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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

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