therefore‚ travellers depended on the hospitality of others during their long nights away from home. Hospitality‚ otherwise known as xenia‚ was the stranger-host relationship between members of different regions. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the poet shows that a character’s desire to be elite in society is what drives them to be hospitable. In particular‚ hospitality is shown to influence one’s social life through reputation‚ relationships and religion. Hospitality was the means to gain social status
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Technology – Time to play catch up To be successful in 2015‚ the industry needs to address these problems. The key areas of technological development are likely to be online booking and mobile technology‚ Customer Relationship Management (CRM)‚ smart card technology‚ online social networking‚ data security‚ Artificial Intelligence (AI)‚ self-healing technology and in-room product innovation. As online usage has soared over the last decade the internet has become a vital outlet for all retailers
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Qantas Globalisation Introduction (Introduction to case/Case background) - In July/August of 2011‚ three unions‚ the Transport Worker’s Union‚ Australian and International Pilots Association and the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association began to take industrial action against Qantas‚ demanding better pay and conditions for engineers‚ pilots and groundworkers to account for the rise in the rate of inflation. - Admist the existing dispute between Qantas and the unions‚ CEO Alan Joyce
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Pais‚ S. (2006) Globalization and its impact on families. Viennese Conference on Mediation‚ 4 p.1-7. Rose‚ G. (1995) Place and identity: A sense of place. In Doreen Massey and Pat Jess (eds) A Place in the World? Places‚ Cultures and Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ p.87–118. Saldanha‚ A. (2012) Music‚ Space‚ Identity: Geographies of youth culture in Bangalore. Cultural Studies‚ 16 (3)‚ p.3370350. Schiferes‚ S (2007) news.bbc.co.uk. Globalisation shakes the world. [online] Available
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Business Ethics in Hospitality Brian Scott Angerer University of Phoenix In the hospitality industry ethical issues abound both for the business itself and the community at large. Business ethics is a complicated subject that can be described as‚ the behavior that a business
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The Role of Hospitality Hospitality plays a very big role in Greek life throughout The Odyssey. It was by this code of conduct that people were able to travel without the fear of being rejected and having nowhere to stay when they arrived at their destination or at a stage on their journey. A host never knew if the beggar on his/her doorstep was a god in disguise. Such paranoia and religious beliefs kept most of the characters in The Odyssey on their best behavior‚ but others had no manners to
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Importance of Calcium Ions Alyssa Foels 12 February 2015 Kilfe Calcium is a cation‚ a positively charged atom‚ and it is essential to all living things. It was first discovered in 1808 by Humphrey Davy. When forming an ionic bond with other elements‚ calcium loses electrons to make its valence shell stable. This means that it has more protons than electrons‚ making it have a slight positive charge (Calcium). Calcium has many roles and functions in the human body. Calcium ions are the most abundant
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The hospitality industry is a vast global dynamic industry which is constantly developing and expanding. Hospitality business is under increasing pressure to deliver better results and to improve revenue earnings despite difficult operating conditions in the business environment. This essay seeks to give a general understanding of operations management framework‚ also evaluate the contribution of performance measurement to the effective and efficient management of operations. The activity of managing
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Introduction to Hospitality Miroslava Dimitrova Ph.D Accommodation sector Hospitality = Hotels + Restaurants Lodging Industry Hospitality industry: Provision of accommodation as well as food and beverage services to short-stay guests on paying basis. The Pineapple Tradition • Symbol of welcome‚ friendship and hospitality • Recognized internationally • Foundation for concept of “SERVICE” Types of Accommodation • Hotels • Farm houses (Guest houses)‚ bead and breakfast (BB)
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Lab Report Name: Amanda Andrews Section: Lab 6 CHM 130 Experiment: Identification of Metallic Ions Metallic ion Flame color Sodium Na+ Orange Strontium Sr2+ Pink/Red Potassium K+ Light blue/Purple Barium Ba2+ Yellow Copper Cu2+ Green Lithium Li+ Pink Calcium Ca2+ Pink/Orange Unknown Pink/Red - Strontium QUESTIONS: A - All chemical used in this test are binary compounds. What portion of the periodic table is responsible for the color
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