CHAPTER OVERVIEW Hospitality is one of the world’s most exciting and rewarding industries. If you choose it for your career‚ you will select from a wide variety of employers‚ locations‚ and daily job activities that can lead to your success and personal satisfaction. In this chapter‚ you will review some important ways in which the hospitality industry is unique. You will also learn the definition of accounting and how accounting helps managers like you use financial information to make good
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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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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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Business Across Culture Week 3 Learning Journal Hospitality Across Culture Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. When coming to another country‚ we always want to make a good impression to the native people like showing them our hospitality. But sometimes‚ because of different culture our hospitality is considered as offence.So what should we do in this case? In case study‚ a typical situation
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Table of content Table of content Introduction 1. Globalization and its definition 2. Globalization and Hospitality Industry 3. Challenges brought by Globalization 3.1 Globalizing marketing 3.2 Global promotion 3.3 Global advertising 3.4 Global e-marketing 3.5 Global pricing 3.6 Global ethics 4. Strategies and tends toward Globalization Conclusion References Introduction World maps define national boundaries‚ but those lines belay the increasingly clear nature of the global
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Far East Hospitality Holdings Pte Ltd (Far East Hospitality)‚ a premier hospitality assets owner and operator‚ is a 70-30 joint venture formed in 2013 between Far East Orchard Limited (a listed company under Far East Organization ) and The Straits Trading Company Limited. Far East Hospitalitys two key markets are Singapore and Australia. n Singapore‚ the holding companys hospitality management arm‚ Far East Hospitality Management‚ operates the city-states largest hospitality portfolio comprising
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Situational Leadership in Hospitality If one look at the nature of the hospitality industry‚ it is serviced-base‚ it is labor-intensive‚ it is renowned for its high staff turnover and labor diversity in term of age‚ culture‚ and background; one may conclude that the industry is all about people. When people become the most valuable asset of an organization‚ simply managing them is no longer sufficient to compete in today’s challenging business world. Leadership has become the new key operative word
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