Hospitality industry

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The hospitality industry is a broad

category of fields within the service
industry that includes lodging, food and
drink service, event planning, theme parks,
transportation, cruise line, traveling and
additional fields within the tourism
industry.[1]
The hospitality industry is an industry that
depends on the availability of leisure time
and disposable income. A hospitality unit
such as a restaurant, hotel, or an
amusement park consists of multiple
groups such as facility maintenance and
direct operations (servers, housekeepers,
porters, kitchen workers, bartenders,
management, marketing, and human
resources etc.).

Before structuring as an industry, the

historical roots of hospitality was in the
western world in the form of social
assistance mainly for Christian pilgrims
directed to Rome. For such a reason, the
eldest public hospital in Europe was the
Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia
founded in Rome in the VIII century A.D.[2]
on the model of the oriental world.

Accommodation
Bed and Breakfasts
Hotels
Motels
Flotels
Inns
Resorts
Serviced apartments

Restaurants and bars

 Bars
Cafés
Nightclubs
Pubs and Public houses
Restaurants
Tea shops
Wine shops

Travel and tourism

Travel agents
Tour operators
Leisure centres
Casinos

See also
 Convention and visitor bureau
Hospitality
Hospitality management
Hospitality service
Leisure industry
American Hotel & Lodging Educational
Institute
Prix Versailles

References
1. "Industries at a Glance: Leisure and
Hospitality" . Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2. Mattoni, Silvia, et al. "From a Pope’s
nightmare, a great public health institution:
the Santo Spirito in Saxia Hospital, in
Rome." Italian Journal of Public Health 7.2
(2012)

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