Tourism & hospitality #1 Reporter

Tourist

Temporary visitors staying at least 24 hours, 

Tourism

the pure sense is essentially a pleasure activity in which money earned in one's abode is spent in places visited.

Hospitality

is derived from the Latin word hospitare, which means "to receive as a guest."

Excursionists.

Temporary visitors staying less than 24 hours in the destination visited and not making an overnight stay, including cruise travelers, but excluding travelers in transit.

Transportation

The main purpose of transportation is to make it possible for people to go from one place to another.

Travel agencies and tour operators

are modern additions to the travel and tourism world.

travel agent

is one who sells travel services in a travel agency.

Tour operators

are wholesalers who make the necessary contacts with hotels, airlines, and other providers of travel services and devise packages.

torah

"Tourism" is derived from the Hebrew word "______" which means studying, learning or searching.

medieval period

During the _______, travel declined. Travel, derived from the word travail, became burdensome, dangerous and demanding during this time. After the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, roads were not maintained and they became unsafe.

industrial Revolution

The brought about major changes in the scale and type of Tourism development. It brought about not only technological changes, but also essiential social changes that made travel desirable as a recreatinal activity.

Modern tourism

This were the introduction of the railway and the development of steam power. The railroads created not only more business by providing reliable and cheap transportation, but also more competition as various private companies invested heavily in hotels, resorts, and entertainment facilities.

20th century,

______travel continued to expand, encouraged by the increasing wealth, curiosity, and outgoing attitudes of the people as well as the increasing ease of such movement.

hospitality industry

The ______ recorded history began with the sumerians around 4000 BC, who, as prosperous farmer, invented money and writing to facilitate trade.

Cesar Ritz

_______became the general manager of savoy hotel in London, one of the most famous and, luxurious hotel in the world. He made the hotel a cultural center for high society. The Ritz name is synonymous with refined, elegant hotels and services. At present, the Ritz Carlton hotel bear. His name.

Ellsworth Milton Statler

____________is considered to be the premier hotel-man of all time. He brought a high standard of comfort and convience to the middle class traveler at an affordable price. He was the first to put telephones and radios in every guest room together with fell-legnth mirrors, built in closets, and a special faucet for ice water.

Conrad Hilton

_______was recognized as “the biggest hotel man in the world”. He was described by the New York Times as the “ master of hotel finance”. He was careful not to over-finance and had a flawless sense of timing. In 1954, He formed the first major chain of american hotels- a group pf hotels which followed standard operating procedures.

Thomas cook

_______ is recognized as the first professional travel agent. He was the founder of the worlds first travel agency. He is credited for making world travel possible for thw middle class. The phrase “cook tour” is still used at present to refer to a tour that goes to many places and stop briefly at each place.

Howard Johnson

______ was the pioneer of brand leveraging. He was one of the first to introduce franchising in the 1930s. at present, he is one of the famous names in the restaurant and hotel business.

J. Willard Marriott

_______ founded the Marriott corporation which has continued to be an important asset to the hospitality industry.

Ray Kroc

_____ has been the most financially succesfull of all hospitality entrepreneurs. He founded the McDonalds’s Corporation, a multibillion dollar industry,, through his strong dedication, organizationals skills, perseverance and incredible aptitude for marketing.

Isadore Sharp

______a first- generation Canadian, was the founder of four season Regent Hotels, the world’s largest hotel chain and a multibilion-dollar global hotel empire. The success of the four seasons

Ruth Fertel

______was the founder of chris steak house, the largest upscale restaurant chain in the United States. It has 59 operations- 54 in the US and Puerto Rico and five internally. It sells more than 11,000 steak daily with a gross income of two hundred million dollars a year.