Question description
Assignment 2: Overview of the Hospitality and Tourism
Industry
Due Week 9 and worth 250 points
Most states regulate their health departments by city or
county. Search for health department regulations for food service facilities
that are closely related to the location where you reside. Focus on possible
challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health department regulations
and requirements, social concerns, competitive issues, and / or demographic and
geographic issues.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Determine
the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are
specific to your state or local municipality, as well as how you would
address those challenges.
Determine
the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in
your state, particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting,
personnel management, and the recording of sales transactions. Consider
the quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of
technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services
within your state.
Analyze
the interdependence of food service, lodging, and meeting segments of the
hospitality industry and make two recommendations for how the synergy
between the three could be improved, using examples from your state to
illustrate your case.
Consider
how these segments can improve their relationships between one another
and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable in
your home state.
Determine
the likely consequences of the introduction of gaming entertainment into
your state, or if your state already allows gaming, the impact of
significant economic expansion of the segment upon other segments of the
hospitality industry.
Use
at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar
websites do not quality as academic resources.
Format
your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed,
double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
margins on all sides.
Include
a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,
the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is
not included in the required page length.
Include
a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The
reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with
this assignment are:
Analyze
the basic procedures involved in managing a restaurant operation.
Determine
the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations,
particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel management,
and the recording of sales transactions.
Analyze
the interdependence of the food service, lodging, and meetings segments
of the hospitality industry.
Discuss
the nature of and the various activities related to gaming entertainment.
Use
technology and information resources to research issues in hospitality
and tourism management.
Write
clearly and concisely about hospitality and tourism management using
proper writing mechanics.
