Accommodation with services and facilities which are included in the price
Ice hotel
Restaurant
Non-Serviced
Serviced
Accommodation only, no extras
Serviced
Luxury Hotel
Non-Serviced
Resort
EXAMPLES OF SERVICED
Caravans
Hotels
School
Gites
An operation that provides accommodation and ancillary services to people away from home
Restaurant
Bar
Hotel
Cafe
Can affect properties which may only be visited in summer – e.g. seaside bed and breakfasts in Scarborough...
Seasonality
Hotels are usually graded from 1 star (lowest) up to 5 stars (highest) in the UK
GRADING SYSTEMS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Mid Victorian era of....
Rise of hotels, restaurants etc
Railway hotels for the middle class
Early ale houses
Nero’s aimed at affluent customers
Victorian Era of....
Inns, Public Houses
Rise of hotels
Rise of hotels, and public dining rooms in London
Railway hotels
Commercial has roots in supplying to travelers through the market, the basic needs of food, drink, shelter and rest
non-commercial
Restaurant
Dining Table
Hospitality
A focus which looks at minimising negative impacts while maximising the more positive aspects of tourism activity, sustaining human and natural resources over time
Sustainability
Addresses global problems of poverty, health, education, pollution, resource exploitation and degradation and other challenges of underdevelopment with global solutions
Holistic
Future Oriented
Equitable
Environmental
should be within the global ecosystem’s capacity to sustain development
Pass
Future Oriented
Equitable
Environmental
EIA is a project assessment of the adverse and beneficial impacts of a specific development used in the planning control system
Environmental audits
Environmental Impact Assessments
Sustainable Development Goals
Hard measures – aligned with physical and financial restrictions on access – examples include; road closures, parking fees, entrance charges, fencing, zoning and restrictions on vehicle size
Natural areas
Environmental audits
Visitor management strategies
Soft measures
Designed as an international action plan relating to sustainable development
Agenda 21 & UN Sustainable Development Goals
