HOSP 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Composite Video, Business Travel, Slot Canyon

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
• Course: HOSP 180
• Professor: Kline

Document Summary

Theobald de nes it as the activities of visitors, persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for up to 12 months for leisure, business, pilgrimage, etc. A visitor (tourist) is someone traveling outside of their usual environment. Sometimes the de nition requires that the tourist spend one night away from home. Travel (and tourism) has always been in still an important activity in north american society. The hospitality and tourism industries are strongly linked and it can be hard to separate them sometimes. Broadly, t&t are the businesses and services that serve travelers away from home. The travel and tourism industry includes the following: A professional management company that has knowledge about a destination and is hired to manage your destination and event. An organization that is similar to a cvb but identi es themselves di erently. A non-pro t organization that promotes the destination.