By: Anne Vilagut Tourism The French define tourism as "the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe." The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as "the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists." Both definitions are apt for tourism. The private sector of tourism includes lodging‚ food‚ transportation‚ recreation facilities‚ attractions‚ travel agents‚ and tour operators. These
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Ideas on Cultural Hospitality in the Quran The virtues within the Qur’an regarding hospitality and generosity seem to be a product of the landscape of pre- Islamic Arabia. Indeed‚ the arid environment and tribal configuration of the society required that neighbors help each other‚ strangers or travelers be given food‚ and wealth be distributed evenly throughout the clan. The communities that settled along the trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula relied on merchants returning to their community
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Management research in the hospitality and tourism industry Xu Cheng University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Business Administration‚ Management‚ and Operations Commons‚ Hospitality Administration and Management Commons‚ and the Recreation‚ Parks and Tourism Administration Commons Repository Citation Cheng‚ Xu‚ "Management research in the hospitality and tourism industry" (2010). UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional
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in the hospitality. There are two sectors in particular that have shown a great deal of trends in the last couple of years. Those to sectors are the gaming industry and in the event and meeting planning industry. Trends are incredibly important as far as how they can impact the different sectors of the hospitality industry as well as how they impact the industry as a whole. They should be adhered to and if they are not there can be real consequences to the business. The gaming industry is a huge
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PBL Individual research Problem Statement: : How does the tourism industry influence the economy of a destination? Date: 10.11.12 Group: 1E Student: Radina Alexandrova Tutor: Jörg Wenzel Define economy. According to” Economics: Principles and Applications” by Robert E. Hall‚ Marc Lieberman economy is a social system that produces‚ distributes‚ and consumes goods and services in a society. The sectors that make up an economy are the primary‚ the secondary‚ and the tertiary. * The primary
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travel groups with massive sales over £9 billion and an astounding more than £20 million customers. Thomas Cook is home to 27‚000 employees and operates from 17 different countries around the world. Thomas cook is also one or two of the core of its markets. What do they do? Thomas cook is the second largest travel group in Europe. Also being one of the most excellent travel agents with its amazing service and being able to provide for all of its customers. Not only that but due to their attention
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Organizational Integration in Travel and Tourism Industry Anas Najdawi eBusiness Management Section‚ S.S. ISUFI University of Salento Lecce‚ Italy anas.najdawi@ebms.unile.it Abstract—This paper will present a general description of an on going PhD research that belongs to the eTourism research field. Mainly‚ this research is concerned with leveraging interorganizational integration for destination management organizations in the travel and tourism industry by using Service Oriented Architecture
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HOW DOES TOURISM IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT The effect of tourism on the environment can be both positive and negative. Each person or group of people will impact the area they visit in a different way. Whether it is in a negative or positive manner is entirely up to the visitor. Let’s consider the NEGATIVE impacts first: POLLUTION - This is probably the biggest negative factor concerning tourism. People have to travel to their destination. It doesn’t matter if it’s by plane to another country or
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The World Tourism Organization had its initial stages as the International assembly of Official Tourist Traffic relations set up in 1925 in The Hague. It was renamed the International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO) later than World War II and shifted to Geneva. IUOTO was a scientific‚ non-governmental organization‚ whose relationship at its climax included 109 National Tourist Organizations (NTOs) and 88 Associate Members‚ among them private and public groups. As tourism raised and
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INTRODUCTION Human resource management is one of the major part of the organisation where that focus on management‚ recruitment‚ and providing direction for the people who works in the organisation (about.com‚ 2010). And we can also define; human resource management is the function that deals with the issues function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation‚ hiring‚ performance management‚ employee motivation‚ and training and development programmes. Concerning to team
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