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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Hospitality Management Effect of Branding and Customer Loyalty on Hotel Industry in Hong Kong Name: Joy W Tutor’s Name: 9/1/2010 Abstract: The hotel industry consist of a wide range of fields within the service sector that provides various hospitality facilities including accommodation‚ food and beverage‚ business meetings and events‚ leisure amenities‚ entertainment and recreation and tourism services. Being one of the dominating sectors in the service industry‚ hotel and hospitality services
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Hospitality management’s purpose has to do with accommodating and treating people in a way that is the most appropriate to the situation. It is one of the most growing industries and provides the employment of many. It now has attained a much higher status in society and demands high standards of work from its employees. I believe people in hospitality require: an enthusiastic attitude‚ friendly disposition‚ neat appearance‚ a willingness to work‚ confidence‚ cleanliness‚ personal hygiene‚ adaptability
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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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Industries like the hospitality industry find successes in the global markets that are unheard of traditionally. Businesses such as Subway‚ McDonalds‚ and Wal-Mart are prime examples of global businesses experiencing much success. Understanding exactly what globalization is and how globalization has impacted the hospitality industry in both positive and negative ways and consumer contributions to the success of the industry. Even with the ups and downs of the economy‚ the hospitality has been able to
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Structure of Travel and Tourism Assessment 2: Part A: How the Hospitality and Transport sectors have been developed historically? * Hospitality: The historical development of hospitality has been developed for more than2000 years. There are normally 3 different types of hospitality‚ which are: i) hostels ii) motel and iii) hotel. There is also self-camping facility for people staying and living in the campsites. The first early travelers were either warriors or traders or people who
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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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community and environment as well as reducing operational cost. For example‚ 59% of respondents from a survey‚ by Timetric Travel & Tourism Reports‚ states that companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific expect to save 5-10% of their expenditure. (Hospitalities News‚ 2013) For example Habitat Suites in Texas has the motto of “Environmental Consciousness in action”. The hotel is practically free of toxic cleaning agent‚ chemical or pesticides. Furthermore‚ the hotel has one of the best solar system which
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Introduction 1.1 Background of the research 1.2 Research aims and objectives 1.3 Overview to research methodology 1.4 Outline of dissertation Chapter 2: A brief introduction of the hospitality industry in China and Crown Plaza Five- Star Hotel 2.1 The hospitality industry development in China Today‚ travel- and tourism- related activities have become a major contributor to global economic development‚ providing employment and improving the quality of life for local residents
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HISTORY OF HOSPITALITY Overview The history of the hospitality industry dates all the way back to the Colonial Period in the late 1700s. Things have changed quite a bit since then; the hospitality industry has experienced significant development over the years as it has faced World Wars‚ The Depression and various social changes. The industry as we know it today began to take form in the early 1950s and 60s‚ leading the way for growth into the dynamic industry we know today.(1) Origins Caring
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