Managing Accommodation Services

MANAGING ACCOMMODATION SERVICES

Table of Content
■ P1. Scale and size of the accommodation services found within the hospitality industry
■ P2. Different forms of ownership available to accommodation service
■ P3. Role played by grading, classifications systems and online review sites when potential
guests books the services
■ P4. The organisation of front office functions within a variety of accommodation services
■ P5. Key roles within the front office department for a selected organisation

P1. Scale and size of the accommodation services found within the
hospitality industry
Numbers of rooms Numbers of hotels
201+ rooms 339
101-200 rooms 1141
51-100 rooms 1892
26-50 rooms 2357
Numbers of hotels
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201+ rooms
101-200 rooms
51-100 rooms
26-50 rooms

P2 Explain the different forms of ownership available to
accommodation services
TYPE OF OWNERSHIP
Type of ownership Description Advantage Disadvantage
Sole Trader It is the simplest form of
business, in which one
is legally responsible for
business for all aspects.
And able to make
decision about start up
or running business.
All profit retain to trader
rather than sharing with
other shareholders.
Sole traders have not
unlimited liability for
debts. There is loss of
personal assets.
Limited Company Liability of company is
limited that guaranteed
or invested to the
company (Rose, 2014).
It has advantage to pay
less personal tax.
These are restricted to
sold shares on a public
stock exchange.
Ordinary Business
partnership
Partners are agreed to
corporate their mutual
Liabilities are unlimited
of the partners for the
Partners are personally
liable for the business