK is a broad and varied industry ranging from single-person organisations to worldwide corporations. People do a total of more than 80 different jobs in the industry. key terms Hospitality: kindness in welcoming guests or strangers Fourteen different industries The hospitality industry is not just hotels and restaurants. There are 12 other different sectors of the industry:
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Holiday Inn & Hospitality Industry The hospitality is all about customer satisfaction and the industry is built on leisure and meeting different needs‚ the industry is set up with different services from hotels‚ airlines and all other systems in the travel and tourism which all fall in the realm of the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry is not only about hotels or restaurant but there is about 12 other different parts in the industry: Events Pubs or Bars Tourist Services Gambling
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Tourism in a particular area can have distinctive effect on the social and cultural aspect of life‚ depending on the strengths and weakness of that specific region. The main reason of these impacts of tourism is because tourism brings about changes in the value system and behavior of the local population‚ thereby threatening the native identity. Furthermore‚ changes often occur in community structure‚ family relationships‚ traditional life style‚ rituals and ethics. There are many positive
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