Overview of the hospitality and tourism industry

Assignment: Overview of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Worth 250 points

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Most  states regulate their health departments by city or county. Search for  health department regulations for food service facilities that are  closely related to the location where you reside. Focus on possible  challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health department  regulations and requirements, social concerns, competitive issues, and / or demographic and geographic issues.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Determine  the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are  specific to your state or local municipality, as well as how you would  address those challenges.

2. Determine the impact of  computerization on food service and lodging operations in your state,  particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel  management, and the recording of sales transactions. Consider the  quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of  technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services  within your state.

3. Analyze the interdependence of food  service, lodging, and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and  make two recommendations for how the synergy between the three could be  improved, using examples from your state to illustrate your case.

4. Consider  how these segments can improve their relationships between one another  and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable  in your home state.

5. Determine the likely consequences of the  introduction of gaming entertainment into your state, or if your state  already allows gaming, the impact of significant economic expansion of  the segment upon other segments of the hospitality industry.

Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

2. Include  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover  page is not included in the required page length.

3. Include a  reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The Reference page is not included in the required page length.