The four main hospitality industry

sectors
The four main sectors within the hospitality industry are entertainment and recreation,
food and beverages, lodging, and travel and tourism. Each of these main sectors have
sub-sectors within them:
1 Entertainment and recreation
This includes all businesses dedicated to providing an entertainment service. It covers
everything from sporting events, music concerts, art and performance, museums, theme
parks, escape rooms, and cultural events.
The entertainment and recreation sector promotes and provides services that enable
people to take part in recreational activities for culture, hobby, and educational
purposes. It includes established and amateur arts, theatre and music groups, cinema,
arcades, and any other outgoing opportunities.
2 Food and beverage (F&B)
The food and beverage industry (F&B) industry is the largest sector within hospitality[3].
This sub-sector includes cafés, restaurants, food trucks, pubs and bars, fast-
food drive-throughs, nightclubs, bakeries, tea and coffee shops.
F&B businesses can be sit-in, full-service or take-away. They also go beyond the remit
of simply providing food, since restaurants compete to provide the best customer
experience as well as the best food and drink.
3 Lodging
Businesses within this sector provide accommodation to guests. The lodging industry
covers hotels and guest houses of all stripes. Also resorts, b&bs, caravan,
mobile and static-home sites, hostels, log cabins, camps, cottages, and
chalets.
The role of an accommodation provider is to provide a safe and secure place for tourists
to stay. Standards differ between different providers and according to different
budgets[4]. There might be some crossover into the food and beverage sector in hotels
that include a breakfast buffet, hotel restaurant or bar.
4 Travel and tourism
The fourth sector of hospitality is travel and tourism. It includes: travel agents; cruise
liners; logistics companies; sightseeing, bus and walking tours; airlines; taxis
and car rental companies.
The travel and tourism sector provides means of transportation to move travellers from
one place to another. It is an essential middle man that supports tourism and business
travel. Public transport for all purposes plays a key role in this vital sector.