Hospitality Provision in Travel & Tourism Sector: A Comprehensive Analysis

HOSPITALITY PROVISION IN TRAVEL &
TOURISM SECTOR
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INTRODUCTION
The hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing and lucrative industries. It includes
event planning, theme parks, lodging, cruise line, theme park, transportation and additional
field within the tourism industry. A hospitality unit such as hotel, restaurant or an
amusement park consists of various groups such as direct operations and facility
management. It is playing an important role in the travel and tourism sectors which reflect
significantly on the economy of a nation (Walker, 2016). This report demonstrates the
different dimensions of hospitality provisions in travel and tourism industry. It also explains
the influence of integration within the hospitality industry. The plan for the development of
hospitality business is also covered in this work.
This report is written from the perspective of the junior consultant in PKF hotel experts. PKF
hotel experts is the UK based leading organization in the field of hotel, tourism and leisure
consulting.
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TASK1
1.1 INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOSPITALITY AND WIDER TRAVEL
AND TOURISM BUSINESS
The hospitality industry is a broad
category of different areas within the
service industry that covers
transportation, event planning, theme
parks, lodging and other such fields in
travel and tourism industry. The
hospitality sector is a fastest growing
industry that relies on the availability of
leisure time and disposable income
(Dopson, 2016).
The hospitality industry comprises of
different business such as hotels,
restaurants, pubs and bars, nightclub,
events, catering etc. The hotels provide
food as well as accommodation facilities
to the guest. It takes care of the basic and
regular needs of the customers. There is a
different kind of the hotels such as budget
hotels and 1 to 5 stars hotels which
provides service to customers according
to their need and budget. The restaurant
is also the important business unit which
belongs to the hospitality industry. It also
includes the cafes which provide fast
food, beverages, fine dining etc. Pubs,
bars and nightclub also attract a large
number of the people and are the
important source of entertainment. These
businesses depend significantly on the
number of the domestic, inbound and
outbound tourism (Everett and Slocum,
2013).
Figure1: Relationship between tourism
and hospitality
[Source: Cooper, 2013]
The travel and tourism are one of the
most profitable and growing sectors. It
includes business offering different travel
services, visitors attractions
accommodation service and passenger
transport. The travel services include
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