The Contemporary Hospitality Industry

Unit-1- The contemporary
Hospitality Industry

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Examine the current structure, scope and size of the hospitality industry..................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
Explore current and anticipated skills requirements in the hospitality industry.........................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The hospitality industry is the one that provide the most vast experience to the customer
and visitors by which they feel more comfort and flexible. It is the industry that has the
diverseness as per its innovation, classifications and grading system, ownership, leisure services,
level of services, future and current trends and for many other factors as well (Afsar, 2018). The
following report is based on the Red carnation hotel (UK) limited has work with the mission to
provide the excellence services and have a passion of generous hospitality. The report consist of
the current structures, scope and size, current and anticipated skills requirement of hospitality
industry.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Examine the current structure, scope and size of the hospitality industry
Hospitality industry is the broader category of the service industry and consist of he
services as like foods and drinks, lodging, event planning, transportation, theme parks by
including the restaurants, bars and hotels. It will consist of the different types of sector and that
are as classified below as:
Accommodation: It is a sector of hospitality that primarily involves the stay of guest
with the additional amenities and also include the luxury property as well that is as for the
suitability of the visitors and the management have also looks forwards to emphasis the
deliverables offers. Furthermore, consist of the bed and breakfast, hotels, motels, resorts, hostels
etc.
Restaurants: It belongs to the food and drink sector and represent the sizeable amount
and have a Michelin options of services with this the experience of guest is based on the quality
services of food and drink that is offered by the restaurants (Boella, 2019).
Pubs, bars and nightclubs: It will get partnership with the proprietary and include the
excellence services so as to generate the revenue along with provide the refreshment as well as
tasty meal and moreover known as the laid back of social surrounds.
Hospitality and food service providers: In this the services are concerned with the
offered foods and services to the guest as per their stay as it has the direct and huge impact on
customer experience and status of service provider (Chon, 2019).
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Membership clubs and events: In this the service provider take the membership and
with this have conduct the different events that include the gathering of a lot of guest to render
the vast services and basically get operated for the conduction of some special events as like
marathon etc.
Brands and businesses: It includes the hospitality services that get provided by some
business and with this have circulate the service as on different places under the similar brand
name and promote there work at wider platform.
The relationship between hospitality and travel and tourism sectors
Hospitality industry is the one that offer the service beyond the basic need of the
customer and require the additional income so as to enjoy those services. Whereas, the tourism is
the one that is based on the enjoyment purpose and based on the tourist that travel to different
places to enjoy and participate in the leisure activities. The relationship in between the
hospitality and travel and tourism sector in that they have gone hand in hand as tourism engage
the tourist to travel on different destination while hospitality supply other services as like foods
and beverage, accommodation, leisure etc.
The economic value and contribution of the hospitality industry
Hospitality is the largest and the fastest growing industry and there are about 46000
numbers of hotels and is the significant sector that generate the better economy in addition
provide the employment to 1.6 million people and also create 50, 000 jobs in upcoming five
years (Hospitality’s contribution to UK economy outpacing other sectors. 2017). The gross
added value of hospitality based on the production of goods and services that is around 5.9% and
after that become double as of the economy.
Direct and indirect impacts on the economy
The hospitality sector generate the revenue directly as of the local economy as per the
investment of tourist and customers in the hotels, entertainment venues, restaurants and that
helps to emphasis the infrastructure as like the public transportation and roads and with this also
generate the job as well (Filimonau, 2018). It has also be the indirect impact as well that is in
they bough £73 billion contribution in economy and in the £15 bullion is through the exporting
and £38 billion as per tax receipts.
The tangible and intangible nature of the hospitality industry
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