around eight hundred BCE. Prevalent themes including‚ Greek hospitality‚ their attitudes towards the afterlife‚ and their relationship of gods and man are all present in the Odyssey‚ which are also contemporaneous in ancient Greek life around the eighth century. Ultimately‚ the Odyssey allows us to learn more about people’s customs and beliefs in archaic Greece. Beginning with one of the major themes found in the Odyssey is hospitality. The Greeks emphasized the relationship between hosts and guests
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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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Tourism is in what is known as the ‘Tertiary Sector’ of the economy. This ‘service industry’ is one of 3 other sectors in an economy‚ the 2 other sectors are: secondary sector and primary sector. The primary sector deals with ‘extraction’ such as farming‚ fishing & quarrying. The secondary sector deals with manufacturing and construction. ‘According to the theory the main focus of an economy’s activity shifts from the primary‚ through the secondary and finally to the tertiary sector. Fourastié
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A. Profession in Cruise Line Industry Living and working on a cruise ship is for many people an unique experience‚ fulfilling a life-long dream to travel and meet new people. The job best suits adventurous people‚ who are willing to work hard and who strive for perfection. Compared to other industries‚ cruise lines have a much higher employee turnover rate. Many people consider cruise line jobs as life-long careers‚ change ships or cruise companies‚ go on holiday‚ or simply return to a job on
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Homer demonstrates the importance of hospitality through Odysseus’ interactions with the Cyclops. Odysseus and his men arrive at the cave of the Cyclops and do what they have been taught is the courteous thing to do‚ as Odysseus recounts in Book 9: ‘…But since we’ve chanced on you‚ we’re at your knees in hopes of a warm welcome‚ even a guest-gift‚ the sort that hosts give strangers. That’s the custom. Respect the gods‚ my friend. We’re suppliants—at your mercy! Zeus of the Strangers
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Work‚ Employment & Society http://wes.sagepub.com Employee experience of aesthetic labour in retail and hospitality Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson Work Employment Society 2007; 21; 103 DOI: 10.1177/0950017007073622 The online version of this article can be found at: http://wes.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/1/103 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Work‚ Employment & Society can
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Unit 1: The hospitality Industry THE SIZE‚ SCOPE AND DIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY The scope of the hospitality industry refers to the range of businesses that provide services and facilities. The hospitality economy is one of the country’s key industries with huge growth prospects in jobs. In employment terms‚ restaurant are easily the largest sector‚ closely followed by a pubs‚ bars and club with the hotel sector growing more slowly‚ and the contract food service sector holding steady .
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1. (chabra 2011)The supervisor of the hill house hotel needs to plan and organize the things before the event is being started in the hotel ‚ the supervisor should use the excellent planning techniques. Planning is the top functions of management. Planning talks about that what needs to be done how it should be done‚ and whose going to do what and when going to done. Planning is a futuristic process so ‚ the supervisor of the hill house hotel already came to know about the future threats‚ and supervisor
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Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey demonstrates the importance of hospitality to wanderers and strangers by showing numerous examples of how a host and a guest should properly interact with one another. The law of hospitality is first shown when Telemachus felt “mortified” (I.40) at a guest standing at his doors and goes to personally receive them. Hospitality is emphasized by the fact that Telemachus felt “mortified” or great humiliation at a guest not being properly shown in‚ that causes him‚ the prince
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Reducing Employee Turnover in Hospitality Introduction High level of employee turnover continues to be the most serious challenge in the hospitality industry (Hinkin & Tracey‚ 2000; Wasmuth & Davis‚ 1983). The hospitality industry has an exceptionally high turnover rate compared to other industries. * Definition of employee turnover Price (1977) defined employee turnover as “the ratio of the number of organization members who have left during the period being considered divided by
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