Four Sectors of the Hospitality and Tourism IndustryMs. S. ElliottTFJ3C

Four Sectors 1. Food and Beverage2. Lodging/Accommodations3. Recreation4. Travel and Tourism

1. Food and Beverage• What is it?: Businesses that prepare

food for customers• There are 3 types of food service:1. Commercial Food Service2. Institutional Food Service3. Food service within a Consumer

Business

Commercial Food Service• Food and beverage businesses that

complete for customers• Designed to make profit• Includes:Quick-Service restaurantsFull-Service restaurants Catering – provide food and service for

a special event

Quick Service• Provide customers with

convenient, fast, and basic foods at relatively low prices

Full Service • Serve customers at a

table and utilize servers and other staff to take orders, deliver drinks and food, and clear tables

Institutional Food Service • Provides customer food and drink in an

institution, such as a school, hospital, assister living community, military base, prison or factory

Food service within a Consumer Business• A food and beverage business that is

located within a consumer business such as a movie theater, sports arena, theme park, airport, etc.

Lodging/Accommodation • Types:Full service hotelsLimited service hotelsSpecialty Accommodations Institutional Housing

Full Service Hotels • Convention Hotels• Luxury Hotels• Resort Hotels • Extended-Stay Hotels

Limited Service Hotels • Limited Service Hotels• Budget Hotels

Specialty Accommodations• Conference Centers• Lodges• Bed-and-Breakfasts• Hostel• Campgrounds

Institutional Housing• Dormitory• Senior Housing

Recreation• Any activity that people do for rest,

relaxation and enjoyment• Ex. Movie theatre, concerts• Attractions are places of special interest

to visit such as natural scenery, museums, zoos

• Spectator sports and participatory sports

Travel and Tourism• The travel industry is in the business of moving

people from place to placeExample: busses, planes, cabs, boats, trains• Pleasure or leisure travel is when a person

takes a vacation and spends money on lodging, food, and recreation while on that trip

• Business travel is when a person travels for work and also spends money on lodging and food

Travel and Tourism • The Tourism Industry provides those

people with services that promote travel and vacations

• Ex. Travel agencies, tour operators, cruise companies, convention planners, visitors bureaus