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1. HTT 200 Read, Lead, Succeed/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

2. HTT 200 Entire Course Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • HTT 200 Final Project: Foreign Destination Research Project • HTT 200 Week 1 CheckPoint: Job Opportunities • HTT 200 Week 2 Assignment: Demographics • HTT 200 Week 2 CheckPoint: Diversity • HTT 200 Week 3 CheckPoint: Casual Restaurants • HTT 200 Week 4 Assignment: Franchising • HTT 200 Week 4 CheckPoint: Chain and Independent Restaurants • HTT 200 Week 5 CheckPoint: Customer Types • HTT 200 Week 6 Assignment: Hotel Security • HTT 200 Week 6 CheckPoint: Hotel Departments

3. HTT 200 Final Project: Foreign Destination Research ProjectClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Resources: Appendix A, The World Fact Book, U.S. State Department Travel Guide • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word research project in APA format detailing a foreign destination of your choice. Your research should provide insight into all aspects of the hospitality industry (food service, lodging, and travel and tourism) in relation to this destination. • Choose a foreign destination that you hope to visit or with which you have a personal connection. • Include the following in your research:

4. HTT 200 Week 1 CheckPoint: Job OpportunitiesClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • The Internet is a valuable resource for those who are seeking a variety of job opportunities. For this CheckPoint, review several job-search Web sites, as well as the interactive map on your student web page, to get you thinking about the areas of the hospitality industry for which you are best suited. • Resource: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry and Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism interactive map • Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] • Explain, in 200 to 300 words, a job opportunity in a hospitality area that you might be interested in if you were graduating and looking for a job, and describe why it interests you. Be sure to indicate what resources you used to find this job.?

5. HTT 200 Week 1 Discussion Questions Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Choose one of the eight hospitality industry segments listed in Table 1.1 on p. 23 of Introduction to the Hospitality Industry. Explain why you chose this segment and list three specific businesses that fall into this segment. Why might people be attracted to this segment over another? • Discussion Question 2 • Do you feel that you would be more suited to employment in a luxury hotel, a restaurant, or an economy hotel? Explain your choice. Is there another type of business in the hospitality industry that might make more sense for you?

6. HTT 200 Week 2 Assignment: DemographicsClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Demographic data has a critical impact on the decisions made by managers in the hospitality industry. In this assignment, you evaluate the demographics of the city you live in and describe how your findings affect the hospitality industry. • Resource: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review Exercise 3 on pp. 58-59 of the text. • Answer the questions in regard to the city in which you live.

7. HTT 200 Week 2 CheckPoint: Diversity Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Describe in 200 to 300 words the main elements of diversity. • Identify the major trends related to diversity and explain their effects on the hospitality industry.

8. HTT 200 Week 3 CheckPoint: Casual Restaurants Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Patrons are drawn to casual restaurants through various means, such as the menu, the theme, and the availability of information through the Internet. • Resource: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] • Review Exercise 1 on p. 99 of the text. • Answer the questions and explain which of the restaurants you would prefer to work for in 200 to 300 words.

9. HTT 200 Week 3 Discussion QuestionsClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • How do the dining market and the eating market differ? What kinds of restaurants are included in each market? Would you rather dine or eat? Which is more practical to you? • Discussion Question 2 • Is your personality more suited to a position in the front of the house, the back of the house, or the office? Explain your answer. Describe three responsibilities associated with your chosen position. What would have to change to make you more suited to the areas you did not choose?

10. HTT 200 Week 4 Assignment: FranchisingClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Franchising is very common in the hospitality industry. Both, the franchiser and franchisee, have rights and responsibilities. In this assignment, you review a Web site dedicated to promoting fair practices. As you compare the information in the textbook with that on the Web site, you gain a better understanding of the various aspects of franchising. • Resources: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review Exercise 2 on p. 155-156 of the text.

11. HTT 200 Week 4 CheckPoint: Chain and Independent RestaurantsClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Compare and contrast, in 200 to 300 words, the advantages and disadvantages of chain restaurants and independent restaurants with regard to at least three of the following: • Site selection • Access to capital • Purchasing economies • Information systems and controls • New product development

12. HTT 200 Week 5 CheckPoint: Customer Types Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • The lodging industry serves a variety of travelers, and each business specializes in a particular customer type. In this CheckPoint, you review the American Hotel & Lodging Association Web site and reflect on the different types of travelers the lodging industry serves. • Resources: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] • Review Exercise 1 on p. 288 of the text and answer item b. • Choose three different lodging types and describe, in 200 to 300 words, the customer to whom each might cater

13. HTT 200 Week 5 Discussion Questions Click Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Identify three hotels with which you are familiar. If you were a hotel rater, how would you rate these properties, and why? Which of the five criteria listed on p. 261 of the text would you use to determine your rating? • Discussion Question 2 • Choose a type of traveler and make up a scenario for a fictitious person. Give your traveler a name and describe his or her characteristics and reason for traveling. You can include where he or she is traveling, how often he or she travels, his or her age, and so forth. Identify one need or preference your traveler may have.

14. HTT 200 Week 6 Assignment: Hotel SecurityClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Write a 350- to 700-word paper in APA format explaining the need for hotel security. Include the following: • Physical safety of guests when staying in a hotel. In what areas of a hotel might this be an issue? • Identity theft, including credit cards, financial and personal information and how it is prevented. • Describe at least two other security issues that are important in a hotel with regard to protecting a guest.

15. HTT 200 Week 6 CheckPoint: Hotel DepartmentsClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Resource: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Review the organizational chart on p. 295 of the text. • Explain, in 200 to 300 words, for which department you would rather work. Which department do you feel is the most important? • Provide two examples of why it is important to know information about areas other than the one you have chosen.

16. HTT 200 Week 7 CheckPoint: Modes of TravelClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] • Choose three modes of travel. • Explain the impact of each mode of travel on trip duration. • Discuss, in 200 to 300 words, the following factors for each mode of travel: • Finances • Time • Destination • Trip route • Personal preference

17. HTT 200 Week 7 Discussion QuestionsClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Describe two to three tourist attractions near your home and the impact they have on the local economy. • Discussion Question 2 • Describe some of the favorable and no favorable noneconomic effects of tourism. Describe a situation in which you personally experienced one of these effects.

18. HTT 200 Week 8 Assignment: Theme ParksClick Here to Buy the Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Resource: Introduction to the Hospitality Industry • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review Exercise 3 on pp. 481-482 of the text. • Write a 350- to 700-word paper in APA format answering items a and b. • Include a description of a recent theme park experience and an explanation of why you chose to visit that particular theme park. If you have not been to a theme park, choose one you would like to visit and explain why. • Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment

19. HTT 200 Read, Lead, Succeed/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com