Hotel/motel amenities
- Services and amenities were starting to get offered by motels that became larger.
- Travelers on business trips liked the meeting rooms, coffee shops, and cocktail lounges.
- Motels gave and provided free TV; meanwhile, hotels offered TV and coin-operated radios.
Motels for travelers
(Tourists/motor courts)
Airport hospitality
- When commercial jets started operating, hospitality choices began to grow again in 1958.
- Hotels in the downtown area of cities declined.
- The new center for hotel, motel, and restaurant development are airports.
- A major hospitality business was airline food.
- Shuttle services were made to move and transport guests to airports nearby and hotels.
- Motels have hotel services for the automobile travelers.
- Usually located near a highway, and it has free parking which is located outside of the rooms.
- They used to have less than 20 rooms and were small, casual,
- and simple.
- Did not have
special facilities
like bellhops,
restaurants,
or room
service.
Holiday inn
Sumerian Travelers
- Kemmon Wilson developed a chain of hotels that met certain needs of families.
- First Holiday Inn was in Memphis, Tennessee.
- The hotel offered a pool, restaurant, and children could stay free.
3 Countries to Cover
- Egypt
- Greece
- The Roman Empire
Egypt
The Statler Hotel
- The pharaohs built elegant burial tombs, or pyramids, in 2700 B.C.
- Because of the pyramid's beauty and Egyptians persuading citizens, it attracted visitors to visit the pyramid.
- An area that would hold large festivities was the base of the pyramid that had more people come and visit the pyramids.
Railroad travel
- It developed and spread in the 1800's.
- Overall, it was more comfortable than a stagecoach.
- It helped by taking less time to travel and it was now possible to travel long distance.
- First appeared in England.
Greece
Stagecoach routes
The Roman Empire
- Stagecoach routes were founded in the 1600's in the U.S.
- Large inns would begin to come out along the routes which held horses that travelers can switch out for new horses.
- Customer service was a main key and point in this.
- Example = Butterfield Overland Stage Route
- Greeks were defeated by Romans in 146 B.C.
- The empire became the major world power.
- A road system was developed which made travel easier by the Romans.
New York City's City Hotel
Early History
- Ellsworth Statler developed a chain of hotels in the 1900's in Buffalo, NY.
- It was the first hotel to develop plumbing, uniform standards, closets with light, free newspapers, and radios.
- Had a Statler service code which was a list of service rules.
- Those who loved to travel were the ancient Greeks.
- They had established Greek colonies and traveled all of Europe.
- 2 major contributions they made were 1. language - acceptance of international trade/2. currency - greek money became the standard in the exchange for currency.
- Common language and currency made travel and business easier for all.
- The need for hospitality needs increased as the amount of travel also increased.
- It was the first building that was designed to mainly be a hotel in 1794.
- It is a building that is 5 stories tall and cost $2 to stay in one of the 73 rooms.
- There were complimentary meals and tea at 6:00 pm.
- The industry of hospitality was said that it begun around 4000 BC by Sumerians.
- Sumerians lived in an area called Mesopotamia near the Persian Gulf.
- They made alcoholic beverages by growing grains and built taverns to serve people in the area around them.
Egypt
Tremont Hotel in Boston
Early History
- The first grand hotel was build because of the railroad boom.
- This hotel offers luxury accommodations.
- The hotel was built in 1828, and the profession, Hotelier, was known.
- Egyptians developed places to meet the people's needs because of the amount.
- Egyptians built up booths to sell souvenirs to tourists around the base of the pyramid. Collecting souvenirs had become popular to do around that time.
- The very first hospitality businesses were the taverns they built.
- Inns and taverns were built along trade routes where they would trade gold, spices, and exotic goods when they became a means of income.
- The inns and taverns built along the routes were use to serve hungry and thirsty travelers.
History of Hospitality and Tourism