Lodging Properties
Hotels, motels, resorts, boutique hotels, and extended-stay properties are examples of these.
What are categories of lodging properties?
the arrangement whereby several joint owners have the right to use a space under a time-sharing agreement.
time share
Concerts, sports, and theater performances fall under this type of activity.
What is entertainment?
tourism
The practice of traveling for recreation.
Breaking guests into groups by age, interests, or income to plan services is called this.
What is market segmentation?
Cleaning, laundry, and room preparation are responsibilities of this department.
What is housekeeping?
A menu that offers and prices each item separately.
What is an à la carte menu?
Ecotourism
visiting endangered or mostly undisturbed areas. It focuses on sustainability and protecting natural environments.
Passport book
Passport book
A business someone owns and operates themselves.
What is an independent business?
Maintaining HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems falls under this department.
What is engineering/maintenance?
french service
servers present cooked food on tableside carts before arranging it on individual plates and delivering these to guests. Servers often cook some components of the food as well.
A type of tourism where visitors travel to sites of tragedy or disaster.
What is dark tourism?
The U.S. agency that manages airport passenger security.
What is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)?
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., roads, water lines, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
Infrastructure
This system, often using stars or diamonds, helps guests compare properties and guides management operations.
What is a rating system?
Ghost kitchens
brick and mortar commercial facilities where a virtual restaurant can prepare, produce, sell, and deliver food.
called an urban destination fee in metropolitan areas, this is a mandatory fee added to a guest’s folio for each night they spend at the resort.
Resort fee
includes campgrounds, nature trails, and lakes or bodies of water for canoeing and fishing.
Outdoor recreation
clubs that are located in suburban areas and feature gold and/or tennis facilities.
Country clubs
a property that is typically midsize and offers a more limited selection of amenities, such as a small meeting room, a fitness and business center, and possibly a swimming pool.
Select-service hotel
Russian service
bowls and platters of food are placed on a cart near the table and servers serve food onto the guests’ plates from the bowls and platters while circling the table.
much like trade shows but open to the public. Admission is not always charged.
Consumer shows
Port of call
a port where a ship stops on a voyage.
The hospitality and tourism industry includes lodging, food, transport, and what other sectors?
What are attractions and events?