Hospitality Sector Report: UK Business Operations and Analysis

This report provides an overview of the UK hospitality sector, examining its structure, scope, and size, including various business types like hotels, food & beverage, and conferencing. It analyzes the interrelationship between operational and functional units, using Hilton as a case study. The report assesses the contributions of franchising and licensing to the economic worth of the hospitality industry, highlighting the impacts on globalization and the contributions to local, national, and international economies. The analysis includes the impact on revenue, employment, GDP, and consumer spending, supported by references to relevant academic literature. The report underscores the importance of the hospitality sector in driving economic growth and development.

LO1: Examine the current structure, scope and size of the hospitality sector
Reviewing interrelationship between operational and functional units in the context of chosen hospitality business
In the context of Hilton, both operational and functional units are highly interrelated. For instance: Operational level
personnel provides R&D department of the firm with information regarding needs, wants and expectation level of customers
(Madanoglu and Castrogiovann, 2017). On the basis of such information, R&D department do research and thereby provides
customers with innovative services.
Analysing the contribution of franchising and licensing development in the economic worth of hospitality industry
By doing assessment, it has found that franchising and licensing encourages business unit to explore their functions at
global level. There are several firms such as McDonalds, Starbucks etc which in turn emphasizes on exploring ventures through
the means of franchising (Michael, 2014). In the context of UK hospitality sector, economic contribution of franchising and
licensing arrangement is highly significant. From assessment, it has found that Hilton has more than 3000 successful farchisees
Exploring different types of businesses in the context of hospitality sector
Hospitality sector of UK is wide which in turn includes several business such as:
 Hotel unit: Under hospitality sector, hotel unit is recognized as one of the most important business
which provide customers with luxurious accommodation services.
 Food & beverage: It includes restaurants, fast food outlets etc which offers variety of food products
to the customers on the basis of their expectation.
 Catering: Now, hotel units are also involved in organizing other events along with the offering
accommodation services. in other words, firm organizes food services for other events and thereby
maximizes productivity.
 Conferences and banqueting: In the recent times, with the motive to enhance productivity and
profitability hotel units also make arrangements for business meetings, events etc.
Hilton is one of leading business units of UK which offers quality and innovative accommodation
services to the customers at cost effective prices (Davis and et.al., 2018). It operates under hospitality sector
and provides customers with variety of services such as accommodation, dinning, swimming pool, pub, bar
etc.
P3 evaluating the contribution of hospitality industry in local, international and
national economy
Hospitality sectors are currently having rapid growth due to increment in the
number of national as well as international travellers all around the world.
However, it has been resulted in enhancing the revenue as well as governmental
reserves in an economy. Therefore, the chances of having higher infrastructural
development, technical improvements as well as rise in the medical facilities
(Robinson and et.al., 2016). Therefore, tourism sector of any location will have
impacts on raising the operational motives and making adequate changes in per
capita income of the locality.
In addition, there have been huge contribution of such sector in terms of
promoting the employment opportunities in the locality. Therefore, it has impacts
over rise in the level of GDP at a particular economy. Therefore, the spending
power of consumers have been increased which in turn will be valuable to the
nation in having higher revenue through such operations.
M2. Analysing the impacts of franchising and licensing have influences the
globalisation of a hospitality industry.
There have been huge impacts and influences of franchising and licensing on
the globalisation of the hospitality sector. Therefore, it will have impacts due
to expansion of operation under the various financial governance (Brimer
and et.al., 2015). However, there will be manipulation of funding in the
operations which will impacts on the profitability of the firm.
REFERENCES
Madanoglu, M. and Castrogiovanni, G. J., 2017. 18. International franchising:
influences of environmental uncertainty and munificence on market entry
timing. Handbook of Research on Franchising. p.377.
Brimer, J. A. and et.al., 2015. Government Regulation of Franchising, Licensing,
and Distribution in Asia-Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right. Int'l J. Franchising
L., 13, p.11.
Michael, S. C., 2014. Can franchising be an economic development strategy? An
empirical investigation. Small business economics. 42(3). pp.611-620.
Robinson, P. and et.al., 2016. Operations management in the travel industry. CABI.
Davis, B. and et.al., 2018. Food and beverage management. Routledge.