Hospitality in the Odyssey The reason Odysseus has taken so much time to reach back to Ithaca is associated with the greek term Xenia‚ but this element in literature called Xenia can also be helpful for one’s survival. The greek term Xenia refers to hospitality‚ meaning giving anyone respect with food‚ shelter or any need. To the Greeks at the time hospitality was a large way to show respect and to gain respect from neighbors and other civilians. Greeks believed the gods wanted them to show hospitality
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How is Globalization impacting the hospitality industry? 1: Educating workers around the world: Due to globalization‚ managers and employees of hospitality industry are able to learn about the different cultures‚ people‚ religions and other different prospects of life. Globalization also helps them to understand what importance of humanity is. Racism is still a part of some people but due to globalization it is getting hidden. 2: Multilingual services: Due to globalization more and more people
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In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ the book Hospitality in the Forest is extremely important to the development of the story because it depicts another side of Odysseus’ personality‚ patience and cautiousness‚ when he visit Eumaeus‚ a pig farmer‚ instead of his family or wealthy allies and tells a story about being a commoner from Crete. Odysseus knows he can trust Eumaeus and that he has stayed loyal after all of the years at Troy and lost at sea. Book XIV illustrates Odysseus’ intelligence in a different
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Hospitality Industry Knowledge 1. List six sources of current industry information: - Media: Such as newspapers‚ television‚ magazines and radio. The media publicises current information‚ trends developing and any government initiatives. - Customers: By doing customer questionnaires this can inform enterprises as to what they need to improve‚ as well as which staff are working well. - Information services: For example the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Tourism NSW (all these services
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Introduction to Hospitality and tourism Lecture 1 Tourism : Activity of people taking trips away from home and the industry which has developed to cater to/support the needs of tourism. (does not include migrants‚ PR‚ illegal immigrants) History of tourism * Early travellers travelled for: 1) curiosity 2) food and hunting (survival) 3) trade (trade routes formed – silk
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Development & Expansion Analysis of a country from an hospitality point of view : Colombia‚ Bogota Introduction: According to a study made by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels‚ four of the top spots in South America for investors are Bogotá‚ Colombia; Buenos Aires‚ Argentina; Lima‚ Peru; and Santiago‚ Chile. According to that fact‚ I will try to explain in what reasons Bogota could be better and a more attractive place for investors in the hotel industry then others. 1) Country overview Colombia
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difference between team members and leaders. A head server is a good example of a formally appointed team within a restaurant. Power may be delegated to this server from management.” (Hotelmule‚ 2008) Part 1: A) Structure of teams in tourism and hospitality: * Hirearchial – “In this type of
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research‚ interpretation of findings‚ and preparation of the final draft according to thesis standards 1. Overview of casino gaming operations in the hospitality and tourism industry from a global and local perspective. 2. The functions and transactions associated with the gaming operations environment within a resort casino. 3. A hospitality management and societal perspective of the pros and cons of gambling entertainment. 4. Factors affecting design‚ selection‚ physical facilities
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1. Briefly explain the functions and key characteristics of each of the above noted sectors of the hospitality industry and related industries Accommodation: the key characteristics of a resort manager is to ensure reception is ran appropriately‚ opening and closing at correct times‚ with high levels of customer service during all hours of business. A resort manager must be actively involved in recruitment and compile with department rosters‚ and most of all must implement work place health and
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the most part capture the essence of tourism. Throughout history there have been a lot of developments that led up to what we can call “modern tourism”. The most definitive developments have been split up on to five ages called The Five Ages of Hospitality. These ages consist of: The Pre-Industrial Revolution‚ The Railway Age‚ The Automobile Age‚ The Jet Aircraft Age‚ and the Cruise ship Age. It is difficult to pinpoint the beginning of travel but it is assumed that since the beginning of humanity
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