The hospitality industry consists of travel companies‚ hotels‚ resorts‚ transportation‚ and restaurants‚ whom all provide over-lapping comforts. Gradually‚ the hospitality industry has increased its focus on creating more and more facilities for their customers. Hospitality facilities management and design is a book that is dealing with management of different facilities in the hospitality industry. This is a classic book that has dealt with all aspects of hospitality management. David M. Stipanuk
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Issues and impacts of Hospitality and Tourism Industry of Maldives By Mauroof Zakir 2011 1. Introduction of hospitality and tourism industry of Maldives An island nation in the middle of Indian Ocean‚ consisting of 26 coral atolls dominated by over 90% of Sea and its situated in about 700 km south west of Sri-Lanka is so call Maldives. In total‚ these geographical atolls contain about 1‚190 islands of which only less than 200 are inhabited. In the Maldives‚ the tourism industry is identical
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Role concepts Anita C. Perkins Research College of Nursing Role development in Advanced Nursing NU6060 Dr. Jan Andrews February 04‚ 2013 Role concepts This article touched on the role concept of transition that the nurse practitioner experiences when starting out in their new role. The key theme of the article was role transition. Role transition is a change in the direction from one state to another state and functioning in a different manner (Hunter & Lops‚ 1996). In this article
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What role does the medium play in encouraging or discouraging tourism to a particular destination? Media is our main source of entertainment and knowledge (REF) ‚media has facilitate and mediate our connection with the world. Different sources of media like TV‚ film‚ internet and social media can affect the image of a tourist attraction and the way tourist lure to a specific destination. The popular media of the day influences the appeal of the travel destinations and activities through constructing
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Tourism Management 22 (2001) 11}19 Integrating the tourism industry: problems and strategies George La!erty *‚ Anthony van Fossen Graduate School of Management‚ University of Queensland‚ St Lucia‚ Queensland 4072‚ Australia School of Humanities‚ Grizth University‚ Nathan‚ Queensland 4111‚ Australia Received 6 September 1999; accepted 15 December 1999 Abstract This paper addresses two interrelated issues in tourism development: horizontal integration within tourism’s component sectors
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University of Petroleum & Minerals‚ Saudi Arabia The Role of Architecture on the Tourism Industry: Chapter 11 ABSTRACT This chapter aims to shed light on the nature of architecture‚ its technological and cultural ramifications on tourism industry. It elucidates the background of issues regarding the interaction between the fields of cultural production (architecture) and cultural consumption (tourism). The chapter argues that power of tourism industry has reached‚ under the pressure of global
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Economic development is generally understood to mean an increase in national production that result in an increase in average per capita gross national product (GNP). An increase in average per capita GNP alone however is not sufficient to denote the implied or expected meaning of economic development. Besides an increase in average per capita GNP‚ most interpretations of the concept imply a widespread distribution of income as well. Economic development as commonly defined today‚ The strategies
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Hospitality is 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. Hospitality may also refer to good caring. By metonymy the Latin word ’Hospital’ means a guest-chamber‚ guest’s lodging‚ and an inn. Hospes is thus the root for the English words host (where the p was dropped for convenience of pronunciation) hospitality‚ hospice‚ hostel and hotel. In India hospitality is based
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Role of Social Media Marketing in Tourism industry Social media has become a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access. Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Role of social media has grown at a rapid pace in recent years and most of the companies are using it on an extensive basis to generate leads and converting them to customers. The tourism industry was one of the sectors that benefitted the
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Chapter 1: The Hospitality Industry and You What is Hospitality? * Many people’s definition of hospitality extends only to restaurants and hotels * In reality‚ it goes far beyond this and includes any organization that provides food‚ shelter‚ and other services * Students considering entering the field of hospitality should take into consideration all of the types of business that hospitality encompasses but also‚ the various career streams in functional areas across segments (such as
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