Hospitality in the Odyssey It is very important for the people of the ancient world to practice hospitality. In the Odyssey‚ Athena‚ disguising herself as a seafaring man‚ appears at Odysseus’ palace. She is ignored at the front door by the suitors of Penelope. Later‚ Odysseus’ son‚ Telemachus‚ apologizes to her for the suitors’ lack of hospitality. He invites her to have a meal. In return‚ Athena offers the young prince a piece of good advice that he should go abroad in order to seek his father’s
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of Vietnam’s Tourism Accommodation since the Open Door Policy Wantanee Suntikul 1*‚ Richard Butler 2 and David Airey 3 1 School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong 2 Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management‚ University of Strathclyde‚ UK 3 School of Management‚ University of Surrey‚ UK This paper proposes that the development of the tourism accommodation sector in Vietnam‚ since the inauguration of the open door policy within the reform programme
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mates‚ we are so thankful first to our Almighty Father who gives us wisdom‚ strength & knowledge to make this Tourism Planning‚ Marketing & Development an accomplishment. To our supportive parents‚ thank you for all the support and love that you have showered on us. To our beloved instructor Ms. Ingrid Uy‚ thank you for imparting your knowledge and skills to make us future tourism planners. We would like also to extend our deep gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Cuares for the support and the encouragement
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Services Marketing in the Hospitality Economy: An exploratory study Fotis C. Kitsios Technical University of Crete‚ Dept. of Production Engineering and Management‚ Chania‚ Greece Paper prepared for presentation at the 98 th EAAE Seminar ‘Marketing Dynamics within the Global Trading System: New Perspective s’‚ Chania‚ Crete‚ Greece as in: 29 June – 2 July‚ 2006 Copyright 2006 by [Fotis C. Kitsios]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non - com mercial
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. Describe workplace skills necessary to be successful in hospitality and tourism industry. There are a lot of skills need to us practice if want to be successful in hospitality and tourism industry . One of the good skills are building relationships among work colleague and customers. Creating good working relationships with the people around you is critical to the success of being able to deliver a job. It will also create family environment which make all will feel comfortable. As a example
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Word Count: 2987 ‘The employment relationship has fundamentally changed in the last quarter-century‚ thus creating significant challenges for managers in today’s organisations’ Critically analyse the validity of this statement. In your answer refer to issues/theory discussed in class. Introduction The employment relationship is a complex and compelling area of study which involves "the interaction of employers‚ employees‚ trade unions and the government on a regular basis". (Gunnigle et al 2011)
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Information technology and tourism a theoretical critique Philip Alford a‚Â Steve Clarke b‚1 a b Bournemouth University‚ School of Services‚ Management‚ Dorset House‚ Talbot Campus‚ Poole‚ Dorset BH12 5BB‚ UK Business School‚ The University of Hull‚ Hull HU6 7RX‚ UK a r t i c l e in f o a b s t r a c t This paper aims to initiate a debate regarding the paradigms underpinning the planning and implementation of IT in multi-stakeholder scenarios in the tourism sector. The problem is stated
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Current issues in the hospitality industry Introduction: What are the main issues in hospitality industry? The issues were discussed at the last meeting of International Society __________(ISSC). Asking from the guest their shortage‚ they gave some problems necessary for them. Main part: Capital available‚ Emerging market‚ Technology‚ Travel permit residence. Capital available: Capital provides asset liquidity and enables the development of new hotels. Increasing institutional investment
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• Seek support for myself if I find a safeguarding situation distressing‚ whilst maintaining confidentiality. Mobile phones and cameras:- Any photographs I take in the course of my childminding work (to be used for the purposes of observing the children and keeping records of their development/progress) will be saved securely (with
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Aging Workforce Challenges Abstract There seems to be many key issues that come along with an aging workforce. Not only do companies and management have to worry about losing qualified workers as they come into retirement age‚ they are finding out that the pool of qualified workers is getting smaller. Also‚ many of the retirement eligible workers are staying in the workforce. Management is forced to look at this aging population in a multitude of ways to figure out how to keep their own
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