Contemporary Hospitality Industry: Types of Business, Operational Departments, and Contributions to Economies

Contemporary
hospitality industry

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Diverse types of business in hospitality sector and the products which they offer...................................3
Functional and operational departments in hospitality business..............................................................4
State and discuss contribution of hospitality industry to all economies...................................................5
Review the interconnections of operational and functional units with hospitality industry.....................5
How the usage of licensing and franchising has influenced global development of hospitality
organization.............................................................................................................................................6
Evaluate how licensing, franchising and global growth developments have contributed to the economic
worth in hospitality sector.......................................................................................................................6
Examine a range of diverse operational roles within hotel industry.........................................................7
Examine skills that are part of hotel industry...........................................................................................7
Review the skills gaps within hotel sector in context with different operational roles.............................8
Impact that skills gaps have on hotel industry and make solution to address skills gaps.........................8
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Hospitality industry is a very wide concept and is associated with different services like
hotels, tourism sector and many more. The main objective of this organization is to offer
customers with a pleasurable experience and enable efficient level of customer satisfaction.
There are mainly four elements indulged into this sector and these are lodging, food and
beverages, tourism and recreation (Bani-Melhem, Quratulain and Al-Hawari, 2021). The report
is based on Dorchester hotel. It is a luxury hotel located in London. It established in the year
1931 and is considered one of the most lavish and prominent restaurant. The report includes
diverse businesses within hospitality, operational and functional departments, contribution to
different economies, interrelationships, franchising and licensing agreements, different
operational roles, skills required and skill gaps.
MAIN BODY
Diverse types of business in hospitality sector and the products which they offer
In relation with hospitality industry they are engaged with various types of goods and
services which are done on the basis of they carry out all the business activities and also with
regards to consumers. In context with the Dorchester hotel, they offer diverse range of services
to all consumers which are further being explained as below: -
 Hotels: - In hospitality industry it involves hotel sector which offers assorted and diverse
range of services in accordance with the needs and wants of consumers. There are many
services which a hotel provides like room facilities, event management and many more.
 Pub: - In relation with this place all individuals enjoy with loud music, food and
beverages and dance with each other (Fusté-Forné, 2021). Mostly the youth generation
visits pub and adore lot of time together.
 Motels: - These are those places which are constructed within a single building and have
attached rooms with each other. It provides different services like door facing parking
facilities, small common area and so on.
 Ski resort: - With respect to variations in the time period all hotel activities and services
are also changing and in this ski resort is included. It mainly involves services like
snowboarding, winter sports facility and any more.
 Accommodations: - It is defined as a type of service which a hospitality industry
provides to those audiences who mostly travels from one place to another and examines
different places to stay. These services are also provided by Dorchester hotel in context
with various international countries.
 Resorts: - In terms of these services they also provide numerous products and services in
the hotel like food and beverages, fun activities, sports games and many more.