Four Sectors of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Ms. S. Elliott TFJ3C
Four Sectors Food and Beverage Lodging/Accommodations Recreation Travel and Tourism
1. Food and Beverage What is it?: Businesses that prepare food for customers There are 3 types of food service: Commercial Food Service Institutional Food Service Food service within a Consumer Business
Commercial Food Service Food and beverage businesses that complete for customers Designed to make profit Includes: Quick-Service restaurants Full-Service restaurants Catering – provide food and service for a special event
Quick Service Full Service Provide customers with convenient, fast, and basic foods at relatively low prices Serve customers at a table and utilize servers and other staff to take orders, deliver drinks and food, and clear tables
Institutional Food Service Provides customer food and drink in an institution, such as a school, hospital, assister living community, military base, prison or factory
Food service within a Consumer Business A food and beverage business that is located within a consumer business such as a movie theater, sports arena, theme park, airport, etc.
Lodging/Accommodation Types: Full service hotels Limited service hotels Specialty Accommodations Institutional Housing
Full Service Hotels Convention Hotels Luxury Hotels Resort Hotels Extended-Stay Hotels
Limited Service Hotels Budget Hotels
Specialty Accommodations Conference Centers Lodges Bed-and-Breakfasts Hostel Campgrounds
Institutional Housing Dormitory Senior Housing
Recreation Any activity that people do for rest, relaxation and enjoyment Ex. Movie theatre, concerts Attractions are places of special interest to visit such as natural scenery, museums, zoos Spectator sports and participatory sports
Travel and Tourism The travel industry is in the business of moving people from place to place Example: busses, planes, cabs, boats, trains Pleasure or leisure travel is when a person takes a vacation and spends money on lodging, food, and recreation while on that trip Business travel is when a person travels for work and also spends money on lodging and food
Travel and Tourism The Tourism Industry provides those people with services that promote travel and vacations Ex. Travel agencies, tour operators, cruise companies, convention planners, visitors bureaus