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Exploring Hospitality Careers

Exploring Hospitality Careers. Chapter 3. Hospitality Today. Industry comprises four sectors: Lodging Food Entertainment Travel. LODGING. All-suite hotels Casino hotels Conference Centers Full-Service Hotels Limited-service hotels Resorts Retirement Communities. LODGING.

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Exploring Hospitality Careers

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  1. Exploring Hospitality Careers Chapter 3

  2. Hospitality Today • Industry comprises four sectors: • Lodging • Food • Entertainment • Travel

  3. LODGING • All-suite hotels • Casino hotels • Conference Centers • Full-Service Hotels • Limited-service hotels • Resorts • Retirement Communities

  4. LODGING • New hotels, resorts, and lodging facilities open each year • The industry will continue to expand • No one knows how many will be built, or where they will be built • Career opportunities continue to grow

  5. FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY • Commercial Cafeterias • Education Food Service • Employee Food Service • Full-Service Restaurants • Health-Care • Lodging Food Service • Quick-Service Restaurants • Recreations Food Service • Social Caterers

  6. Food Service Industry • NRA (National Restaurant Association) • Food industry sales are about 4% of the US gross domestic product (GDP) • Most eating and drinking places are small businesses (7 out of 10 have less than 20 employees) • More than 70 million meals & snacks are eaten in restaurants, schools, & work cafeterias each year • In 2010 the restaurant industry is expected to operate more than 1 million units and post $577 BILLION in sales

  7. Food Service Industry • Quick Service – Fast Food • Food & Beverage – F & B • Three of the largest contract food companies are Sodexho, ARAMARK, and Compass Group • Offer very interesting careers

  8. Careers in the Hospitality Industry • Why do people go into the hospitality industry? • The industry offers more career options than most • The work is varied • There are many opportunities to be creative • It is a “people” business

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