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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What is hospitality? * «The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers * Relating to or denoting the business of entertaining clients‚ conference delegates‚ or other official visitors * “The relationship between the guest and the host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers.” Grecan Hospitality “Hospitality was a way of honoring the gods‚ which was so essential
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The beginning of this essay kind of made me chuckle because my parents are much the same way with maple syrup. Throughout my childhood‚ they would always push me to eat the "natural" kind. Just like the author of this essay Margery Guest‚ I much preferred the heavily processed and high fructose corn syrup infused name brands. Unfortunately for me‚ I was rarely able to convince my mom to buy any. Not until a few years ago did I realize the benefit and quality of "real" syrup‚ and reading this essay
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modern day‚ there are plenty of different ways that a person can show hospitality towards a guest whether it be a stranger or friend. Having only lived in the United States‚ I have found myself to be treated most graciously by my friends‚ but every so often‚ I do find myself to be lost in a friends house. Every person was taught certain morals as a child that they now use in their adult lives‚ but for some people‚ hospitality has been thought to be just letting them come into the house. In the
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Modified: Wed 23/05/2012 18:28 The unexpected guest Besides my father and mother‚ there are my elder brother Gerald‚ my younger brother Kenny and my younger sister Rita. Gerald is a seaman‚ and he is away from home most of the time. I remember his stories about his voyages around the world‚ and the many fascinating things which he has seen on his long journeys. When Gerald’s twenty-first birthday drew near‚ both Mother and Father decided to organize a birthday party. We did not have much
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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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BBHM101 The Contemporary Hospitality and Tourism Industry |Duration |Level |Core / Elective |Subject Credits |Course Credits | |1 semester |Year 1 |Core |4.5 |BBHM: 150 | | | | | |BIHM: 199 | |Timetabled Hours |Personal Study |Total
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One September night a family had gathered round their hearth‚ and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams‚ the dry cones of the pine‚ and the splintered ruins of great trees that had come crashing down the precipice. Up the chimney roared the fire‚ and brightened the room with its broad blaze. The faces of the father and mother had a sober gladness; the children laughed; the eldest daughter was the image of Happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother‚ who sat knitting in the warmest
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Introduction The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging‚ restaurants‚ event planning‚ theme parks‚ transportation‚ cruise line‚ and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry that mostly depends on the availability of leisure time and disposable income. A hospitality unit such as a restaurant‚ hotel‚ or even an amusement park consists of multiple groups such as facility
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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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