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Aug 3, 2007
The History Lodging Industry

According to the historians, the origin of the lodge is not very clear. However, it
believes that the Christian bible cites Christ’s birth in the first of an early inn.
Between the 11th and 13th centuries knowing as taverns (inns) serviced the travelers
on the roads of the Roman Empire. Providing service to the relatively large number of
Crusaders . The traditional formula of an "Age Faith", providing we remember that
the Middle Ages were many other things as well. Those of us who are fascinated by
the growth of national cultures and theirs contribution to the composite pattern of
Western civilization can not fail to notice that Europe was born in the Middle Ages.
The word of Christ, coming from Jerusalem, added prestige to the Asiatics provinces
of Roman Empire. At the opening of Middle Ages, however, the Germans overthrew
the Roman barrier which had been cutting Europe in two. Sooner a number of
missionaries, soldiers and merchants began to fan out toward the outlying of the
European north and northest. That is in fact, made it, and the Middle Ages, great.

Men are the basic raw material of history. What matters, however, is the way raw
material is put to use. Commerce among the various sections became the leading force
in economic development. Industry made slower but significant gains. The
foundations of modern banking, public finance and accounting were laid. Economic
growth and intellectual achievements proceeded side by side, lending support to each
other. The Middle Ages spreading literacy among commoners, and trained physicians,
lawyers and thinkers in the first universities; medieval traders and preachers ventured
all the way of China and tropical Africa. Commercial travel in Europe was an
outgrowth of British commerce, which carried over to the American colonies in the
1700’s.
Mass tourism is a modern phenomenon that appears after World War II. Recently it is
continues to grow as political freedom, economic resources, and social equality
extend across the globe. With the large powers at peace and the economic engine of
development running at full steam, international travel and, therefore the hotel
industry are poised for decades of growth. Estimates abound as to the importance and
size of hotel keeping. Certainly, their economic contribution is critical to the global
Economy whether as destination for tourism development.

The father of modern mass tourism was Thomas Cook who, on 5 July 1841,
organized the first package tour in history, by chartering a train to take a group of
temperance campaigners from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, some twenty
miles away. There had been railway excursions before, but this one included entrance
to an entertainment held in private grounds in the price. Cook immediately saw the
potential of a convenient 'off the peg' holiday product in which everything was
included in one cost. He organized packages inclusive of accommodation for the
Great Exhibition, and afterwards pioneered package holidays in both Britain
(particularly in Scotland) and on the European continent (where Paris and the Alps
were the most popular destinations). He was soon followed by others (the Polytechnic
Touring Association, Dean and Dawson etc.), with the result that the tourist industry
developed rapidly in early Victorian Britain. Initially it was supported by the growing
middle classes, who had time off from their work, and who could afford the luxury of
travel and possibly even staying for periods in boarding houses.

Housing Bureau

A housing Bureau or ministry of tourism is part a governmental body that governs all
aspect of the territory's tourism. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is a central
government agency responsible in areas of tourism, culture, art, religion.

The three goals of Ministry are:

• To educate people to be cultural and creative citizens.

• To create a leisurely and unique society in which leisure and work are in
harmony,
• To create a dynamic cultural nation that represents various local cultures.

Convention Center
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at a
pre-arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest.
The most common conventions are based upon fandom, industry, and profession.
Trade Conventions

Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or industry segment, and

feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other information and activities of
interest to the event organizers and attendees.

Professional conventions

Professional conventions focus on issues of concern to the profession and

advancements in the profession. Such conventions are generally organized by
societies dedicated to promotion of the topic of interest. Conventions also exist for
various hobbies, such as gaming or model railroads. In the technical sense, a
convention is a meeting of delegates or representatives.

A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organizing so that companies in a specific
industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. Some trade
fairs are open to the public, while others can only be attended by company
representatives (members of the trade) and members of the press.

There are currently over 2500 trade shows held every year in USA alone. Trade fairs
often involve a considerable marketing investment by participating companies. Costs
include space rental, display design and construction, telecommunications and
networking, travel, accommodations, promotional literature, and "give away" items.
Consequently, cities often promote trade shows as a means of economic development.

In additional, there are some items that make us to be best individual and citizens,
which as:

*Be member of one church.

*Be part of one professional organization.
*Contribute to the community
*Attend to cultural and sport activities
*Be part of the professional circle that propose ideas and innovations to support the
educational system.
*Implementing optional development into our possibility as citizens.
*It part of what we can do to contribute in best of conditions, development and
progress to our nation.

Meeting Room
A conference room or meeting room is a room of various sizes that is used by
companies to hold conferences and meetings Hotels also offer conference rooms.

Definition of Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a

short-term basis. Hotels often provide a

number of additional guest services such as an accommodation room’s restaurants, a
swimming pool, childcare, entertainments, services and facilities, etc. Some hotels
have conference services and meeting rooms and encourage groups to hold
conventions and meetings at their location.Hotels differ from motels in that most
motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to the rooms, while hotels tend to have
interior entrances to the rooms, which may increase guests' safety and present a more
unmarked image.

Extended-stay hotel

Extended stay hotels are a type of lodging with features unavailable at standard hotels.
These features are intending to provide more home-like amenities. There are currently
27 extended stay chains in North America with at least 7 hotels, representing over
2,000 properties. There is substantial variation among extended stay hotels with
respect to quality and the amenities that are available. Some of the economy chains
attract clients who use the hotels as semi-permanent lodging.

Extended-stay hotels typically have self-serve laundry facilities and offer discounts
for extended stays, beginning at 5 or 7 days. They also have guestrooms (or "suites")
with kitchens. The kitchens include at a minimum: a sink, a refrigerator (usually full
size), a microwave, and a stovetop. Some kitchens also have dishwashers and
conventional ovens.

Extended stay hotels are popular with business travelers on extended assignments,
families in the midst of relocation, and anyone else in need of temporary housing.
Extended stay hotels are also using by travelers who appreciate the larger space a
typical suite provides also extended stay hotels.

Residence Inn is crediting with popularizing the "extended stay" concept. The chain
was launched in 1975 in Wichita, Kansas by Jack DeBoer, and acquired by Marriott
Corporation in 1987. As of April 2005, there were over 450 Residence Inn hotels in
the United States, Canada and Mexico. Some extended stay Hotels are coming up in
United Kingdom and Ireland as well.
One of today's most popular long term lodging brands came from the merger of
Extended Stay America and Homestead Hotels. Both these chains were already well
established when they combined in 2004 to become Extended Stay Hotels with over
670 owned and operated properties nationwide.

Lodging

People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly
for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to
store luggage and being able to take a shower.

They do that in a hotel, hostel or hostal, a private home (commercially, i.e. a bed and
breakfast or guesthouse place, or non-commercially, with members of hospitality
services or in the home of friends). Sleeping is typically done lying in a bed, or more
generally on a soft of surface, such as also an air mattress, a couch, etc. In addition,
there are makeshift solutions for the travelers who like adventures they usually sleep
in the trailer cars, in a tent, caravan/camper (often on a campsite). In some public
places that is permitted area to campsite like forecasts, maintains and at the beaches.

Mom and pop

Small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. The
legal definition of "small" often varies by country and industry, but is generally under
100 employees. These businesses are normally privately owned corporations,
partnerships, or sole proprietorship's. Small businesses are common in many
countries, depending on the economic system in operation. Typical examples include:
small shops, hairdressers, tradesmen, solicitors, lawyers, accountants, restaurants,
guest houses, photographers, small-scale manufacturing, etc.

The smallest businesses, often located in private homes, are called micro businesses
or SoHos. The term "mom and pop business" is a common colloquial expression for a
single-family operated business without any hired labor, e.g., "mom and pop store".

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The present report is part of my final investigation about services and facilities at the
Hotels installations to obtain the Certification in Hotel General Management. Some
information was translated from Spanish to English because we couldn’t find any
available information in English on this time. Some information is harvest from my
experience around 5 years at the hospitality industrial and others reached to Internet
site and different data on Hospitality Management's Books and Marketing’s books.
We are trying to give the most important topic about lodging facilities and some
additional issues, in order to supply the best data collection. Also we take into account
the historic development according to the done, and we are included some terms about
realty estate and laws due to the Hotel Management is involved in many
implementation of projects and negotiations in these terms.

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